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npm install <module> persistent error ? (node-gyp build ?)

I try to install jsdom such:

$ sudo npm install -g jsdom
# OR
$ sudo npm install    jsdom

After some successfull command, the install quickly fails, with the first error message being after the [....] :

$ sudo npm install jsdom 
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom
[....]

> contextify@0.1.7 install /home/yug/Desktop/QGis/WikiAtlas/1_shaded_relief/test/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp: /home/yug/.node-gyp/0.10.25/common.gypi not found (cwd: /home/yug/Desktop/QGis/WikiAtlas/1_shaded_relief/test/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify) while reading includes of binding.gyp
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:797:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-35-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/yug/Desktop/QGis/WikiAtlas/1_shaded_relief/test/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.2
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/domhandler
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/domelementtype
npm ERR! contextify@0.1.7 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the contextify@0.1.7 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the contextify 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 contextify
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-35-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "jsdom"
npm ERR! cwd /home/yug/Desktop/QGis/WikiAtlas/1_shaded_relief/test
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.24
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/entities
....

Hint? This bug also appears for other modules :

 $sudo npm install -g topojson 
 #bug with `contextify@0.1.7 install` error as well.

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How to fix that ?

Edit: I tried sudo apt-get remove --purge nodejs npm topojson then reinstalling via various ways. Even when nodejs reinstall is successfull, the error stays, so I guess it's rather contextual (node.gyp ? cwd ? ...). Remove/reinstall ways tried :

Solution

  • Seems I found a way by carefully deleting all node-related file and folder on my computer.

    0. Context: I previously made several unsuccessful console clean-ups, with 

    sudo apt-get remove --purge nodejs npm topojson

    followed by ~3 different ways to reinstall nodejs. I tried EACH way, from clean-up to reinstall, between 2 & 4 times.

    1. Terminal purging: Let's first cleaned up my mess the deepest way possible:

    npm cache clean; bower cache clean; grunt clean;
sudo apt-get remove --purge nodejs npm topojson

    Yet, I just noticed that this deep purge does NOT purge/delete installed node modules, which stay persistent.

    2. Hand purge: Also, I pushed the purge further with an hand purge for both nodejs and node_modules. I looked for ALL related folders on my computer, nearer the root (ubuntu: /home/<user>/) the better. I was careful to delete all previously installed global .../node-modules/ folders, without deleting local modules (specific local installations, which were still working).

    3. Reinstall: Then the following consoles allowed a clean reinstall:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs

sudo npm install -g topojson jsdom

    Afterwhat, my file conversion via npm module topojson (depending itself on jsdom) worked fine :

    cd /myfolder/
topojson -o output.topo.json input.geo.json

    4. Conclusion: I can not identify why, which file/folder deletion allowed the successful sudo apt-get install nodejs + sudo npm install -g topojson reinstall. But thist deep cleanup via mouse and recursive remove sudo rm -r [node related folder/file] definitively unlocked my situation.

    /!\ Be very careful with the rm -r recursive remove. /!\