node-gyp rebuild is failing

• Node Version:Node: v10.19.0 and NPM: 6.14.5
• Platform: Ubuntu 20.04
• Module: vscode-sqlite3

Verbose output (from npm or node-gyp):

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@6.1.0
gyp info using node@10.19.0 | linux | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 2.7.18 found at "/usr/bin/python2"
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python2
gyp info spawn args [ '/usr/share/nodejs/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/varun/Desktop/WorkSpace/vscode/node_modules/vscode-sqlite3/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/share/nodejs/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/include/nodejs/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/usr/include/nodejs',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/share/nodejs/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/usr/include/nodejs/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/varun/Desktop/WorkSpace/vscode/node_modules/vscode-sqlite3',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory '/home/varun/Desktop/WorkSpace/vscode/node_modules/vscode-sqlite3/build'
  ACTION deps_sqlite3_gyp_action_before_build_target_unpack_sqlite_dep Release/obj/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3280000/sqlite3.c
/bin/sh: 1: python: not found
make: *** [deps/action_before_build.target.mk:13: Release/obj/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3280000/sqlite3.c] Error 127
make: Leaving directory '/home/varun/Desktop/WorkSpace/vscode/node_modules/vscode-sqlite3/build'
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/share/nodejs/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.4.0-33-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "configure" "build"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/varun/Desktop/WorkSpace/vscode/node_modules/vscode-sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v10.19.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v6.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok

[Badestrand]

Would it be possible to change node-gyp so that it doesn’t fail when there are multiple python versions installed? Or at least that it gives a reasonable error message?

I run into problems with this module every 6 months or so and it always is super frustrating and difficult to find a solution (or the problem, in the first place). And I never even used this module directly but it’s a dependency for every other module out there.

[jabbar86]

This works for me 😃

npm install -g node-gyp

export npm_config_node_gyp=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js

rm -rf node_modules(if already there)

npm install