Cannot install on NodeJS 20 and npm 10.4.0

[adrian-niculescu]

Cannot install on NodeJS 20 and npm 10.4.0

[RehArk]

Same bug here on node 20.10.0 :

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents
npm ERR! command failed

[rigor789]

OS: macOS 14.4
CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M3 Pro
Shell: /bin/zsh
node: 21.6.2
npm: 10.2.4
nativescript: 8.6.6-next-02-23-2024-8019050415

# ios
xcode: 15.2/15C500b
cocoapods: 1.15.2
python: Not Found
python3: 3.9.6
ruby: 2.7.8
platforms:
  - DriverKit 23.2
  - iOS 17.2
  - macOS 14.2
  - tvOS 17.2
  - visionOS 1.0
  - watchOS 10.2

No issues on node 21.6.2 here. I have seen others having issues with fsevents (some on Windows) but not really sure what causes it - as far as I understand fsevents wouldn't even attempt to build on Windows machines because it's macos specific. We also don't directly depend on fsevents either, plus it's marked optional so failing to build it shouldn't cause installation errors at all. I suspect it's either system env related, or an npm bug perhaps?

npm why fsevents
[email protected] optional
node_modules/fsevents
  optional fsevents@"~2.3.2" from [email protected]
  node_modules/chokidar
    chokidar@"3.5.3" from the root project
    chokidar@"*" from @types/[email protected]
    node_modules/@types/chokidar
      dev @types/chokidar@"2.1.3" from the root project
    chokidar@"3.5.3" from [email protected]
    node_modules/mocha
      dev mocha@"10.2.0" from the root project
    chokidar@"^3.5.2" from [email protected]
    node_modules/nodemon

[minichiello]

I'm having the same problem of not being able to install on Ubuntu 22.04

Node: v20.11.1
npm: 10.5.0
Python: 3.12.2
NativeScript: 8.6.5

Error:
npm i -g nativescript npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to latest, formidable@v2 or formidable@v3! Check these notes: https://bit.ly/2ZEqIau npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path /home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64 npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.2 found at "/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/python/3.12.2/bin/python" npm ERR! gyp info spawn /home/gerson/.asdf/installs/python/3.12.2/bin/python npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'make', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents/build/config.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/home/gerson/.cache/node-gyp/20.11.1/include/node/common.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/gerson/.cache/node-gyp/20.11.1', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/gerson/.cache/node-gyp/20.11.1/<(target_arch)/node.lib', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.' npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ] npm ERR! gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents) while trying to load binding.gyp npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:271:18) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12) npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 6.5.0-26-generic npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/bin/node" "/home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild" npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /home/gerson/.asdf/installs/nodejs/20.11.1/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.11.1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

[alexander-mai]

I have the same Problem on a MacBook Pro M2:

% node -v
v21.7.1

% npm -v
10.5.0

% npm i -g nativescript        
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to latest, formidable@v2 or formidable@v3! Check these notes: https://bit.ly/2ZEqIau
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | darwin | arm64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.2 found at "/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.12"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.12
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/Users/amai/Library/Caches/node-gyp/21.7.1/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/amai/Library/Caches/node-gyp/21.7.1',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/amai/Library/Caches/node-gyp/21.7.1/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents) while trying to load binding.gyp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:271:18)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 23.3.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/21.7.1/bin/node" "/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/nativescript/node_modules/fsevents
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v21.7.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

[rigor789]

See if this helps? nodejs/node-gyp#2992 (comment)

All of the errors above seem to have the Homebrew Python in common.

Maybe the system python would work better - you could also try uninstalling the brew python and try again.

---

We're likely going to simplify setup and not require python explicitly anymore soon (since it ships with xCode, we can likely use that one where python is needed in the runtime/metadata-generator)

[alexander-mai]

I could not uninstall python from homebrew, because it is required by other packages like Podman.

Only using NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON=python3 npm i -g nativescript produced the same error.