Update to latest pi-spi [was: Error when installing library in raspberry pi]

[jlurgo]

Hi! I´ve been failing to install the library in raspberry pi. Can you tell me please what I´m doing wrong? I flashed the Pi with the latest Raspbian image, and upgraded it with: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

Then I installed node with: wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

Then in my node_project folder: npm install nrf

And it throws me the following errors:

pi-spi@0.8.7 install /home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-spi node-gyp rebuild

child_process: customFds option is deprecated, use stdio instead. make: Entering directory '/home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-spi/build' CXX(target) Release/obj.target/spi_binding/spi_binding.o ../spi_binding.cc:18:1: error: ‘uv_mutex_t’ does not name a type ../spi_binding.cc:23:5: error: ‘uv_work_t’ does not name a type ../spi_binding.cc:36:16: error: variable or field ‘_Transfer’ declared void ../spi_binding.cc:36:16: error: ‘uv_work_t’ was not declared in this scope ../spi_binding.cc:36:27: error: ‘req’ was not declared in this scope spi_binding.target.mk:81: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/spi_binding/spi_binding.o' failed make: *\ [Release/obj.target/spi_binding/spi_binding.o] Error 1 make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-spi/build' gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1067:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 3.18.7+ gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-spi gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.2 gyp ERR! not ok

epoll@0.1.12 install /home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-pins/node_modules/epoll node-gyp rebuild

child_process: customFds option is deprecated, use stdio instead. make: Entering directory '/home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-pins/node_modules/epoll/build' CXX(target) Release/obj.target/epoll/src/epoll.o SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/epoll.node SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/epoll.node: Finished COPY Release/epoll.node make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/node_modules/nrf/node_modules/pi-pins/node_modules/epoll/build' npm ERR! Linux 3.18.7+ npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "nrf" npm ERR! node v0.12.0 npm ERR! npm v2.5.1 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! pi-spi@0.8.7 install: node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the pi-spi@0.8.7 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the pi-spi package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls pi-spi npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /home/pi/apps/PruebaNrf/npm-debug.log

Can you tell me how can I get through this? Thanks in advance, excuse me if this is too basic, I´m new to linux.

[natevw]

I've updated a dependency (pi-spi) for node 0.12.x but node-nrf itself is still requesting the older version. You can try either:

• npm install pi-spi first, and/or override the npm dependency
• use node 0.10.x

Should be an easy fix here, but I'm in the middle of an overhaul and will need to switch back and double-check that the current branch of node-nrf works just fine with the pi-spi update first.

[jlurgo]

Thank you Nathan! I used node 0.10.36 and it worked! We should keep this issue open till you fix it for the latest node version? Thank you again!

[natevw]

Glad to hear it! Yes, please leave the issue open until the currently published node-nrf gets an update/testing for this; thanks for bringing the trouble to my attention.

[natevw]

Went ahead and only published nrf@0.8.3 from 60295b69403d7deed7b26aa110927e4c2ef394ba — to be honest, I cheated and only tested that 0.10.x still worked with that update but given my testing on pi-spi itself already, I'm pretty confident this library should now Just Work™ on a wider set of node engines too.