Node cannot be run when installed from tar.gz.

[niedomnie]

Node version 4.2.1 (or 0.10.36, 0.12) cannot be installed (unpacked) from tar.gz to work with zmq library (probably not only with that library).

Such command works fine:
$ node -r "express" -e "console.log('ok');"
But this does not:
$ node -r "zmq" -e "console.log('ok');"
/opt/app/lib/node_modules/zmq/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:83
throw e
^
Error: Module did not self-register.
at Error (native)
at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:460:18)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
at require (module.js:385:17)
at bindings (/opt/app/lib/node_modules/zmq/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:76:44)
at Object. (/opt/app/lib/node_modules/zmq/lib/index.js:6:30)
at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)

$ which node
/bin/node
$ ls -la /bin/node
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Oct 20 07:42 /bin/node -> /opt/node-v4.2.1-linux-x64/bin/node

$ node -v
v4.2.1
$ npm -v
2.14.7

But when I use yum install nodejs then everything works (/usr/bin/node is replaced).

So what to do to have installed node, fully featured ?

[bnoordhuis]

You need to npm rebuild the zmq module after upgrading node. Closing, not a bug.