Cannot build homebridge on FreeBSD 11

root@fileserver:/usr/local/share/homebridge # node --version v9.2.0 root@fileserver:/usr/local/share/homebridge # npm install -g homebridge WARNING: You are likely using a version of node-tar or npm that is incompatible with this version of Node.js.r /usr/local/lib/node_modules/.staging Please use either the version of npm that is bundled with Node.js, or a version of npm (> 5.5.1 or < 5.4.0) or node-tar (> 4.0.1) that is compatible with Node.js 9 and above. /usr/local/bin/node[15495]: …/src/node_zlib.cc:437:static void node::(anonymous namespace)::ZCtx::Init(const FunctionCallbackInfov8::Value &): Assertion `args.Length() == 7 && “init(windowBits, level, memLevel, strategy, writeResult, writeCallback,” " dictionary)"’ failed. 1: node::Abort(void) [/usr/local/bin/node] 2: node::Assert(char const* const[4]) [/usr/local/bin/node] 3: ZNSt3__16vectorIPN4node14SigintWatchdogENS_9allocatorIS3_EEE21__push_back_slow_pathIRKS3_EEvOT [/usr/local/bin/node] 4: v8::internal::FunctionCallbackArguments::Call(void()(v8::FunctionCallbackInfov8::Value const&)) [/usr/local/bin/node] 5: v8::internal::Isolate*v8::internal::Object v8::internal::Builtins::InvokeApiFunction(v8::internal::Isolate*, bool, v8::internal::Handlev8::internal::HeapObject(int, v8::internal::Object*, v8::internal::HeapObject) [/usr/local/bin/node] 6: v8::internal::Builtin_HandleApiCall(int, v8::internal::Object**, v8::internal::Isolate*) [/usr/local/bin/node] Abort root@fileserver:/usr/local/share/homebridge #

[megapearl]

Try using pkg then:

pkg remove node pkg install node8

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