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Issue when using browserify instructions on bitcoinjs.org

See original GitHub issue

I used the compile for browser instructions on bitcoinjs.org

and the follow error was shown

`as-MacBook-Pro:test a$ sudo npm install -g browserify uglify-js /usr/local/bin/uglifyjs -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/uglify-js/bin/uglifyjs /usr/local/bin/browserify -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/bin/cmd.js

uglify-js@3.1.1
browserify@14.4.0 added 135 packages in 8.086s as-MacBook-Pro:test a$ browserify -r bitcoinjs-lib -s bitcoin | uglifyjs > bitcoinjs.min.js Parse error at 0:96,4 let ALPHABET = ‘qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l’ ^ ERROR: Unexpected token: name (ALPHABET) at JS_Parse_Error.get (eval at <anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/uglify-js/tools/node.js:21:1), <anonymous>:79:23) at fatal (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/uglify-js/bin/uglifyjs:268:52) at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/uglify-js/bin/uglifyjs:225:9) at Socket.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/uglify-js/bin/uglifyjs:163:9) at emitNone (events.js:110:20) at Socket.emit (events.js:207:7) at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1047:12) at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:102:11) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:161:9)`

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Created 6 years ago
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junderwcommented, Sep 23, 2017

Hey Christian.

What version of node are you using? Try switching nvm to use v7

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mandelmonkeycommented, Sep 25, 2017

thanks I managed to browserify using the github readme instructions https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bitcoinjs-lib#browser

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