npm install zmq giving error as node-gyp rebuild

Question

i am really stuck with this problem and my dev haults, did lot of google search but confused what is the solution, i am sure any i will get help in this forum.

i am on ubuntu 13.04 node - 0.11.10-pre zmq already installed through standard process below: http://zeromq.org/intro:get-the-software python - 2.7

zishan@news01:~$ sudo npm install zmq
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zmq
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/zmq
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/set-immediate
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/set-immediate

zmq@2.5.1 install /home/zishan/node_modules/zmq
node-gyp rebuild
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: "pre" versions of node cannot be installed, use the --nodedir flag instead
gyp ERR! stack at install (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/install.js:65:16)
gyp ERR! stack at Object.self.commands.(anonymous function) as install
gyp ERR! stack at getNodeDir (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:150:20)
gyp ERR! stack at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:93:9
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:694:7)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:104:17)
gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:808:16)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess.handle.onexit (childprocess.js:875:5)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-19-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/zishan/node_modules/zmq
gyp ERR! node -v v0.11.10-pre
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.1
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! zmq@2.5.1 install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the zmq@2.5.1 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the zmq package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls zmq
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-19-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "zmq"
npm ERR! cwd /home/zishan
npm ERR! node -v v0.11.10-pre
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.21
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/zishan/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Answer 1

Ok, i figured it out using below links

First i removed nodejs completely using below. How do I completely uninstall Node.js, and reinstall from beginning (Mac OS X)

then, i installed the Node version manager to install node 0.10 (which is stable version) https://github.com/creationix/nvm

All is working like a charm and zmq installed with no issues.

I think earlier i was using node 0.11.xx-pre version which is in beta and have issues with node-gyp, node 0.10 is working without issues.

hope this will help someone else as it took me long time to figure out.

Answer 2

I think your Node version is too high and therefore not compatible. Read:

... gyp ERR! node -v v0.11.10-pre gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.1 gyp ERR! not ok ...

If you downgrade Node and retry you should be good to go. Note that that it is quite important to have your Xcode path at the correct place. Use sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app

Also use brew --config to make sure other things are in order.