Failed at the node-hid@0.5.1 install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-24-generic npm ERR! node v6.2.2 npm ERR! npm v3.9.5 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! node-hid@0.5.1 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the node-hid@0.5.1 install script ‘node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build’. 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 node-hid package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs node-hid npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls node-hid npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

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[yas-nyan]

@todbot Thank you for the quick response.

1. Ubuntu 16.04

2. Maybe already installed. 3.“npm install node-hid”

   When use “node v 5.6.0”, this err does not occur.

[todbot]

Hi Sergio, What is the English translation of:

make: se entra en el directorio '/home/sergio/msi-klm/node_modules/node-hid/build'
make: *** No hay ninguna regla para construir el objetivo '../.node-gyp/7.3.0/include/node/common.gypi', necesario para 'Makefile'. Alto.
make: se sale del directorio '/home/sergio/msi-klm/node_modules/node-hid/build'

as I’m suspecting that’s where your error is starting.

The warning about not finding “HID-v0.5.2-node-v51-linux-x64.tar.gz” is node-pre-gyp trying to find a pre-built binary for your OS. Since it cannot find it, node-pre-gyp hands off to node-gyp to compile. (As a rule there won’t be pre-built binaries for Linuxes because they vary so much)

Also, did you install the other prerequisites mentioned on: https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid#compiling-from-source Most specifically:

apt-get install build-essential git 
apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 && export CXX=g++-4.8

Finally, one thing to try if you’re still having issues to is npm install --verbose node-hid, posting the output to gist.github.com and referencing it here. (verbose output is way too big for issues conversations)