Unable to execute solid init command

[ranafaraz]

I am setting solid on a remote Linux-based server. Whenever I execute solid init command, it generates this error:

const Blob = globalThis.Blob || bufferModule.Blob
             ^

ReferenceError: globalThis is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ranaifwh/node/lib/node_modules/solid-server/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/ours/util.js:5:14)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:701:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:712:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:600:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:539:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:531:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ranaifwh/node/lib/node_modules/solid-server/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/stream.js:31:5)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:701:30)

Anybody can guide?

[bourgeoa]

You may look at https://github.com/solid/solidcommunity.net/wiki/solidcommunity.net-servers#solidcommunitynet-nss-instance

[melvincarvalho]

@ranafaraz what version of node?

[melvincarvalho]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It seems the issue was likely caused by using an older version of Node.js that doesn't support globalThis.

Since this problem can be resolved by upgrading to a more recent version of Node.js (12.0.0 or later), and there haven't been any further reports, I suggest we close this issue.