•./src/bufferutil.c:2:10: fatal error: asser t.h

[cbaddah]

[merdok]

I would say something with your environment is not ok, maybe node is not up to date?

[toshmackevics]

I had the same issue and found this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34466969/header-files-are-not-found-by-gcc

ran sudo apt-get install build-essential and it updated all good.