No start up after upgrade

Expected Behavior

Was working fine before upgrade.

Current Behavior

After performing an upgrade to the latest version the Homebridge service is hanging in an endless restart loop throwing errors.

Homebridge Log / Command Output

Jan 14 17:07:05 hal node[24081]: *** WARNING *** The program 'node' uses the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal node[24081]: *** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal node[24081]: *** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=node>
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal node[24081]: *** WARNING *** The program 'node' called 'DNSServiceRegister()' which is not supported (or only supported partially) in the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal node[24081]: *** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal node[24081]: *** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=node&f=DNSServiceRegister>
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal homebridge[24081]: *** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal homebridge[24081]: *** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=node>
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal homebridge[24081]: *** WARNING *** The program 'node' called 'DNSServiceRegister()' which is not supported (or only supported partially) in the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal homebridge[24081]: *** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
Jan 14 17:07:05 hal homebridge[24081]: *** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=node&f=DNSServiceRegister>
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:91
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: throw err
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: ^
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/build/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/build/Debug/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/build/Release/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/out/Debug/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/Debug/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/out/Release/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/Release/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/build/default/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: → /usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/compiled/6.12.3/linux/arm/ed25519.node
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at bindings (/usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:88:9)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/ed25519/index.js:1:99)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
Jan 14 17:07:06 hal homebridge[24081]: at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/HAPServer.js:8:15)

[KhaosT]

Can you guys try sudo npm -g uninstall homebridge and then npm -g install homebridge --unsafe-perm?

[iandronowicz]

Solved: install node-gyp through npm and then go to the node folder thats crashing and rebuild with: sudo node-gyp BUILDTYPE=Release rebuild and try running homebridge again. It may throw the same exception on another node module: do the same, go to that folder and rebuild.