Install failing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

[paixaop]

Install failing on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

[navinpurohit]

Hello guyz, i resolved this problem recently by running just 2 commands:-

1. sudo apt-get install libtool
2. sudo apt-get install autoconf

Try and share your results. :-)

[loudambiance]

I solved this in Fedora by installing libtool, dnf install libtool. Which was not part of the automake or autoconf package.

[Elm0P2]

Did you try pancakes

[jwverzijden]

I had this exact same error on a debian machine while reinstalling the package.

the steps I followed:

1. I deleted the sodium directory from node_modules and executed
   npm i sodium
   which failed in the error above.

2. So I deleted the entire node_modules directory and executed
   npm i
   which installed all the packages from my package.json including sodium.

I have no clue how this could have helped in anyway but it did, so maybe it does for you?

[paixaop]

you need to install autotools so you can compile libsodium natively.
Check http://askubuntu.com/questions/430706/installing-autotools-autoconf

[FireController1847]

Still happening, can confirm.

@paixaop I installed it and I'm still getting the error.

[latipun7]

This is happening to me too. Ubuntu LTS 16.04

[28andrew]

This is happening to me too. Ubuntu LTS 16.04

[Isabello]

It clearly states why at the top of the log:

Static libsodium was not found at /home/user/Desktop/nodejs/‎sodium-test/node_modules/.staging/sodium-5c5931be/deps/build/lib/libsodium so compiling libsodium from source.
libtool is required, but wasn't found on this system

[timm0e]

Trying to install on Digitalocean, it happens to me too

Tested with latest Ubuntu and Debian

I installed the required things and did everything the npm page suggested

EDIT: Install also failing on Manjaro

[raufis27]

Libtool and autoconf installed, but :

Static libsodium was not found at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/hap-client-tool/node_modules/sodium/deps/build/lib/libsodium so compiling libsodium from source.
libtoolize: error: Failed to create 'build-aux'
make: *** [libsodium] Error 1
Makefile:61: recipe for target 'libsodium' failed
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/hap-client-tool/node_modules/sodium/install.js:287
throw new Error(cmdLine + ' exited with code ' + code);
^

Error: make libsodium exited with code 2
at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/hap-client-tool/node_modules/sodium/install.js:287:19)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:159:13)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:12)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] preinstall: node install.js --preinstall
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

[raufis27]

Ok, I was able to install it using yarn.

[navinpurohit]

@raufis27 Nice