Error using npm install

tried npm install cncjs -g today and got lots of errors relating to serialport.

node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(404): https://github.com/EmergingTechnologyAdvisors/node-serialport/releases/download/4.0.6/serialport-v4.0.6-node-v46-linux-arm.tar.gz node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for serialport@4.0.6 and node@4.5.0 (node-v46 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) gyp WARN EACCES user “root” does not have permission to access the dev dir “/root/.node-gyp/4.5.0” gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/.node-gyp” make: Entering directory ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/build’ make: *** No rule to make target ‘…/.node-gyp/4.5.0/include/node/common.gypi’, needed by ‘Makefile’. Stop. make: Leaving directory ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/build’ gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:276:23) gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.30+ gyp ERR! command “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “build” “–fallback-to-build” “–module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/ serialport/build/Release/serialport.node” “–module_name=serialport” “–module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/build/Release” gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport gyp ERR! node -v v4.5.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute ‘/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_mod ules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/serialport.node --module_name=serialport --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/build/Release’ (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:829:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.30+ node-pre-gyp ERR! command “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp” “install” “–fallback-to-build” node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cncjs/node_modules/serialport install: info lifecycle serialport@4.0.6~install: Failed to exec install script

node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.31 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok

Seems to just time out on the next step…

Something wrong or something I am doing wrong?

[dru5412]

Managed to resolve the issue, it was due to being root sudo when installing.

Installing as a user with sudo prefix seemed to resolve it…

Not sure if that was the main cause but fixed now, thanks for help.

Will close issue off.

[cheton]

May I know which gcc/g++ version you’re using in your raspberry pi? I saw some people encountered installation problems because they are using wheezy. gcc/g++ 4.8 or above is required for Node.js v4 or higher.