Install fails with Node-RED 3.0.2

[Mickelin01]

Trying to install node-red-contrib-rfxcom 2.11.3 through Palette Manager in fresh install of Node-RED 3.0.2. Install fails with below log. Not sure how to proceed.

21 Dec 21:22:13 - [warn] Installation of module node-red-contrib-rfxcom failed: 21 Dec 21:22:13 - [warn] ------------------------------------------ 21 Dec 21:22:13 - [warn] npm WARN config production Use --omit=dev instead. npm WARN deprecated date-format@3.0.0: 3.x is no longer supported. Please upgrade to 4.x or higher. npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path /config/node-red/node_modules/@serialport/bindings npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command sh -c prebuild-install --tag-prefix @serialport/bindings@ || node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! prebuild-install warn install No prebuilt binaries found (target=18.12.1 runtime=node arch=x64 libc=musl platform=linux) npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.3.0 npm ERR! gyp info using node@18.12.1 | linux | x64 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking Python explicitly set from command line or npm configuration npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "--python=" or "npm config get python" is "/usr/bin/python3" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "/usr/bin/python3" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python ** npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python. npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not, npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python (accepted by both node-gyp and npm) npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python ** npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.fail (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:330:47) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.runChecks (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:159:21) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:202:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:294:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at exithandler (node:child_process:420:5) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.errorhandler (node:child_process:432:5) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:289:12) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.10.0-18-amd64 npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /config/node-red/node_modules/@serialport/bindings npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v18.12.1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.3.0 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2022-12-21T20_22_06_868Z-debug-0.log 21 Dec 21:22:13 - [warn] ------------------------------------------ Error: Install failed at /opt/node_modules/@node-red/registry/lib/installer.js:285:25 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) 21 Dec 21:22:13 - [error] Error: Install failed

[Mickelin01]

Found the solution in issue #105! Happy again

[maxwellhadley]

I was just about to look myself - I was sure I'd seen this problem before!