ares_library_init error in Node.js

Question

I have a problem running a simple Hello World on Node.js. I'm using CentOS and installed it via yum. When I run the file with Node.js, this error pops up:

node: symbol lookup error: node: undefined symbol: ares_library_init

I tried searching google to no avail. I only found that this belongs to the c-ares library. Any idea of how I can solve this?

The file contains this:

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

Mike42 · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03 11:51:06Z

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Solved it. You can't use yum.

yum remove nodejs
git clone http://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
git checkout v0.4.10
./configure
make
make install

answered Aug 3, 2011 at 11:51

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Tom Gruner Over a year ago

I had the exact same issue in fedora 16 after following the yum install instructions. removing it and configuring it now from scratch.

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