No longer able to install the package

[link82]

Today I tried to install the package in my N8N installation using v. 2.6.0 and it fails with following error:

Error loading package "n8n-nodes-puppeteer" :Command failed: npm install --audit=false --fund=false --bin-links=false --install-strategy=shallow --ignore-scripts=true --package-lock=false --registry=https://registry.npmjs.org npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful. npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me npm error yallist_1. Yallist is not a constructor npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/node/.npm/_logs/2026-02-04T13_04_31_924Z-debug-0.log

[victorperin]

+1

running install, inside nodes folder, it gives this error:

npm error yallist_1.Yallist is not a constructor

also, inside npm's .log file i've found:

1819 verbose stack TypeError: yallist_1.Yallist is not a constructor
1819 verbose stack     at new Pack (/opt/nodejs/node-v22.22.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/tar/dist/commonjs/pack.js:194:23)
1819 verbose stack     at createAsync (/opt/nodejs/node-v22.22.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/tar/dist/commonjs/create.js:74:15)
1819 verbose stack     at Object.assign.syncFile.syncFile (/opt/nodejs/node-v22.22.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/tar/dist/commonjs/make-command.js:45:20)
1819 verbose stack     at /opt/nodejs/node-v22.22.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/dir.js:81:26
1820 error yallist_1.Yallist is not a constructor
1821 silly unfinished npm timer reify 1770235598781
1822 silly unfinished npm timer reify:unpack 1770235612527
1823 silly unfinished npm timer reifyNode:node_modules/puppeteer-extra-plugin-human-typing 1770235612529

[xuhuichen1934]

是因为官方删除了底层的apk和npm工具包导致的，
不仅是社区节点不能用，自定义镜像也瘫痪了

[link82]

Can you please link the issue / thread you are referring to @xuhuichen1934 ?

[link82]

Little update: I found a workaround, at least for me.
The unsupported/deprecated dependencies (yallist, rimraf, glob) were only needed for running the browser locally. By dropping local browser support and supporting only a remote Browserless server, we no longer need those dependencies, so the issue is solved.
I have a self-hosted instance of browserless so that's not a problem to me.
Here you can find my fork if you want to test it: I packed the code and published it to npm named @crunchy-bytes/n8n-nodes-puppeteer and I've been able to install the node again.

I'm still testing if everything works properly: pay attention if you want to test the changes I applied.

[NickStees]

@link82 - Thanks for the fork it worked great for me as well. Didn't have to change any of my nodes custom code.

[xuhuichen1934]

Thanks, 受我一拜！ @link82

[xuhuichen1934]

bro, 我听说了一种使用puppetpeer-core的方案, 不知道你是否成功？ @link82

[Admiralkheir]

+1 same problem.

# Install n8n-nodes-puppeteer in a permanent location
RUN mkdir -p /opt/n8n-custom-nodes && \
    cd /opt/n8n-custom-nodes && \
    npm install n8n-nodes-puppeteer && \
    chown -R node:node /opt/n8n-custom-nodes

npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Old versions of glob are not supported, and contain widely publicized security vulnerabilities, which have been fixed in the current version. Please update. Support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates) by contacting i@izs.me
npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm error yallist_1.Yallist is not a constructor
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2026-02-17T17_47_54_089Z-debug-0.log

[NikolozCh]

Hey guys, I have found the solution AS OF NOW - change the base image to :nightly build

So inside ./Dockerfile and docker/Dockerfile

- FROM docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
+ FROM docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n:nightly

This should solve the issue for now.