# \[Solved\] Unable to launch node when installed with Brew

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/solved-unable-to-launch-node-when-installed-with-brew/4636>\
**Category:** Bluefin\
**Created:** [October 20, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/solved-unable-to-launch-node-when-installed-with-brew/4636 "2024-10-20T16:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/alan/32/2985_2.png) [@Alan](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Alan)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/solved-unable-to-launch-node-when-installed-with-brew/4636/1 "2024-10-20T16:50:37Z")

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I had a weird issue today when trying to run node - I received this error:

```bash
$ node -v

node: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

```

I attempted to `brew reinstall node` and `brew remove node; brew install node`, neither of which helped.

I am on Aurora `40.20241019.0 (2024-10-20T04:43:42Z)`, and have been running Node without issues since April.

What solved it was running:

```bash
brew install gcc

```

I don’t know why Brew couldn’t handle this dependency itself. (I created this thread to help anyone searching this who might have the same issue.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/e/e39f7d1952979cf23b0f8d634e025fb38da50026.png) [@system](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/solved-unable-to-launch-node-when-installed-with-brew/4636/2 "2025-01-18T16:50:46Z")

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