npm i . fails on gif_lib.h: No such file or directory

[arthurlutz]

sorry, am not familiar with npm, how do I fix this ?

 npm i .
npm WARN package.json connect-mongo@0.2.0 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json recaptcha@1.2.0 No repository field.
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/captcha/0.0.4
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/captcha/0.0.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan

> canvas@1.1.3 install /home/arthur/local/pinitto.me/node_modules/captcha/node_modules/canvas
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory `/home/arthur/local/pinitto.me/node_modules/captcha/node_modules/canvas/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/canvas/src/Canvas.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/canvas/src/CanvasGradient.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/canvas/src/CanvasPattern.o
In file included from ../src/CanvasPattern.cc:9:0:
../src/Image.h:20:21: fatal error: gif_lib.h: No such file or directory
 #include <gif_lib.h>
                     ^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/canvas/src/CanvasPattern.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/home/arthur/local/pinitto.me/node_modules/captcha/node_modules/canvas/build'
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-20-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/arthur/local/pinitto.me/node_modules/captcha/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.21
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.10
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! weird error 1
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[peterwilli]

Hi @arthurlutz I never tried compiling on Linux, but I think you need libgif-dev on Ubuntu (I dont know how the package is called on other distributions) let me know if that worked, if not, Which linux distribution are you on?

[lloydwatkin]

@arthurlutz this will be the captcha module causing you problems as it needs libcairo. Please check out their comprehensive installation instructions here: https://github.com/LearnBoost/node-canvas/wiki/_pages

What version of pinittome are you trying to run? Please note that master is currently unstable/in development so if you want a fully functional version please choose the latest tagged release.

[philcryer]

Verfied - in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to successfully complete npm install, Ubuntu (Debian) users need libgif-dev:

apt-get install libgif-dev

[lloydwatkin]

Great!