Unable to build Coz due to npm error on a Ubuntu machine

santoshn commented 7 years ago

I am trying to build the latest version of Coz on a Ubuntu Linux server. I get the following error when I do make. Any suggestions on how I can address this?

uname -a for my machine gives the following string

"Linux 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux"

npm install npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/types/jquery npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/types/d3 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/types/bootstrap npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/types/jquery npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/types/bootstrap npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/types/d3 npm ERR! TypeError: Cannot read property 'latest' of undefined npm ERR! at next (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:687:35) npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:675:5 npm ERR! at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7) npm ERR! at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7 npm ERR! at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15) npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at: npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues npm ERR! or email it to: npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com

npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-32-generic npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" npm ERR! cwd /home/santosh/coz/coz-0.1.0/viewer npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25 npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10 npm ERR! type non_object_property_load npm ERR! TypeError: Cannot read property 'latest' of undefined npm ERR! at next (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:687:35) npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:675:5 npm ERR! at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7) npm ERR! at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7 npm ERR! at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15) npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at: npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues npm ERR! or email it to: npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com

npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-32-generic npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" npm ERR! cwd /home/santosh/coz/coz-0.1.0/viewer npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25 npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10 npm ERR! type non_object_property_load npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! /home/santosh/coz/coz-0.1.0/viewer/npm-debug.log npm ERR! not ok code 0

ccurtsinger commented 7 years ago

What version of Ubuntu is this? I think there has been quite a bit of churn in npm, especially in the Ubuntu packages, so there may be a compatibility issue. As a quick workaround, you can remove viewer from line 2 in Makefile at the root and just use the online viewer at http://plasma-umass.github.io/coz/.

jvilk commented 7 years ago

@santoshn can you try updating NPM and trying again? Unfortunately, the fast pace of the JS ecosystem isn't very compatible with Debian's packaging system. :/

https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/4982#issuecomment-39272294

Let me know if it gives you further errors.

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