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NodeGit Installation Error with gyp

See original GitHub issue

System information

node version: v10.15.1
npm or yarn version: v6.4.1
OS/version/architecture: Raspbian 9.6 on Raspberry Pi 2 B (ARM6)
Applicable nodegit version: 0.24.0

node -v
npm -v # (or yarn -v)
node -e "console.log(process.platform)"
node -e "console.log(require('os').release())"
node -e "console.log(console.log(process.arch))"

Error is thrown after sudo npm install nodegit

> nodegit@0.24.0 install /nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit
> node lifecycleScripts/preinstall && node lifecycleScripts/install

[nodegit] Running pre-install script
[nodegit] Running install script
node-pre-gyp
WARN
Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp
WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for nodegit@0.24.0 and node@10.15.1 (node-v64 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN
Hit error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build'

gyp

WARN
EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.node-gyp/10.15.1"
gyp

WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/.node-gyp"
gyp

WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp
WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp
ERR! configure error
gyp
ERR!
stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.79+
gyp
ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build/Release/nodegit.node" "--module_name=nodegit" "--module_path=/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build/Release" "--napi_version=3" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v64"
gyp ERR! cwd /nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit
gyp

ERR! node -v v10.15.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR!

not ok
node-pre-gyp
ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp
ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build/Release/nodegit.node --module_name=nodegit --module_path=/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build/Release --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v64' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/nize/nize/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
node-pre-gyp
ERR! System Linux 4.14.79+
node-pre-gyp ERR!
command
"/usr/local/bin/node" "/nize/nize/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit
node-pre-gyp
ERR!
node -v v10.15.1
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.11.0
node-pre-gyp
ERR!
not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build/Release/nodegit.node --module_name=nodegit --module_path=/nize/nize/node_modules/nodegit/build/Release --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v64' (1)
[nodegit] ERROR - Could not finish install
[nodegit] ERROR - finished with error code: 1
npm WARN nize@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN nize@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! nodegit@0.24.0 install: `node lifecycleScripts/preinstall && node lifecycleScripts/install`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the nodegit@0.24.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-02-02T05_24_20_679Z-debug.log

Seems like it has something to do with node-gyp and/or node-pre-gyp.

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Created 5 years ago
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Top GitHub Comments

5reactions

deepaksinghsolanki1989commented, Sep 28, 2019

Screenshot from 2019-09-28 13-47-19 Facing same issue while installing aws-amplify/cli. I am using node version v10.16.3 and npm version 6.9.0. Any solution to fix this issue?

2reactions

SiRumCzcommented, May 29, 2019

Try python 2 instead of python 3 and see if it works.

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