Build error

[arnorhs]

I'm getting a build error when trying to install from npm

node v0.6.13
npm 1.1.9
ubuntu 11.10

I've installed the libffi-dev package.

http://cl.ly/3M0O0A3S29232z3p2x1A <-- the error..

What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it? Do you need more info?

Thanks

[TooTallNate]

Hmmm, seems installing through npm is a little busted at the moment. For now, just follow the SOURCE INSTALL / MANUAL COMPILATION instructions in the README. Sorry about that!

[TooTallNate]

Additionally, node-ffi comes with quite a few pre-compiled binaries for many platforms, so if you try to npm install -f node-ffi, and it fails, then it may still work when you require the module because it will fall back to the precompiled binary. Let me know if that works as well!

[arnorhs]

thanks for the reply

hm, I tried to build from source using those instructions, but it fails on node-gyp build

http://cl.ly/1C2F1k3T1h410R2Y423X

[TooTallNate]

Can you give me the output of node-gyp -v rebuild?

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 7:37 PM, arnorhs <
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wrote:

hm, I tried to build from source using those instructions, but it fails on
node-gyp build

http://cl.ly/1C2F1k3T1h410R2Y423X

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[arnorhs]

and btw, i think that regarding it probably still working despite the build error doesn't apply to me, since I'm trying to install "ultra-repl" (which has node-ffi as a dependency) .. so it's build process fails (maybe if I try to build that project from source?)

[arnorhs]

Sure.. http://pastie.org/private/yt8pdm7rn7aa9e60uaybha

[TooTallNate]

/home/arnorhs/tmp/node-ffi/deps/libffi/.libs/libffi.a: could not read symbols: Bad value

Ahh, well that's a different error than you had the first time. So that leads me to believe something went wrong when compiling the bundled libffi. cd into deps/libffi and run:

$ make clean distclean
$ ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
$ make

Then cd back to the node-ffi root directory and try compiling with node-gyp once again...

Also, re: precompiled binaries. Are you on Ubuntu 64-bit? The precompiled binary should work fine there. From the root directory of node-ffi, what happens when you enter: require('./') into the REPL?

[TooTallNate]

Gonna close since this is something on your end. Don't hesitate to ask for more help though if you're still trying to compile.

[arnorhs]

oh sorry, I didn't get a chance to try that.. I'm currently at work, will try tonight.

Thanks for your help.

[arnorhs]

fwiw, i tried rebuilding libffi, and that went fine. but recompiling with node-gyp failed again, so I'm a bit at loss..

oh well, i'm probably not that desperat to get that console working anyways, just would have been fun

good luck with this project and thanks for all the help.