Node-serialport: failed to install node-serialport on Raspberry Pi2

Created on 24 Dec 2015 · 12Comments · Source: serialport/node-serialport

I follow the document to install serialport module on Raspberry Pi2 ,but failed.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm install serialport
/

[email protected] install /home/pi/node_modules/serialport
node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/roo t/.node-gyp/0.12.6"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/home/pi/node_m odules/serialport/.node-gyp"
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: read ECONNRESET
gyp ERR! stack at exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11)
gyp ERR! stack at TCP.onread (net.js:559:26)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.1.13-v7+
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_mod ules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/home /pi/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v14-linux-arm/serialport.node" "- -module_name=serialport" "--module_path=/home/pi/node_modules/serialport/build/R elease/node-v14-linux-arm"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/node_modules/serialport
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.6
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v2.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local /lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback -to-build --module=/home/pi/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v14-linux -arm/serialport.node --module_name=serialport --module_path=/home/pi/node_module s/serialport/build/Release/node-v14-linux-arm' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/home/pi/node_modules/s erialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_proces s.js:1087:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.1.13-v7+
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "node" "/home/pi/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/ .bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/node_modules/serialport
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.6
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.13
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modu les/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/pi/nod e_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v14-linux-arm/serialport.node --module_n ame=serialport --module_path=/home/pi/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node -v14-linux-arm' (1)
npm ERR! Linux 4.1.13-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "serialport"
npm ERR! node v0.12.6
npm ERR! npm v2.11.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-pre-gyp install --f allback-to-build'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls serialport
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/pi/npm-debug.log
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

how to process it ?

Source

ericdai

Most helpful comment

my config:
gcc version 4.9.2 (Raspbian 4.9.2-10)

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
npm install -g node-gyp
sudo npm install --unsafe-perm serialport

fixed my problem

devrobot01 on 31 May 2016

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All 12 comments

I also encountered similar installation issue with Node.js v4.2 and serialport-2.0.5 since yesterday.

npm ERR! Linux 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
npm ERR! argv "/home/cheton/.nvm/versions/node/v4.2.2/bin/node" "/home/cheton/.nvm/versions/node/v4.2.2/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.2.2
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.7
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls serialport
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/cheton/github/cnc.js/npm-debug.log

cheton on 25 Dec 2015

@ericdai does it work if

sudo npm install --unsafe-perm serialport

is used rather than

sudo npm install serialport

Also, why is it necessary to use sudo?

fivdi on 27 Dec 2015

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I eventually fixed my installation problems after upgrading g++/gcc version to 4.8.

cheton on 30 Dec 2015

@cheton g++ 4.8 or higher is required for compiling addons with Node.js v4 or higher. @ericdai is using v0.12.6 and is having a different issue.

fivdi on 30 Dec 2015

Might be related to this https://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport/issues/658 ?

roccomuso on 9 Jan 2016

Maybe you can upgrade your nodejs to 4.2 and npm to 3.+.Then do not use 'sudo'.
I had similar problems when I install it on my pi2(run dietpi).

heymind on 16 Feb 2016

As discussed above:
npm install serialport installs the lastest serialport, 2.x.x
However 2.x.x in order to add node4 support now requires gcc 4.8.x
The vast majority of raspberry pi users are on debian 'wheezy' with gcc 4.7.x
Debian 'jessie' added gcc 4.8.x support
So you either need to upgrade to jessie/upgrade to gcc 4.8 to use the latest serialport
or you need to install the 1.x version of serialport with npm i [email protected]

jacobrosenthal on 22 Feb 2016

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly but I’m not sure that’s the answer

Looks like I’m on

Jessie

and

GCC 4.9

I’ll try 1.7.4

pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/NodeProjects/webservice $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="8"
VERSION="8 (jessie)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/NodeProjects/webservice $ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.9/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-linux-gnueabihf
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Raspbian 4.9.2-10' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.9/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.9 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.9 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.9-armhf/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.9-armhf --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.9-armhf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-arch=armv6 --with-fpu=vfp --with-float=hard --enable-checking=release --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.9.2 (Raspbian 4.9.2-10)

On 22 Feb 2016, at 21:14, Jacob Rosenthal [email protected] wrote:

Closed #649 https://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport/issues/649.

—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport/issues/649#event-560415198.

howardkitto on 22 Feb 2016

@howardkitto from issue https://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport/issues/673 it can be seen that npm install serialport results in the following error:

error: ‘REPLACE_INVALID_UTF8’ is not a member of ‘v8::String’

see https://github.com/fivdi/onoff/wiki/Node.js-v0.10.29-and-native-addons-on-the-Raspberry-Pi for further details related to this error.

fivdi on 22 Feb 2016

I fixed my UTF8 problem but now I'm getting this error installing serialport on my Raspberry Pi

Can you help?

[email protected] install /home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport
node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: ENOSPC, mkdir '/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build'
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.1.17+
gyp ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v11-linux-arm/serialport.node" "--module_name=serialport" "--module_path=/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v11-linux-arm"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.29
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.2
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'node-gyp configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v11-linux-arm/serialport.node --module_name=serialport --module_path=/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v11-linux-arm' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:755:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:822:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.1.17+
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "node" "/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.29
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.18
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute 'node-gyp configure --fallback-to-build --module=/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v11-linux-arm/serialport.node --module_name=serialport --module_path=/home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/node_modules/serialport/build/Release/node-v11-linux-arm' (1)
npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
npm WARN For further explanations, please read
/usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian

npm ERR! System Linux 4.1.17+
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.29
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/Documents/NodeProjects/ledClient/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

howardkitto on 2 Mar 2016

There's an ENOSPC error. Is the SD card full?

fivdi on 2 Mar 2016

my config:
gcc version 4.9.2 (Raspbian 4.9.2-10)

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
npm install -g node-gyp
sudo npm install --unsafe-perm serialport

fixed my problem

devrobot01 on 31 May 2016

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