Failed to build

[winstonjs]

Failed to build

[Redsandro]

Solution: sudo apt-get install libkrb5-dev

This is the first time I needed some linux package as a dependency. Is there some way to track and record these? As in, how can I make npm NOT break an otherwise running installation when attempting to update packages, when certain linux dependencies aren't met?

[phillipwei]

I experienced this same build failure, but on windows.

[yurijmikhalevich]

@Redsandro keep in mind that kerberos is MongoDB itself dependency, not winston-mongdb. If you have any questions regarding this it's better to ask them in the node-mongodb-native repo (more exactly, in mongodb-core https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongodb-core).

[Redsandro]

Good to know. This is interesting, because I already have mongodb-native running with my app, without said package installed. Perhaps it was introduced in a semi-recent release?

[yurijmikhalevich]

I'm not sure. I will investigate this today. Anyway, Kerberos mentioned as optional dependency of mongodb and you can prevent it from installing by executing npm with --no-optional argument (or something similar, you can look it up in the npm documentation). Maybe there is a way to specify this argument in package.json.

On Oct 25, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Sander AKA Redsandro [email protected] wrote:

Good to know. This is interesting, because I already have mongodb-native running with my app, without said package installed. Perhaps it was introduced in a semi-recent release?

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[Redsandro]

I didn't know about the --no-optional.

Maybe there is a way to specify this argument in package.json

That would be a solution. A quick glance doesn't look like it. Surely this can be an issue for other packages as well, so it would make sense if there's some kind of option or safeguard for this.

Interesting.

I'm not sure why node-mongodb (optionally) uses kerberos. I authenticate using authenticate() on a connection just fine. Perhaps kerberos is a non-plaintext alternative.

[yurijmikhalevich]

Perhaps kerberos is a non-plaintext alternative

This is pretty close.
According to wikipedia, kerberos /ˈkərbərəs/ is a computer network authentication protocol which works on the basis of 'tickets' to allow nodes communicating over a non-secure network to prove their identity to one another in a secure manner.

A quick glance doesn't look like it

Same for me.

What if you are passing this option to npm install itself?