Can't install ghostscript4js. Crash on node-gyp rebuild

[GautierT]

Hi, After deleting my node_modules and updating some packages i have some trouble re-installing ghostscript4js. When i do npm install i have this result :

npm install --python=python2.7

> ghostscript4js@3.0.0 install /Users/me/Documents/Projets/my_project/node_modules/ghostscript4js
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp WARN download NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR is deprecated and will be removed in node-gyp v4, please use NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR
gyp WARN download NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR is deprecated and will be removed in node-gyp v4, please use NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR
gyp WARN download NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR is deprecated and will be removed in node-gyp v4, please use NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../node-addon-api/src/nothing.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/nothing.a
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 611, in <module>
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 28, in main
    exit_code = executor.Dispatch(args)
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 43, in Dispatch
    return getattr(self, method)(*args[1:])
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 246, in ExecFilterLibtool
    if not libtool_re.match(line) and not libtool_re5.match(line):
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
make: *** [Release/nothing.a] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/me/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:262:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.0.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/me/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/node" "/Users/me/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/me/Documents/Projets/my_project/node_modules/ghostscript4js
gyp ERR! node -v v8.12.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN ajv-keywords@3.2.0 requires a peer of ajv@^6.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN pdfjs-dist@2.0.550 requires a peer of webpack@^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0-alpha.0 || ^4.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN worker-loader@2.0.0 requires a peer of webpack@^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0-alpha.0 || ^4.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN seeuletter-api@1.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN seeuletter-api@1.0.1 No license field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! ghostscript4js@3.0.0 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the ghostscript4js@3.0.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/me/.npm/_logs/2018-10-17T14_44_42_981Z-debug.log

[NickNaso]

Hi @GautierT , sometimes happen with nvm so try to clean the folder .node-gyp it should be in the home directory on your macOS /Users/your-user/.node-gyp. Delete everything in the folder and try again to reinstall the module. Keep me updated.

[GautierT]

Thanks @NickNaso . I deleted the .node-gyp folder but i think it was something related to python. I had to install python2 and set it as a default for npm.