Preact-cli: Error while running npm install

Created on 30 May 2017 · 10Comments · Source: preactjs/preact-cli

Steps to reproduce:

preact create app --type full
cd app
rm -r node_modules
npm i

Output:

> [email protected] install /tmp/app/node_modules/fsevents
> node install


> [email protected] postinstall /tmp/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server
> node lib/install.js

  ⚠ The `/tmp/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server/vendor/simplehttp2server` binary doesn't seem to work correctly
  ⚠ simplehttp2server pre-build test failed
  ℹ compiling from source
  ✖ Error: mkdir -p /tmp/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server/vendor && sh crosscompile.sh && mv ./8116695f-a7dc-49cc-8de9-70f1346a9f2d_linux_amd64 /tmp/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server/vendor/simplehttp2server
Command failed: sh crosscompile.sh && mv ./8116695f-a7dc-49cc-8de9-70f1346a9f2d_linux_amd64 /tmp/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server/vendor/simplehttp2server
simplehttp2server.go:24:2: cannot find package "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler" in any of:
        /usr/local/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOROOT)
        /home/oren/p/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOPATH)
simplehttp2server.go:24:2: cannot find package "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler" in any of:
        /usr/local/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOROOT)
        /home/oren/p/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOPATH)
simplehttp2server.go:24:2: cannot find package "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler" in any of:
        /usr/local/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOROOT)
        /home/oren/p/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOPATH)
simplehttp2server.go:24:2: cannot find package "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler" in any of:
        /usr/local/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOROOT)
        /home/oren/p/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOPATH)
simplehttp2server.go:24:2: cannot find package "github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler" in any of:
        /usr/local/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOROOT)
        /home/oren/p/go/src/github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler (from $GOPATH)

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:205:12)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:899:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:342:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:513:12)
npm WARN [email protected] No description
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.

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More info:

Ubuntu 16.04
npm 5.0.0
node 7.7.4

Source

oren

Most helpful comment

@oren Hey, I think I just solved it locally on OS X 10.11.6, node 8.0.0, npm 5.0.0. Basically, the simplehttp2server has a golang dependency that doesn't build properly (I think for npm 5.0.0) and it uses a package that isn't in the standard library (NYTimes' gziphandler). It is failing on compiling from source since the default binary isn't executing. To workaround:

brew install go in your case sudo apt-get install golang-go, if that fails, refer to: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Ubuntu
add the following to your .zshrc, .bashrc, or .bash_profile (depending on your shell):
export GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec
export GOPATH=$HOME/.go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
source ~/.zshrc
go get -v github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler
npm uninstall -g preact-cli
npm install -g preact-cli

That should be it!

kamalasaurus on 31 May 2017

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All 10 comments

brew install go in your case sudo apt-get install golang-go, if that fails, refer to: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Ubuntu
add the following to your .zshrc, .bashrc, or .bash_profile (depending on your shell):
export GOROOT=/usr/local/opt/go/libexec
export GOPATH=$HOME/.go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin
source ~/.zshrc
go get -v github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler
npm uninstall -g preact-cli
npm install -g preact-cli

That should be it!

kamalasaurus on 31 May 2017

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FWIW, I believe those are warnings. I get them when I install too, but then simplehttp2serveris available because the npm wrapper module uses a downloaded binary.

developit on 1 Jun 2017

I installed gziphandler and I think everything is ok. I do see the following warnings so i just want to make sure it's normal:

> [email protected] postinstall /home/oren/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server
> node lib/install.js

  ⚠ The `/home/oren/app/node_modules/simplehttp2server/vendor/simplehttp2server` binary doesn't seem to work correctly
  ⚠ simplehttp2server pre-build test failed
  ℹ compiling from source
  ✔ simplehttp2server built successfully

(here there is a long list of node modules)

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN [email protected] No description
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.

oren on 1 Jun 2017

ok. i assume it's working as expected. I would like to document this somewhere so other people will not have to spend time on this. what's a good place to do that?

oren on 3 Jun 2017

@oren These things are normal if you work with Node.js for a long time. I switch to Yarn so I don't never to see these things

thangngoc89 on 3 Jun 2017

lol I wonder if it's excluded in npm@5 ;)

developit on 3 Jun 2017

@developit nope. Same annoying messages

thangngoc89 on 3 Jun 2017

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Hey everyone, I _think_ I fixed this from my side now (the side of simplehttp2server – the binary). Please try reinstalling the the simplehttp2server npm package or the entire preact-cli.