eslint-plugin-import: 1.10.1 breaks ESLint 2.13.1 and Node < 4

I work with Meteor which is just starting to adopt Node 4 (in Beta). We have many sample apps running Node 0.10.x.

I just downloaded the main Meteor todos app, ran “npm install” and got eslint-plugin-import 1.10.1 installed with ESLint 2.13.1. This produced the following error…

rhett@dreamshot:~/oob/meteors/todos1.3$ meteor npm run lint

> @ lint /home/rhett/oob/meteors/todos1.3
> eslint .


/home/rhett/oob/meteors/todos1.3/node_modules/eslint-plugin-import/lib/index.js:6
const rules = exports.rules = {
^^^^^

Oops! Something went wrong! :(

ESLint couldn't find the plugin "eslint-plugin-import". This can happen for a couple different reasons:

1. If ESLint is installed globally, then make sure eslint-plugin-import is also installed globally. A globally-installed ESLint cannot find a locally-installed plugin.

2. If ESLint is installed locally, then it's likely that the plugin isn't installed correctly. Try reinstalling by running the following:

    npm i eslint-plugin-import@latest --save-dev

If you still can't figure out the problem, please stop by https://gitter.im/eslint/eslint to chat with the team.


npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-28-generic
npm ERR! argv "node" "/home/rhett/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.3.0_3.139i3kk++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/dev_bundle/bin/npm" "run" "lint"
npm ERR! node v0.10.43
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.22
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! @ lint: `eslint .`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the @ lint script 'eslint .'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the  package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     eslint .
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs 
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! 
npm ERR!     npm owner ls 
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/rhett/oob/meteors/todos1.3/npm-debug.log

I’m no NPM expert, but do you perhaps need a node 4 requirement in your package.json now?

"engines": {
    "node": ">=4"
  }

Reverting to 1.10.0 fixed my problem. Also, running with Node 4 fixed it, but that isn’t something our user base at large is ready for yet.