#dat

got something rolling today for new dat-js api cc jhand https://github.com/karissa/dat-api

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lets try that again

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beautiful

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(blahah) made a gist for getting dat running on a digitalocean droplet, after forgetting to record my steps about 50 times previously: https://gist.github.com/blahah/cce8ac7234489a8d...

@blahah nice! altough i'd prefer if it used 6 (LTS) instead of 7

(nicknikolov) hello, i'm trying to download a folder on my digital ocean ubuntu but when i say `dat <hash> .` i get leveldown binding error

(nicknikolov) saying Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried: and then a list of dirs

@nicknikolov how'd you install dat?

(nicknikolov) well the second time i installed it the way its shown above in this gist

(nicknikolov) but i get

(blahah) @mafintosh +1, happy to make it 6

(nicknikolov) ```

(nicknikolov) npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /dat/chokidar/fsevents:

(nicknikolov) npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.15

(nicknikolov) ```

(nicknikolov) not sure if that's relevant

@nicknikolov could you try again using node 6? (nvm install 6)

(blahah) @nicknikolov that's not a problem, fsevents only works on OSX but isn't necessary

(nicknikolov) ok

(might not change anything but just to test)

(nicknikolov) i have node 5.6.0

(nicknikolov) will try 6

@blahah i'm sure we have a faq we can add that gist to. /cc karissa

(blahah) @mafintosh going with `nvm install --lts`

(blahah) future-proofer

ah cool

(blahah) FAQ thingy would be cool :)

(blahah) @mafintosh did you see my safari p2p-test pic?

(nicknikolov) hmm

@blahah i did! very cool

(nicknikolov) i get now

(nicknikolov) ```

(nicknikolov) /usr/local/lib/node_modules/dat/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:83

(nicknikolov) [full message: https://gitter.im/datproject/discussions?at=581...]

(nicknikolov) weird stuff

@blahah actually could you send it again? i might have displaced the picture if you have it

(nicknikolov) node is 6.9.1, npm 3.10.8

(blahah) @nicknikolov you need to rebuild level

(nicknikolov) how do i do that

ah yea, you need to reinstall dat as well

(nicknikolov) i did tho

(nicknikolov) after installing node

npm install --global dat ?

(nicknikolov) ill try again

(nicknikolov) yeah same hm

hmm

nicknokolov try doing npm uninstall -g dat

and verify that it indeed uninstalled by checking that running `dat` fails

(nicknikolov) ok

(nicknikolov) oh its still there lol

(nicknikolov) huh

(nicknikolov) is it because its in old node folder

nicknikolov if you are using ssh, try logging out and in again

could be a cache thing in your $PATH

(nicknikolov) ok

(nicknikolov) i sitll have dat in /usr/local/bin/dat

(nicknikolov) running npm uninstall doesnt help 😅

(nicknikolov) pretty sure i messed up my paths or something

(nicknikolov) is it safe to just delete the dat folder in /bin?

(blahah) try `npm cache clean`

(blahah) then `npm install --global dat`

(blahah) @mafintosh https://files.gitter.im/datproject/discussions/...

(blahah) it was a cool moment, two cheetahs I have known since they were born three years ago flushed a young bushbuck out from a dry riverbed and slaughtered him in front of us

(blahah) so I was like.. `p2p-test`

(blahah) they proceeded to strip the bushbuck to a skeleton while I fiddled with dat

(nicknikolov) the problem is i can't uninstall dat

(nicknikolov) so even when i install dat

(nicknikolov) i still get this broken dat in my /bin folder

(nicknikolov) which takes precedense

(nicknikolov) if that even makes sense

(nicknikolov) ah ok

(nicknikolov) i did nvm use system

(nicknikolov) i think i can get rid of it now

(nicknikolov) ok works now :)

(nicknikolov) thanks folks

@nicknikolov sry fell asleep. so downgrading worked/

downgrading node that is