npm install fails on Mac

[andig]

This is in a fresh git clone:

npm notice Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to the npm registry - including for package installation - must use TLS 1.2 or higher. You are currently using plaintext http to connect. Please visit the GitHub blog for more information: https://github.blog/2021-08-23-npm-registry-deprecating-tls-1-0-tls-1-1/
npm notice Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to the npm registry - including for package installation - must use TLS 1.2 or higher. You are currently using plaintext http to connect. Please visit the GitHub blog for more information: https://github.blog/2021-08-23-npm-registry-deprecating-tls-1-0-tls-1-1/
npm warn cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm warn cleanup   [
npm warn cleanup     '/Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/electron-chromedriver',
npm warn cleanup     [Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/electron-chromedriver'] {
npm warn cleanup       errno: -66,
npm warn cleanup       code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm warn cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',
npm warn cleanup       path: '/Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/electron-chromedriver'
npm warn cleanup     }
npm warn cleanup   ],
npm warn cleanup   [
npm warn cleanup     '/Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules',
npm warn cleanup     [Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/electron-chromedriver'] {
npm warn cleanup       errno: -66,
npm warn cleanup       code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm warn cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',
npm warn cleanup       path: '/Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/electron-chromedriver'
npm warn cleanup     }
npm warn cleanup   ]
npm warn cleanup ]
npm error code 1
npm error path /Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/better-sqlite3
npm error command failed
npm error command sh -c prebuild-install || npm run build-release
npm error > [email protected] build-release
npm error > node-gyp rebuild --release
npm error prebuild-install warn install No prebuilt binaries found (target=22.2.0 runtime=node arch=arm64 libc= platform=darwin)
npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error gyp info using [email protected]
npm error gyp info using [email protected] | darwin | arm64
npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.3 found at "/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.12"
npm error gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
npm error gyp ERR! configure error
npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/tmp/node-v16.14.0-headers.tar.gz'
npm error gyp ERR! System Darwin 23.5.0
npm error gyp ERR! command "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/22.2.0/bin/node" "/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--release"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd /Users/andig/htdocs/Cloneable/node_modules/better-sqlite3
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v22.2.0
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.1.0
npm error gyp ERR! not ok

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/andig/.npm/_logs/2024-06-02T18_45_09_731Z-debug-0.log

[ChrisMoutsos]

Hi,

It seems you are using Node v22.2.0, instead of the recommended v16.13.1 (as specified in the .nvmrc file). Is there a reason for that? If I use Node v22.2.0, I get a similar error from the better-sqlite3 package.

I'll add a step to the installation instructions to use nvm or similar to use the correct version of Node before attempting to install.

[ChrisMoutsos]

Ok, I added these lines to the installation instructions:

nvm install
nvm use

which should fix this issue for you. Please let me know.