Problem following documentation installation instructions: grunt package

[charlesreid1]

Hi,

I'm trying to get Angular built on a stock Ubuntu 14.04 server, and having trouble with the grunt package step (following the Angular Documentation's step-by-step here). It seems some node modules are not being installed correctly by the Angular npm/grunt scripts.

I modified node so it would install packages in ~/.node, so I didn't have to use the sudo command to use npm. This was done via:

echo prefix = ~/.node >> ~/.npmrc
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.node/bin"

After cloning the angular.js repo:

$ cd angular.js/
$ npm install
$ bower install
$ grunt package
Loading "jshint.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module '../maps/decode.json'
Loading "jscs.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module 'graceful-fs'
Loading "plugins.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module '../function/makeIterator_'
Loading "bp_build.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module 'rimraf'
Loading "bp_launch_chrome.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module 'rimraf'
Loading "bp_run.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module 'rimraf'

Running "shell:npm-install" (shell) task
diff: node_modules/npm-shrinkwrap.cached.json: No such file or directory
Blowing away node_modules and reinstalling npm dependencies...
npm WARN engine hawk@0.10.2: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing fsevents@0.3.5
npm WARN engine cryptiles@0.1.3: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine sntp@0.1.4: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine boom@0.3.8: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine hoek@0.7.6: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing fsevents@0.2.1
npm WARN engine hawk@0.10.2: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})

> ws@0.5.0 install /home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/karma/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/engine.io/node_modules/ws
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

make: Entering directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/karma/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/engine.io/node_modules/ws/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node: Finished
  COPY Release/bufferutil.node
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node: Finished
  COPY Release/validation.node
make: Leaving directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/karma/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/engine.io/node_modules/ws/build'
npm WARN engine cryptiles@0.1.3: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine sntp@0.1.4: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine boom@0.3.8: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine hoek@0.7.6: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})

> ws@0.4.31 install /home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/karma/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/engine.io-client/node_modules/ws
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

make: Entering directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/karma/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/engine.io-client/node_modules/ws/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node: Finished
  COPY Release/bufferutil.node
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node: Finished
  COPY Release/validation.node
make: Leaving directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/karma/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/engine.io-client/node_modules/ws/build'

> utf-8-validate@1.0.1 install /home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/node_modules/ws/node_modules/utf-8-validate
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/node_modules/ws/node_modules/utf-8-validate/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node: Finished
  COPY Release/validation.node
make: Leaving directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/node_modules/ws/node_modules/utf-8-validate/build'

> bufferutil@1.0.1 install /home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/node_modules/ws/node_modules/bufferutil
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/node_modules/ws/node_modules/bufferutil/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node: Finished
  COPY Release/bufferutil.node
make: Leaving directory `/home/charles/codes/angular.js/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/node_modules/ws/node_modules/bufferutil/build'
npm ERR! cb() never called!
npm ERR! not ok code 0
Warning: Command failed: diff: node_modules/npm-shrinkwrap.cached.json: No such file or directory
npm WARN engine hawk@0.10.2: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing fsevents@0.3.5
npm WARN engine cryptiles@0.1.3: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine sntp@0.1.4: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine boom@0.3.8: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine hoek@0.7.6: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing fsevents@0.2.1
npm WARN engine hawk@0.10.2: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine cryptiles@0.1.3: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine sntp@0.1.4: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine boom@0.3.8: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm WARN engine hoek@0.7.6: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"0.10.38","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm ERR! cb() never called!
npm ERR! not ok code 0
 Use --force to continue.

Aborted due to warnings.

All I can figure out is that node modules aren't in the right place; any additional insight or help fixing this would be appreciated.

[petebacondarwin]

Can you try running:

./scripts/npm/install-dependencies.sh

[charlesreid1]

Gave up building Angular.

[e-cloud]

i have similar problem too!

[dmitriz]

Fixed by disabling the npm-reinstall task:

https://github.com/dmitriz/angular.js/commit/b4f12d848a2bc22dbec49d4cfc2c80200a946af0

[samscarsella]

Trying to build Angular on Windows is a joke. I've spent a whole weekend and can't get through the walkthrough here: https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/contribute. Is this an out-of-date document or is trying to develop on Windows a mistake?

[petebacondarwin]

@Narretz or @gkalpak - any chance you could give @samscarsella some help here? Do we need to improve the contribute document? Do we still have issues with the npm cache thing?

[Narretz]

We unfortunately never fixed the npm install task, so deleting node_modules still fails often I guess. Which steps exactly are causing problems @samscarsella

[samscarsella]

It seems like grunt package is the command that is giving me the most trouble, but I got some errors with bower install as well, where it was wanting different (earlier) versions than what was installed earlier with npm.

[petebacondarwin]

If bower is causing problems then it is best to completely clear out the app/bower_components folder before running anything.

[samscarsella]

Whatever the problem is/was, I made Yeoman figure it out for me. I'm up and running for now.. Thanks all.