Cannot install NativeScript via NPM

From @rjbain on March 1, 2016 22:37

I’m running

npm i -g nativescript

On OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 (14F1021)

And I’m getting this output:

$ npm i -g nativescript
npm WARN excluding symbolic link docs/stylesheets/hightlight.css -> ../../node_modules/highlight.js/src/styles/solarized_light.css
npm WARN deprecated lodash-node@2.4.1: This package has been discontinued in favor of lodash@^4.0.0.
npm WARN deprecated lodash@1.0.2: lodash@<3.0.0 is no longer maintained. Upgrade to lodash@^4.0.0.
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@1.2.3: graceful-fs version 3 and before will fail on newer node releases. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible.
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@3.0.8: graceful-fs version 3 and before will fail on newer node releases. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible.
npm WARN excluding symbolic link docs/assets/ir_black.css -> ../../node_modules/highlight.js/src/styles/ir_black.css
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Test Framework -> Versions/Current/Test Framework
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Versions/Current -> A
npm WARN excluding symbolic link docs/assets/ir_black.css -> ../../node_modules/highlight.js/src/styles/ir_black.css
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Test Framework -> Versions/Current/Test Framework
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Versions/Current -> A
npm WARN excluding symbolic link docs/stylesheets/hightlight.css -> ../../node_modules/highlight.js/src/styles/solarized_light.css
/usr/local/bin/tns -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/bin/nativescript.js
/usr/local/bin/nativescript -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/bin/nativescript.js

> fibers@1.0.6 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fibers
> node build.js || nodejs build.js

`darwin-x64-v8-3.28` exists; testing
Binary is fine; exiting

> bufferutil@1.0.1 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/bufferutil
> node ./build.js

child_process: customFds option is deprecated, use stdio instead.
make: Entering directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/bufferutil/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/bufferutil.node
make: Leaving directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/bufferutil/build'
Installed in `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/bufferutil/bin/darwin-x64-v8-3.28/bufferutil.node`

> ref@1.1.3 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ref
> node ./build.js

child_process: customFds option is deprecated, use stdio instead.
make: Entering directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ref/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/binding/src/binding.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/binding.node
make: Leaving directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ref/build'
Installed in `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ref/bin/darwin-x64-v8-3.28/binding.node`

> ffi@2.0.0 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ffi
> node ./build.js

child_process: customFds option is deprecated, use stdio instead.
make: Entering directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ffi/build'
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/prep_cif.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/types.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/raw_api.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/closures.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/ffi.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/ffi64.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/darwin.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/darwin64.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/libffi.a
libtool: unrecognized option `-static'
libtool: Try `libtool --help' for more information.
deps/libffi/ffi.target.mk:165: recipe for target 'Release/libffi.a' failed
make: *** [Release/libffi.a] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ffi/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 ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1074:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 14.5.0
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/ffi
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.7
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.3.0
gyp ERR! not ok
Build failed
/usr/local/lib
└── (empty)

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "nativescript"
npm ERR! node v0.12.7
npm ERR! npm  v3.7.5
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! ffi@2.0.0 install: `node ./build.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the ffi@2.0.0 install script 'node ./build.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the ffi package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node ./build.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs ffi
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls ffi
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/me/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1

Thank you! Rob

Copied from original issue: NativeScript/NativeScript#1681

[jvzanatta]

Solved using the instructions on this website

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

[Plamen5kov]

Hi @rjbain, What is your node version ? You can check with:

nove --version