ninja: FAILED: libexpat.a

[aseprite]

ninja: FAILED: libexpat.a

[hien-ngo29]

I think this error is a library missing of Python code. I resolved the problem by installing expatriate library through pip (pip install expatriate).

Somehow on some machines pip doesn't work. It returns the error "This environment is externally managed" and doesn't install the package. In this case, you may refer to this StackOverflow page.

After installation, you can execute ninja -C out/Release-x64 skia modules and everything will work.

Hope this help.

[goudaghost]

Had the same issue trying to build on Debian. I think it's an issue referencing the python version or something since I had to run python3 instead of python in a previous step. Found a work around using help from a Cyberciti article to make a symlink.