Install problem (ubuntu 16.04 LTS)

[nathanieltagg]

Hi,
I wanted to try this module out, but I can't get it to install on my linux box. Problem seems buried in a compile step I can't see.

$ npm install better-sqlite3

> better-sqlite3@3.1.1 install /home/OtterNet2/Otternet/node/node_modules/better-sqlite3
> node tools/install

==> cwd: /home/OtterNet2/Otternet/node/node_modules/better-sqlite3
==> /home/OtterNet2/Otternet/node/node_modules/better-sqlite3/node_modules/lzz-gyp/lzz-compiled/linux -hx hpp -sx cpp -k BETTER_SQLITE3 -d -hl -sl -e ./src/better_sqlite3.lzz
/home/OtterNet2/Otternet/node/node_modules/better-sqlite3/node_modules/lzz-gyp/lzz-compiled/linux: 1: /home/OtterNet2/Otternet/node/node_modules/better-sqlite3/node_modules/lzz-gyp/lzz-compiled/linux: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
Error: exit code 2
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/OtterNet2/Otternet/node/node_modules/better-sqlite3/node_modules/lzz-gyp/lib/exec.js:19:12)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)


Version information.

$ uname -a
Linux neutrino 4.4.0-66-generic #87-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 3 15:27:09 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:	16.04
Codename:	xenial

$ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc-5.real
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/5/lto-wrapper
Target: i686-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-5 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-i386/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-i386 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-i386 --with-arch-directory=i386 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)

[JoshuaWise]

Try adding LZZ_COMPAT=1 to your environment variables.

[JoshuaWise]

@nathanieltagg did that solve your problem?

[nathanieltagg]

$ LZZ_COMPAT=1 npm install better-sqlite3

Yes, that works! Thanks! Will this be included automatically in builds going forward, or will you document the workaround?

[JoshuaWise]

LZZ_COMPAT=1 causes the installation to be very slow, and it's only needed on some systems. I've documented it here and added a link to it on the readme.

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