I am trying to install the canvas npm module, a known trouble maker! It requires three libraries: gif, jpeg, and cairo. This is basically a fresh machine. What is the best way to get these libraries available for use by npm?
$ npm install canvas
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
> [email protected] preinstall node_modules/canvas
> node-waf configure build
Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++
Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp
Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar
Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib
Checking for g++ : ok
Checking for node path : ok /usr/local/lib/node
Checking for node prefix : ok /usr/local
Checking for library gif : not found
Checking for library jpeg : not found
Checking for cairo : not found
node_modules/canvas/wscript:30: error: the configuration failed (see 'node_modules/canvas/build/config.log')
Macports did the trick fairly painlessly