Download version indexes failure, version switch failure!

[walnut-tom]

Bug Report

Summary

n v8

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 502
Error: failed to download version index (https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node/index.tab)

script returned exit code 2

Steps to Reproduce

Expected Behaviour

Ignore the error, and use local installed node.

Actual Behaviour

exit code 2

Other Information

Configuration Details

$ n --version
v9.1.0

$ command -v node
/usr/local/bin/node

$ node -p process.platform
linux

$ node -v
v18.16.1

[shadowspawn]

n uses the index.tab file to look up the available versions to expand incomplete versions like v8 and will fail if it is not available.

To install a local version without consulting index.tab, you can either:

• use a full version, like n v18.16.1
• select from local versions using the menu, just type n

[walnut-tom]

Now, The following versions(10.24.1 12.22.12 14.21.3 16.20.1 18.16.1 8.17.0) has been installed locally.

I hope that when using n v16 to switch nodes, if the index file download fails, It can switch the locally installed 16.20.1 instead of directly exiting 2. If there is no node 16 locally installed, then directly exit 2.

I use n v8 in the script but not interactive.

[shadowspawn]

Ignoring the error would mean that the same command could install different versions depending on the internet connection. That is not something I want to do.

n ls lists the local versions. You could script installing a purely local version. Is that something that suits your use case?

A related issue including example script: #727 (comment)

[walnut-tom]

ok. thank you!

[shadowspawn]

An answer was provided, and no further activity in a month. Closing this as resolved.

Feel free to open a new issue if it comes up again, with new information and renewed interest.

[shadowspawn]

Added --offline option in n v9.2.0