Every cli command fail after brand new installation

[Nottt]

Description

npm install --global gatsby-cli

Environment

Gatsby version: Unable to tell since I can't run any gatsby command
Node.js version: v4.2.6
Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop

Actual result

root@vm:~# gatsby new
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/reporters/console/console-reporter.js:111
      cols[i] = Math.max(...widths);
                         ^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:374:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at _load_consoleReporter (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/index.js:6:52)
    at createReporter (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/index.js:19:45)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/index.js:33:18)

root@vm:~# gatsby new gatsby-site
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/reporters/console/console-reporter.js:111
      cols[i] = Math.max(...widths);
                         ^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:374:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at _load_consoleReporter (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/index.js:6:52)
    at createReporter (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/index.js:19:45)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gatsby-cli/node_modules/yurnalist/dist/index.js:33:18)

Expected behavior

Based on docs, I expected to exit fine and display something on my local port 8000?

Steps to reproduce

1. npm install --global gatsby-cli

2. gatsby new or gatsby new gatsby-site

3.

...

[KyleAMathews]

Try upgrading to node 6. We don't support node 4 (in practice I guess) any more.

[KyleAMathews]

Or better, node 8

[nickserv]

6 should be fine, it's the first LTS that supports object spread. Also, you can get the Gatsby version with npm ls gatsby.

[Nottt]

Sorry for my newbieness I just assumed the default apt get node is fine. Thanks

[nickserv]

It depends on the distribution, unfortunately Debian and Ubuntu based distributions tend to have fairly out of date packages. You can use node --version to see what you have installed, and if your distribution doesn't offer a more recent version of Node, I recommend https://github.com/creationix/nvm.

[spences10]

Yes @nickmccurdy I haven't looked on Debian (what I'm using now) but I know the apt get version of node on Ubuntu is node legacy ~v4

I use n now you can install via n-install I tried using the official install but always had permission errors and using nvm slowed my bash shell down noticeably.

I made a guide as I was always starting from scratch on WSL due to either nvm slowing bash or not having the correct permissions in npm

[m-allanson]

Closing as I think this is resolved.

[HaraldMuehlhoffCC]

Got this error using Node.js v7.6.0 on Windows 10. Disappeared after I went to v10.16.3 LTS. So first Gatsby experience was an obscure SyntaxError. Maybe some initial health check could be added including friendlier messages?