Out of date dependencies cause Node-Gyp errors and prevent installation

[jordanlesich]

Hello,

I'm trying to follow along with the tutorials on Front End Masters. I cannot clone and install this repo becasue of node-gyp errors. The culprit dependency seems to be firbase's grpc dependency. Here's the error from my console.

gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard
gyp ERR! command "/home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node" "/home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v72-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v72-linux-x64-glibc" "--napi_version=6" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v72"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v12.18.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node /home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v72-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v72-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=6 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v72' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node" "/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.18.2
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.12.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/bin/node /home/jordan/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v72-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/home/jordan/repos/think-piece/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v72-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=6 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v72' (1)
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (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 optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (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 ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/jordan/.npm/_logs/2020-08-31T18_43_40_524Z-debug.log

I've tried both yarn and npm. I'm running this on WSL 2 Ubuntu. This error prevents me from following along with the course.

[alvinlal]

npm install firebase --force fixed it for me

[hpintos]

Hi! Did you managed to make this work? How? I think I might have some incompatibility with node version (v12.18.3)

[idivait]

For anyone stuck here, set the repo to use the lts of node dubnium in nvm and the install went smoothly: nvm install --lts=dubnium && nvm use lts/dubnium . I went for this specific release based off of the last commit to the repo.

[schapiroalexis]

following worked for me:

1. updated the firebase version.
2. removed lock file
3. sudo apt-get remove gyp

[nypinstripes]

@stevekinney was hoping we could get the deps updated.

[nypinstripes]

nevermind the nvm approach from @idivait worked, thanks.