Unable to add to a project on Ubuntu

[markbirbeck]

I've tried doing npm install --save electron-chromecast and I get the following error:

> mdns@2.3.3 install /home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/node_modules/mdns
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory '/home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/node_modules/mdns/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/dns_sd_bindings/src/dns_sd.o
In file included from ../src/dns_sd.cpp:1:0:
../src/mdns.hpp:32:20: fatal error: dns_sd.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

Full details with trace

``` shell > mdns@2.3.3 install /home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/node_modules/mdns > node-gyp rebuild make: Entering directory '/home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/node_modules/mdns/build' CXX(target) Release/obj.target/dns_sd_bindings/src/dns_sd.o In file included from ../src/dns_sd.cpp:1:0: ../src/mdns.hpp:32:20: fatal error: dns_sd.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. dns_sd_bindings.target.mk:143: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/dns_sd_bindings/src/dns_sd.o' failed make: *** [Release/obj.target/dns_sd_bindings/src/dns_sd.o] Error 1 make: Leaving directory '/home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/node_modules/mdns/build' gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:276:23) gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-38-generic gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" gyp ERR! cwd /home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/node_modules/mdns gyp ERR! node -v v6.7.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.3.1 gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-38-generic npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--save" "electron-chromecast" npm ERR! node v6.7.0 npm ERR! npm v3.10.3 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! mdns@2.3.3 install: `node-gyp rebuild` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the mdns@2.3.3 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'. npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the mdns package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs mdns npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls mdns npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /home/mark/Documents/workspace/markbirbeck/sidewinder-viewer/npm-debug.log ```

After a bit of poking around, the advice that fixed the problem was to install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev:

sudo apt install -y libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev

I can't think of any cunning way to make this a dependency in 'node world', but it might be worth adding to the documentation.

[MarshallOfSound]

It's in the documentation of MDNS which is a declared dependency of electron-chromecast.

I'll add a link to the MDNS docs in the README

[markbirbeck]

Perfect!