node server error when "node index.js" (EADDRINUSE)
linux, linux-mint, node.js, ubuntu-12.04
Solution
Check which port is used by Node in your index.js file, for a start. There is another application which uses this port. So you have two options:
- kill this app
- use another port for Node app
Problem
On Mint Maya 64, if I run "node index.js" (v0.10.21) in terminal, I get this error: ``` events.js:72 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^ Error: listen EADDRINUSE at errnoException (net.js:901:11) at Server._listen2 (net.js:1039:14) at listen (net.js:1061:10) at Server.listen (net.js:1127:5) at Object.<anonymous> (/home/USER/Desktop/server/index.js:73:24) at Module._compile (module.js:456:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10) ``` my apache2 server is stopped, and there is no other node server running. I tried "killall node" -> node: no process found With "sudo netstat -tulpn" there is no sign of anything listening on port 80. Because it's the first node server experiment for me, I don't have a clue how to proceed.