indexzero/forever — Issue #150: npm install forever -g is not working
Author: ekanna
Created: 2011-10-25 11:53:10+00:00
State: open

Hi all,

I getting below erro while trying to install forever. please help me out.

sudo npm install forever -g
npm WARN async@0.1.12 package.json: bugs['web'] should probably be bugs['url']
npm WARN watch@0.3.3 package.json: bugs['web'] should probably be bugs['url']

> daemon@0.3.2 preinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/daemon
> node-waf configure build

Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++
Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp
Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar
Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib
Checking for g++ : ok
Checking for node path : not found
Checking for node prefix : ok /usr/local
'configure' finished successfully (0.022s)
Waf: Entering directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/daemon/build'
no such environment: default
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/node-waf", line 16, in
Scripting.prepare(t, os.getcwd(), VERSION, wafdir)
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 145, in prepare
prepare_impl(t, cwd, ver, wafdir)
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 135, in prepare_impl
main()
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 188, in main
fun(ctx)
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 386, in build
return build_impl(bld)
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 399, in build_impl
bld.add_subdirs([os.path.split(Utils.g_module.root_path)[0]])
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Build.py", line 981, in add_subdirs
self.recurse(dirs, 'build')
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Utils.py", line 634, in recurse
f(self)
File "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/daemon/wscript", line 17, in build
obj = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "shlib", "node_addon")
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Build.py", line 335, in new_task_gen
ret = cls(*k, **kw)
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Tools/ccroot.py", line 162, in __init__
TaskGen.task_gen.__init__(self, *k, **kw)
File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/TaskGen.py", line 118, in __init__
self.env = self.bld.env.copy()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'copy'
npm ERR! error installing daemon@0.3.2 Error: daemon@0.3.2 preinstall: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! error installing daemon@0.3.2 `sh "-c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR! error installing daemon@0.3.2 at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:49:20)
npm ERR! error installing daemon@0.3.2 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! error installing daemon@0.3.2 at ChildProcess.onexit (child_process.js:192:12)
npm ERR! error installing forever@0.7.2 Error: daemon@0.3.2 preinstall: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! error installing forever@0.7.2 `sh "-c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR! error installing forever@0.7.2 at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:49:20)
npm ERR! error installing forever@0.7.2 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! error installing forever@0.7.2 at ChildProcess.onexit (child_process.js:192:12)
npm ERR! daemon@0.3.2 preinstall: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the daemon@0.3.2 preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the daemon package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls daemon
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.35-30-generic-pae
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "forever" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /root
npm ERR! node -v v0.4.12
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.96
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/npm-debug.log
npm not ok