Node-gyp compilation issue with Ethereumjs-testrpc

[DavidBurela]

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• A brief description Native node module compilation with node-gyp fails. When trying to npm install -g ethereumjs-testrpc

• Expected results It works on windows, IF the npm install -g --production windows-build-tools tools are installed.

• Actual results (with terminal output if applicable)

• Your Windows build number 1607

• Steps / All commands required to reproduce the error from a brand new installation

  sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y  && sudo apt install git -y
  curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
  npm install -g ethereumjs-testrpc 

• Strace of the failing command

• Required packages and commands to install

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[aseering]

Hi @DavidBurela -- Ubuntu, much like Windows, doesn't actually ship with the build tools that you need out-of-the-box. (They're a big download and take up a bunch of space on disk, and you only need them if you're developing native code.) Unlike Windows, though, you can get them from Ubuntu's apt package manager.

Could you try running:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

and re-running the steps above that are currently failing for you? That should get you past the error about make not being found.

[DavidBurela]

Apologies, the issue was as simple as that. Closing.

Earlier I was getting additional node-gyp errors when trying to npm install -g truffle but those were resolved with the new insider builds. When I saw that Ethereumjs-testrpc still had compile issues, I thought I should submit an issue.