trying to 'npm install', getting node-gyp rebuild errors

[brascosDad]

ernestscomputer:musicomp ernest son$ npm install

> bufferutil@1.2.1 install /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/bufferutil
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/include/node'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/src'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/uv/include'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/v8/include'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:270:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 14.5.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/5.0.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/bufferutil
gyp ERR! node -v v5.0.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN install:bufferutil@1.2.1 bufferutil@1.2.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN install:bufferutil@1.2.1 Exit status 1

> utf-8-validate@1.2.1 install /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/utf-8-validate
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/include/node'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/src'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/uv/include'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/v8/include'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:270:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 14.5.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/5.0.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/utf-8-validate
gyp ERR! node -v v5.0.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN install:utf-8-validate@1.2.1 utf-8-validate@1.2.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN install:utf-8-validate@1.2.1 Exit status 1

[brascosDad]

back story: in trying to uninstall iojs and reinstall node, I entered a world of shizzao but finally got node and npm installed successfully....I tried installing node-gyp globally to no avail...

[bnoordhuis]

Delete your $HOME/.node-gyp directory and try again.

Aside, many tools don't handle spaces in path names well (/Users/ernest son/...).

[brascosDad]

sorry, when you say "$home" do you essentially mean usr/local/bin? that's what "which node-gyp" yields in term...or do you mean another location?

I did change my user name by eliminating space for "_". thanks for the heads up

[bnoordhuis]

I mean the HOME environment variable. :-) node-gyp normally downloads the development tarballs to $HOME/.node-gyp, i.e., /home/username/.node-gyp or /Users/username/.node-gyp.

[brascosDad]

thanks, i figured out what you meant....just tried npm install and it appears i still have rebuild issues. it looks as though my user rename didn't propogate..(?)

> bufferutil@1.2.1 install /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/bufferutil
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/include/node'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/src'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/uv/include'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/v8/include'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:270:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 14.5.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/5.0.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/bufferutil
gyp ERR! node -v v5.0.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN install:bufferutil@1.2.1 bufferutil@1.2.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN install:bufferutil@1.2.1 Exit status 1

> utf-8-validate@1.2.1 install /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/utf-8-validate
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/include/node'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/src'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/uv/include'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'son/.node-gyp/5.0.0/deps/v8/include'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:270:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 14.5.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/5.0.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp/node_modules/utf-8-validate
gyp ERR! node -v v5.0.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN install:utf-8-validate@1.2.1 utf-8-validate@1.2.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN install:utf-8-validate@1.2.1 Exit status 1
musiComp@1.0.0 /Users/ernest son/Desktop/PROJECTS/musicomp
├─┬ gulp@3.9.0
│ └─┬ vinyl-fs@0.3.14
│   └─┬ through2@0.6.5
│     └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
├─┬ gulp-clean@0.3.1
│ ├─┬ gulp-util@2.2.20
│ │ └─┬ through2@0.5.1
│ │   ├── readable-stream@1.0.33 
│ │   └── xtend@3.0.0 
│ └─┬ through2@0.4.2
│   └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
├─┬ gulp-concat@2.6.0
│ └─┬ through2@0.6.5
│   └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
├─┬ gulp-cssmin@0.1.7
│ └─┬ gulp-util@2.2.20
│   └─┬ through2@0.5.1
│     ├── readable-stream@1.0.33 
│     └── xtend@3.0.0 
├─┬ gulp-jshint@1.12.0
│ └─┬ through2@0.6.5
│   └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
├─┬ gulp-karma@0.0.5
│ ├─┬ gulp-util@2.2.20
│ │ └─┬ through2@0.5.1
│ │   ├── readable-stream@1.0.33 
│ │   └── xtend@3.0.0 
│ └─┬ optimist@0.6.1
│   └── minimist@0.0.10 
├─┬ gulp-ruby-sass@2.0.5
│ └─┬ vinyl-fs@1.0.0
│   └─┬ through2@0.6.5
│     └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
├─┬ karma@0.13.14
│ ├─┬ chokidar@1.2.0
│ │ └─┬ fsevents@1.0.5
│ │   └─┬ node-pre-gyp@0.6.15
│ │     └─┬ tar-pack@3.1.0
│ │       └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
│ └─┬ log4js@0.6.27
│   └── readable-stream@1.0.33 
└─┬ phantomjs@1.9.18
  └─┬ request@2.42.0
    └─┬ bl@0.9.4
      └── readable-stream@1.0.33 

[bnoordhuis]

Maybe you need to log out and log in again? It's also possible that $HOME/.npmrc has some outdated variables.

[brascosDad]

so redelete $HOME/.node-gyp and also .npmrc? logout and try again? I already restarted after user name change...

[bnoordhuis]

Maybe just edit your .npmrc in case it contains valuable things like tokens.

[brascosDad]

i see a .rvmrc folder in $HOME, but no .npmrc.....and how exactly would I edit it (if I could find it)?

[bnoordhuis]

If you don't have a .npmrc, don't worry about it. If you do, just vim will do; it's a text file.

[brascosDad]

I don't have one...any other ideas? I think I've tried everything on our
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[mmahalwy]

getting same problem here when trying to install ember-cli

[neoadventist]

same problem here with contextify.

[brascosDad]

for me, the solution was fixing the space in my home folder (that was a whole other "can o' worms"). then 'npm install' worked like a charm. also, I suggest reaching out to the folks at npm if it truly is npm related. They're great!