# Local setup problems \[Jun 23\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Discord-Discussions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/local-setup-problems-jun-23/568 "2022-11-03T10:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _asked_ ## Hello, I’d like to contribute et to do so, install and run nocodb locally. Should I install the project bare metal on my computer or using the docker-compose provider is easier ? ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### lets discuss here # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### \> weird, with node 16 I could not install and it seems I had to be on node v8 to have npm install working almost properly #### #### can you show how you installed n what kind of errors you had # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### \> It seems I also need python2. I think the documentation you gave me is used for something else #### #### why? are you looking at development setup? #### [https://docs.nocodb.com/getting-started/installation/#development-setup](https://docs.nocodb.com/getting-started/installation/#development-setup) # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### I succeed to install the backend with node 16 # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### I discovered the issue passing with node8 and having some python errors # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### So I had to install pyenv et python2.7 so I could install with node 16 # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### I had some node-gyp errors # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### why node 8 .. # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### an error I get suggest to use node 8 so I tried # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### maybe I missread the errors but it helped me fix it 🙂 # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### do u mean npm version 8 # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### my local setup #### #### node v16.14.0 #### npm v8.3.1 # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### u may try follow this # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### No, I change my node version, maybe the errors handler using the python is not compatible with node16 # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **moi** _replied_ #### I did `n 8` (n is an alternative to nvm) # ---
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> 🙋‍♂️ **wkw** _replied_ #### node 8 failed for sure # ---
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