Cant build on ubuntu. Incorrect fixed search path fo node-gyp

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triod@hplub:~$ npm i pg-native -g

libpq@1.8.9 install /home/triod/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/pg-native/node_modules/libpq node-gyp rebuild

/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin/node-gyp: 5: /usr/bin/node-gyp: not found npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! syscall spawn npm ERR! file sh npm ERR! errno ENOENT npm ERR! libpq@1.8.9 install: node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! spawn ENOENT npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the libpq@1.8.9 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! /home/triod/.npm/_logs/2020-12-21T11_13_53_338Z-debug.log triod@hplub:~$ less /home/triod/.npm/_logs/2020-12-21T11_13_53_338Z-debug.log

But node-gyp installed AND exists on PATH. triod@hplub:~$ node-gyp -v v7.1.2 triod@hplub:~$

Problem: if packages installed under user account, not root, path to executable should not to be fixed.

For example, how to install as non root regular user:

triod@hplub:~/test$ npm config get prefix /usr/local triod@hplub:~/test$ mkdir ~/.npm-global triod@hplub:~/test$ npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global' triod@hplub:~/test$ export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH triod@hplub:~/test$ source ~/.profile triod@hplub:~/test$ npm install node-gyp -g

==== > all working nice. if I do $ npm i pg-native -g Yourrs npm installer search by fixed path /usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin/node-gyp: 5: /usr/bin/node-gyp: not found

Really, this is incorrect. may be usage which node-gyp can helps.

My env: triod@hplub:~$ npm config get prefix /home/triod/.npm-global triod@hplub:~$

Please, fix.

With best wishes - Yuriy.

[brianc]

Please, fix.

With best wishes - Yuriy.

Pull requests are welcome! Happy to review them!

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This version of Ubuntu triod@hplub:~/node-libpq$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS \n \l

.. contains

triod@hplub:~/node-libpq$ node -v v15.4.0 triod@hplub:~/node-libpq$ npm -v 7.0.15 triod@hplub:~/node-libpq$

.......Installed from snap. (Node && npm ) versions are working. I mean, node-pg-native can be compiled.

Builin node && npm is very old. Unusable(((.

Patch.are() => { $ sudo -i

apt remove nodejs npm

apt autoremove

snap install npm --classic --channel=15

.. possible step as user (optional, not tested) $ npm update }

With best wishes - Yuriy.

[charmander]

npm is the one calling node-gyp implicitly because of the presence of a binding.gyp; node-libpq doesn’t hardcode a path to it anywhere. Are you able to install any other packages that build native modules?

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Second try. Fresh Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS with dev tools. BuiltIn node v10.19.0; npm 6.14.4 $ npm install node-gyp -g $ npm i pg-native -g

Package compiled && installed.

var Client = require('pg-native') Thrown: { Error: Cannot find module 'pg-native' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }

$ npm install libpq -g

Package compiled && installed.

var Libpq = require('libpq'); Thrown: { Error: Cannot find module 'libpq' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' } var pq = new Libpq(); Thrown: TypeError: Libpq is not a constructor

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No marketing! But under Centos8 && gentoo all working nice.

[D-Y-V]

Fixed. Move from Ubuntu.