SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.

[megrimm]

hello. i get following error with recent git pull:

pi@raspberrypi:~/Development/bitcoin/zenbot $ zenbot backfill

/home/pi/Development/bitcoin/zenbot/node_modules/ws/lib/WebSocket.js:9
const url = require('url');
^^^^^
[SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.]
SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.
at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
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 Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object. (/home/pi/Development/bitcoin/zenbot/node_modules/ws/index.js:9:27)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)

[megrimm]

wow i keep jumping the gun on the issues. the solution here is simply to update nodejs:

npm cache clean -f
npm install -g n
n stable
node --version
npm rebuild

now it works!