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Error installing node-gyp on ubuntu

rated 0 times [ 133] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 74449 / 11 Years ago, thu, january 16, 2014, 12:00:00

npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/weak/-/weak-0.2.2.tgz

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings

npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings



> [email protected] install node_modules/weak

> node-gyp rebuild



Traceback (most recent call last):

  File /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py, line 18, in <module>

    sys.exit(gyp.script_main())

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'script_main'

gyp ERR! configure error 

gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1

gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:337:16)

gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)

gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)

gyp ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-15-generic

gyp ERR! command node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js rebuild



gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.15

gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.1

gyp ERR! not ok 

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.

npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the weak 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 weak

npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.



npm ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-15-generic

npm ERR! command node /usr/bin/npm install [email protected]

npm ERR! node -v v0.10.15

npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.23

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE



npm ERR! not ok code 0

I don't have a direct dependency on weak or node-gyp but I guess it is required by my other dependencies (express,phantom,ejs,aws-sdk,moment). Anyone faced such an issue and was able to fix?

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answered 11 Years ago sonja · Accepted Answer

This is what worked. You need python 2.6 during the installation.

#!/bin/bash

#On Ubuntu Saucy:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install python2.6

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.6 20

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 10



#you can switch between 2.6 & 2.7 using:

sudo update-alternatives --config python



#Btw I installed node using ppa:chris-lea/node.js

https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/363