Unable to install sharp while running yarn

This is the setup of gatsby that I’m working with:

    OS: macOS 10.15.4
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7360U CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.16.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.9.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.0/bin/npm
  Languages:
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 80.0.3987.149
    Firefox: 74.0
    Safari: 13.1
  npmPackages:
    gatsby: ^2.20.6 => 2.20.6
    gatsby-image: ^2.3.1 => 2.3.1
    gatsby-plugin-catch-links: ^2.2.1 => 2.2.1
    gatsby-plugin-google-analytics: ^2.2.2 => 2.2.2
    gatsby-plugin-manifest: ^2.3.2 => 2.3.2
    gatsby-plugin-offline: ^3.1.1 => 3.1.1
    gatsby-plugin-postcss: ^2.2.0 => 2.2.0
    gatsby-plugin-robots-txt: ^1.5.0 => 1.5.0
    gatsby-plugin-s3: ^0.3.2 => 0.3.2
    gatsby-plugin-sharp: ^2.5.3 => 2.5.3
    gatsby-plugin-sitemap: ^2.3.1 => 2.3.1
    gatsby-plugin-styled-components: ^3.2.1 => 3.2.1
    gatsby-plugin-typescript: ^2.3.1 => 2.3.1
    gatsby-plugin-zopfli: ^1.3.2 => 1.3.2
    gatsby-source-filesystem: ^2.2.1 => 2.2.1
    gatsby-source-graphql: ^2.3.0 => 2.3.0
    gatsby-transformer-sharp: ^2.4.2 => 2.4.2

This is the error that comes up when I run yarn (there’s more to the error log that hasn’t been included here):

#include <vips/vips8>
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/Personal/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:262:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.4.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/Personal/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.0/bin/node" "/Users/Personal/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/Personal/Desktop/calisthenics-skills/node_modules/sharp

I’ve already tried the following:

• Uninstalling and reinstalling expo-cli
• Using different version of node (10.16.0 and 12.14.1)
• Adding resolutions(minipass v2.7.0) for the sharp dependencies in the package.json file
• Clearing yarn cache and running yarn after that
• Deleting node_modules and yarn.lock and running yarn after that.

[suhaga15]

I tried installing vips manually using brew but that did not seem to help and we stopped trying that after realizing @andrico1234 does not have vips installed

I was actually going to suggest uninstalling it if it was installed already 🙂. It’s been known to cause problems if there’s a version installed already that sharp isn’t expecting.

Can you see if ~/.npm/_libvips exists? That is the place sharp expects libvips to be cached

Yes ~/.npm/_libvips was present. I deleted it and ran yarn and it completed successfully. Thanks a lot for the solution

[Js-Brecht]

I tried installing vips manually using brew but that did not seem to help and we stopped trying that after realizing @andrico1234 does not have vips installed

I was actually going to suggest uninstalling it if it was installed already 🙂. It’s been known to cause problems if there’s a version installed already that sharp isn’t expecting.

Can you see if ~/.npm/_libvips exists? That is the place sharp expects libvips to be cached