meteor-npm requirements cannot be found (rimraf, mkdirp)

[lacco]

I just did a fresh checkout of my meteor application, and suddenly meteor-npm seems to throw some weird error messages:

➜  url2tweet git:(production) ✗ mrt --settings settings/development.json -p 3000

Stand back while Meteorite does its thing
Done installing smart packages
Ok, everything's ready. Here comes Meteor!
[[[[[ ~/workspace/url2tweet ]]]]]
npm ERR! missing: rimraf@2.x, required by meteor-npm@0.1.6
npm ERR! missing: mkdirp@0.3.x, required by meteor-npm@0.1.6
npm ERR! not ok code 0

=> Errors prevented startup:
While building package `npm`:
error: couldn't read npm version lock information

=> Your application has errors. Waiting for file change.

"Reinstalling" meteor-npm didn't help: mrt remove npm && rm -R packages/npm && mrt add npm.

My setup:

➜  url2tweet git:(production) ✗ mrt --version    
Meteorite version 0.6.14
Release 0.6.6.1
➜  url2tweet git:(production) ✗ meteor --version
Release 0.6.6.1
➜  url2tweet git:(production) ✗ node --version
v0.10.20
➜  url2tweet git:(production) ✗ cat smart.lock
      "npm": {
        "git": "https://github.com/arunoda/meteor-npm.git",
        "tag": "v0.2.2",
        "commit": "ad83acff83385d5ea05997c8bbc2d7493ba4c04e"
      }

Do you have any idea what I can do? I have another checkout on the same computer which is working fine, the error message is only true for new checkouts. Thank you!

[yale]

+1

Seeing this only after updating to meteor 0.6.6.1.

[arunoda]

Yes. This is a compatibility issue, when upgrading to 0.6.6.1.

Here comes the fix.

1. remove old npm build with rm -rf packages/npm/.npm/ (run inside your project)
2. run your meteor app again, everything works as usual

If you are using multiple projects with different meteor versions, this may cause issues.
So please use meteor-npm instead mrt add npm. See this guide for more information

[richieb]

Thanks, Arunoda. That fixed the issue.

[lacco]

@arunoda , thank you! But the two steps doesn't work for me, probably because I am using different meteor versions? What do you mean by "So please use meteor-npm instead mrt add npm"? The link to the guide doesn't work...

[arunoda]

I've updated the link. Please try it now.

[lacco]

Yay, that worked! Thank you very much!

[arunoda]

Cool.

[songkiller]

You are my hero arunoda!

[arunoda]

he he :)
Thanks.

[andrenanninga]

I'm stilling having issues with this problem. I've tried the fix you posted above and the one in the article but can't get it to work.

I'm getting this error now

/home/andre/projects/application/src/app/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:185
}).run();
   ^
Error: Could not load the bindings file. Tried:
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/build/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/build/Debug/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/build/Release/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/out/Debug/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/Debug/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/out/Release/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/Release/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/build/default/xmljs.node
 → /home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/compiled/0.10.20/linux/x64/xmljs.node
    at bindings (/home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:84:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/lib/bindings.js:1:99)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/andre/projects/application/src/app/packages/npm/.npm/package/node_modules/libxmljs/index.js:4:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)

Any idea what may be going wrong?

Thanks

[arunoda]

I think this module need some binary dependancy on the system. Please check on that first.

[brentpayne]

+1 , thanks this fix worked for me

[tunght13488]

+1, save my day

[kevohagan]

+1 for 0.7.0 .

rm -rf packages/npm/.npm

works perfectly

[hharnisc]

another +1 for 0.7.0

[santhanam87]

works perfectly thanks :) +1

[dearlordylord]

Note: this trick also works if you switching between branches with different dependencies list (I.e. you installed new dependency in one branch but not in another).