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Hi @PierrunoYT. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
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To use Wasp on Windows, you'll need to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Here are the steps:
1. Install WSL (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) on your Windows machine.
2. Set up Ubuntu on WSL.
3. Follow the Linux instructions for installing Wasp. You can refer to this step-by-step guide (https://wasp-lang.dev/blog/2023/11/21/guide-windows-development-wasp-wsl) for using Wasp in a WSL environment.
Please note that if you are using WSL2, your Wasp project should not be on the Windows file system, but instead on the Linux file system. Otherwise, Wasp won't be able to detect file changes due to an issue in WSL2 (https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4739).
To install Wasp on Linux / OSX / WSL (Windows), open your terminal and run:
Then, create a new app by running:
Finally, run the app:
You should now have a new full-stack web app running at <http://localhost:3000.>
If you encounter any issues, you can reach out to the Wasp community on Discord (https://discord.gg/rzdnErX) for help.
Sources:
- Wasp Quick Start Guide (https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/quick-start#installation)
- Wasp on Windows Guide (https://wasp-lang.dev/blog/2023/11/21/guide-windows-development-wasp-wsl)
- WSL2 Issue (https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4739)
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Sorry @PierrunoYT, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:
Perhaps try again in 15mins?
Ok, our bot did a nice job here :D!
Additional question @PierrunoYT : how did you find out about Wasp? We normally have installation instructions for Linux/Mac/Win(WSL), did you miss those? I am asking so we can figure out if we can improve the docs somehow.
@PierrunoYT As the error message says: Your version of Node is too low. Use
nvm to set it to Node 18I found it on Google but it was not really clear how to Install Wasp on Windows.
@kapa.ai ❌ --- [Error] Node requirement not met: ------------------------------------------
Your Node version does not meet Wasp's requirements! You are running Node 12.22.9.
Wasp requires Node version 18.18.0 or higher.
Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books:
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The error message you're seeing is because your current Node.js version does not meet the minimum version requirement for Wasp. Wasp requires Node.js version 18.18.0 or higher.
You can update your Node.js version using Node Version Manager (nvm). Here's how you can do it:
1. If you haven't installed nvm yet, you can install it by following the instructions on the nvm GitHub page (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating).
2. Once you have nvm installed, you can install a newer version of Node.js by running the following command in your terminal:
3. After the installation is complete, you can switch to the new version by running:
4. Now, you should be able to run your Wasp project without any issues.
If you're still having trouble, feel free to ask for help in the Wasp Discord community (https://discord.com/channels/686873244791210014/1219009534174167101).
Sources:
- Discord support thread: Older node version still needed? (https://discord.com/channels/686873244791210014/1219009534174167101)
- Github Issue (closed): Upgrade Node version requirement to 20 (https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp/issues/1618)
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Sorry @PierrunoYT, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:
Perhaps try again in 15mins?
@kapa.ai pierre@Pierruno:~$ nvm install 18
Command 'nvm' not found, did you mean:
command 'nvim' from snap nvim (v0.9.4)
command 'nsm' from snap nift (3.0.3)
command 'gvm' from snap gvm (1.1.0)
command 'nm' from deb binutils (2.38-4ubuntu2.3)
command 'nsm' from deb linuxptp (3.1.1-3)
command 'pvm' from deb pvm (3.4.6-3.2)
command 'lvm' from deb lvm2 (2.03.11-2.1ubuntu4)
command 'nvi' from deb nvi (1.81.6-17)
command 'npm' from deb npm (8.5.1~ds-1)
command 'num' from deb quickcal (2.4-1)
command 'nvme' from deb nvme-cli (1.16-3ubuntu0.1)
command 'kvm' from deb qemu-system-x86 (1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.15)
command 'vm' from deb mgetty-voice (1.2.1-1.1)
command 'nvim' from deb neovim (0.6.1-3)
command 'nam' from deb nam (1.15-5.2)
See 'snap info <snapname>' for additional versions.
pierre@Pierruno:~$
Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books:
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The error message you're seeing indicates that the
nvm (Node Version Manager) command is not found in your system. This means that nvm is not installed or not properly set up.
Here are the steps to install nvm:
1. Open your terminal and download the nvm installation script from the project's GitHub page:
2. The script will clone the nvm repository to ~/.nvm, and add the source lines to your profile (~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.bashrc).
3. To verify that nvm has been installed, you can do:
It should output nvm if the installation was successful.
4. Close your terminal and open a new one. Now, you should be able to install a new version of Node.js by running:
5. And then switch to the new version with:
If you're still having trouble, feel free to ask for help in the Wasp Discord community (https://discord.com/channels/686873244791210014/1219009534174167101).
Sources:
- nvm GitHub page (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating)
- Discord support thread: Older node version still needed? (https://discord.com/channels/686873244791210014/1219009534174167101)
- Github Issue (closed): Upgrade Node version requirement to 20 (https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp/issues/1618)
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Sorry @PierrunoYT, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:
Perhaps try again in 15mins?@PierrunoYT just to mention, it seems to me like you are not experience with development -> it will be very hard for you to use Wasp if you don't have much dev experience! It is aimed at developers that have basic understanding of web technologies.
Yeah I’m just a normal user who likes playing with AI
after having done all the steps indicated in the various tutorials and I go to do the part ..name app db migrate-dev says command not found, what should I do?
Hey @Ravsall ! That is one of the very first steps in most tutorials (although we have only one main tutorial), so you should have encountered this quite soon.
What exactly did you type though?
name app db migrate-dev wouldn't certainly work! It should be wasp db migrate-dev .
The best thing is if you can give more information: which tutorial you followed, what exact steps you did, the exact error message you are getting, what you tried, ... .@martinsos after installing with (curl...) after wasp new, list number project name comes out I choose 5 ai generated, then I create application on usemage.ai I download it, then I do that part wasp db migrate-dev ..wasp start and it comes out, wasp command failed , Couldn't find wasp project root ...where is the error, where am I wrong?
@Ravsall you don't need to do both: so you either do
wasp new and then choose 5 (AI) and generate the app that way (and follow instructions), OR you go to usemage.ai and follow instructions there.
As for the Couldn't find wasp project root -> exactly what it says, it means you were not positioned in the terminal inside your Wasp project, when running wasp command, so you need to position yourself there.