MacOS 10.13.4 Can't install grpc

Can’t install grpc on MacOS 10.13.4 I run but getting following error npm config set python /usr/bin/python2.7 npm install grpc --python=python2.7

CXX(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/deps/grpc/src/core/ext/filters/message_size/message_size_filter.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/deps/grpc/src/core/ext/filters/workarounds/workaround_cronet_compression_filter.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/deps/grpc/src/core/ext/filters/workarounds/workaround_utils.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/deps/grpc/src/core/plugin_registry/grpc_plugin_registry.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/libgrpc.a
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 611, in <module>
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 28, in main
    exit_code = executor.Dispatch(args)
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 43, in Dispatch
    return getattr(self, method)(*args[1:])
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 246, in ExecFilterLibtool
    if not libtool_re.match(line) and not libtool_re5.match(line):
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
make: *** [Release/libgrpc.a] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:225:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.5.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/bin/node" "/Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown/grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v10.0.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/bin/node /Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:947:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:236:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.5.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/bin/node" "/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.0.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.7.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/bin/node /Users/nuruddin/.nvm/versions/node/v10.0.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/Users/nuruddin/Desktop/io-website/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v64-darwin-x64-unknown' (1)
npm WARN ajv-keywords@2.1.1 requires a peer of ajv@^5.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN eslint-config-esnext@1.6.0 requires a peer of eslint@~3.4.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN eslint-config-recommended@1.5.0 requires a peer of eslint@~3.4.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN eslint-plugin-import@1.14.0 requires a peer of eslint@2.x - 3.x but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN eslint-plugin-react@6.2.2 requires a peer of eslint@^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! grpc@1.10.1 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grpc@1.10.1 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

[samuria]

@nicolasnoble node -v is v8.11.1 though?

Edit: fixed issue by downgrading project node to v9.9.0.

[nicolasnoble]

You’re trying to install an older version of gRPC on node 10. We didn’t have support for node 10 at the time.