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Issue Could not install the Node.js extension The execution of post-install.php has failed with the following message: ERR [extension/nodejs]

Henry C. Lavau

New Pleskian
Server operating system version
Debian 8.11
Plesk version and microupdate number
Plesk Obsidian Web Pro Edition Version 18.0.28 Update #3
Could not install the Node.js extension The execution of post-install.php has failed with the following message: ERR [extension/nodejs] Execution installer has failed with exit code 1, stdout: , stderr: ERROR:__main__:Command '['apt-get', '-qq', 'update']' returned non-zero exit status 100

What to do to install Node.js?
 
hello @Henry C. Lavau ,
I'm afraid that Debian 8 Jessie long term support reached end-of-life on 30 June 2020, so it is not supported anymore.
You need to distupgrade your system to at least Debian 10.
 
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