ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_RUN_FIRST_FAIL @ai16z/agent@0.1.6-alpha.4 start: node --loader ts-node/esm src/index.ts "--isRoot"

[fadai88]

When I run "sh scripts/start.sh" I get a lot of downloads, installs etc, and at the end this message:

ℹ INFORMATIONS
Loading embedding settings:
{"USE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING":"","USE_OLLAMA_EMBEDDING":"","OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL":"mxbai-embed-large"}

ℹ INFORMATIONS
Loading character settings:
{"ARGV":["/home/fmiren/.nvm/versions/node/v20.0.0/bin/node","/home/fmiren/eliza/agent/src/index.ts","--isRoot"],"CWD":"/home/fmiren/eliza/agent"}

Loaded .env file from: /home/fmiren/eliza/.env
ℹ INFORMATIONS
Parsed settings:
{"USE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING":"","USE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_TYPE":"string","USE_OLLAMA_EMBEDDING":"","USE_OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_TYPE":"string","OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL":"mxbai-embed-large"}

Killed
/home/fmiren/eliza/agent:
 ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_RUN_FIRST_FAIL  @ai16z/agent@0.1.6-alpha.4 start: node --loader ts-node/esm src/index.ts "--isRoot"
Exit status 137
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 137.
-e Failed to start project

What does it mean? Why does it fail? Is it ok or not?

[lorcann-rauzduel]

Same here

[gepng]

Restarting from scratch using the docs fixed it for me. But before doing that you also have to make sure that your node version is exactly 23.3.0

[patrickjsimons]

Yep, I see v20.0.0 in the console output above.

For others running into similar problems:

1. download and use node version manager 'nvm' to setup the correct node environment. After installing nvm run the following command each time you open a new terminal as your default node version might be set to something else:

nvm use 23.3.0

2. Make sure you initially checkout a suitable version from the main branch i.e. don't checkout a branch like 'develop'

git clone https://github.com/elizaOS/eliza.git
cd eliza
git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)

3. After switching between branches it's best to clean the project and install all the related dependencies that are listed in package.json

pnpm clean
pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile

4. Build and start the project:

pnpm build
pnpm start --character="yourCharacter.json"

PS - the official documentation is a great reference point!

[Belief208]

same here

[y4my4my4m]

same issue, on arch, node v23.3.0