Atom build fails (node-gyp rebuild error) under Ubuntu

[Aakash1312]

Description

On running script/build --install I get the following error:

Node:	v6.9.4
Npm:	v3.10.5
Installing script dependencies
Installing apm
Installing modules ✗
> keyboard-layout@2.0.10 install /home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/node_modules/keyboard-layout
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory '/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/node_modules/keyboard-layout/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/keyboard-layout-manager/src/keyboard-layout-manager-linux.o
keyboard-layout-manager.target.mk:96: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/keyboard-layout-manager/src/keyboard-layout-manager-linux.o' failed
make: Leaving directory '/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/node_modules/keyboard-layout/build'
atom@1.15.0-dev /home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom
`-- (empty)


gyp WARN download NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR is deprecated and will be removed in node-gyp v4, please use IOJS_ORG_MIRROR
gyp WARN download NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR is deprecated and will be removed in node-gyp v4, please use IOJS_ORG_MIRROR
gyp WARN download NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR is deprecated and will be removed in node-gyp v4, please use IOJS_ORG_MIRROR
../src/keyboard-layout-manager-linux.cc:5:37: fatal error: X11/extensions/XKBrules.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/keyboard-layout-manager/src/keyboard-layout-manager-linux.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/apm/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.19.0-73-generic
gyp ERR! command "/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/apm/node_modules/atom-package-manager/bin/node" "/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/apm/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/node_modules/keyboard-layout
gyp ERR! node -v v4.4.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! Linux 3.19.0-73-generic
npm ERR! argv "/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/apm/node_modules/atom-package-manager/bin/node" "/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/apm/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "--globalconfig" "/home/aakash/.atom/.apm/.apmrc" "--userconfig" "/home/aakash/.atom/.apmrc" "install" "--runtime=electron" "--target=1.3.13" "--arch=x64"
npm ERR! node v4.4.5
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.5
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! keyboard-layout@2.0.10 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the keyboard-layout@2.0.10 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the keyboard-layout package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs keyboard-layout
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls keyboard-layout
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1
child_process.js:506
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Command failed: /home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/apm/node_modules/atom-package-manager/bin/apm --loglevel=error install
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:483:13)
    at Object.execFileSync (child_process.js:503:13)
    at module.exports (/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/script/lib/install-atom-dependencies.js:15:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/aakash/packages/atomlatest/atom/script/bootstrap:28:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)

The package keyboard-layout is causing the problem. I installed the latest stable node version using nvm. I reinstalled node and npm several times but nothing worked.

I am using Ubuntu 15.04

[lee-dohm]

Can you build the keyboard-layout package by itself?

[dirk-thomas]

I ran into the same problem. Installing the Debian package libxkbfile-dev worked for me. Maybe this new dependency should be documented in the build instructions?

[50Wliu]

Definitely.

[dirk-thomas]

This has already been added to the docs in #12985. So this can likely be closed.

[lee-dohm]

Thanks @dirk-thomas 😀

[audreytoskin]

Installing the libxkbfile development files also solved an issue when trying to install an Atom package on Fedora. Maybe the .deb and .rpm packages of Atom should require libxkbfile-dev or libxkbfile-devel, respectively?

[Arcanemagus]

What package required this @terrycloth? Atom core doesn't require the development versions so that sounds like an issue with the package.

[audreytoskin]

Installing libxkb-devel was mentioned in an issue for atom-keyboard-macros, and in that comment, the poster linked this issue, so I assumed it was relevant to Atom in general.

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