Now that node is working you can run node-red. The screen shot show how to create the symbolic link In addition there appears to be a naming conflict with another package. If it fails you can use: node c: ode ode _modules ode -red ed.js On Linux:įirstly running node by typing node may not work as apparently node is a short cut to nodejs and the short cut may not be present. Note: you may need to change into the node directory. If you installed node-red using the -g option. To start node red on Windows go to a command prompt and type: node-red I recommend you copy the command from the page and paste it into your command prompt. The procedure for download and using it are here. However Raspberry pi provide an install script which can be used for installing and upgrading node-red on the pi and I recommend using it.

You can check the versions of npm,node and node-red using: npm -v Note: npm install failed on my pi and I had to use this command first: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential This you can do using: sudo apt-get update You may need to upgrade node-red which you can do by doing an install using npm but you will need to install npm first. Node red is already installed on Raspberry pi but npm (node package manager) isn’t. Using the -g option adds the node-red command to your path. Then you can Install node red on Windows and Linux (including raspberry pi) using: Installing Node on Linux Using a Package Manager.Node-Red is a node application and before you Install node red you will need to first install node.