Error with node-gyp and utf-8-validate

[pickle69420]

I just installed nodejs on oracle linux 9, try to setup a testing project, run npm i utf-8-validate, and this happens.

npm error code 1
npm error path /home/opc/uvapp/node_modules/bufferutil
npm error command failed
npm error command sh -c node-gyp-build
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] | linux | arm64
npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.6.8 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
npm error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
npm error gyp info spawn args [
npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm error gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm error gyp info spawn args 'make',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/opc/uvapp/node_modules/bufferutil/build/config.gypi',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/opc/.cache/node-gyp/22.11.0/include/node/common.gypi',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/opc/.cache/node-gyp/22.11.0',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/opc/.cache/node-gyp/22.11.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/opc/uvapp/node_modules/bufferutil',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm error gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm error gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm error gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm error gyp info spawn args 'build',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm error gyp info spawn args ]
npm error Traceback (most recent call last):
npm error   File "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
npm error     import gyp  # noqa: E402
npm error   File "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
npm error     import gyp.input
npm error   File "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 8, in <module>
npm error     import gyp.common
npm error   File "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.py", line 435
npm error     if CC := os.environ.get("CC_target") or os.environ.get("CC"):
npm error            ^
npm error SyntaxError: invalid syntax
npm error gyp ERR! configure error 
npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:317:18)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)
npm error gyp ERR! System Linux 5.15.0-302.167.6.1.el8uek.aarch64
npm error gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node-22" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd /home/opc/uvapp/node_modules/bufferutil
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v22.11.0
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.2.0
npm error gyp ERR! not ok

[pickle69420]

Update: i installed newer python version but now there is a new error:

gyp ERR! build error 
npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:216:23)
npm error gyp ERR! System Linux 5.15.0-302.167.6.1.el8uek.aarch64
npm error gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node-22" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd /home/opc/uvapp/node_modules/utf-8-validate

[cclauss]

Updating Python was the correct thing to do. Please provide the full log of the new failure.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/utf-8-validate was recently updated and has good GitHub Actions tests.

[cclauss]

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