i am not sure why, but i am having issues while installing any of the packages using npm. i tried to install sqlite3 and it gave error as follows:
naphstor@ubuntu:~$ sudo npm install sqlite3 [sudo] password for naphstor: > sqlite3@2.0.15 preinstall /home/naphstor/node_modules/sqlite3> node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build Nothing to clean (project not configured) Setting srcdir to : /home/naphstor/node_modules/sqlite3 Setting blddir to : /home/naphstor/node_modules/sqlite3/build Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++ Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib Checking for g++ : ok Checking for node path : not found Checking for node prefix : ok /usr/local Checking for sqlite3 : not found Checking for library sqlite3 : not found /home/naphstor/node_modules/sqlite3/wscript:29: error: the configuration failed (see '/home/naphstor/node_modules/sqlite3/build/config.log') npm ERR! error installing sqlite3@2.0.15 Error: sqlite3@2.0.15 preinstall: `node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build` npm ERR! error installing sqlite3@2.0.15 `sh "-c""node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build"` failed with 1 npm ERR! error installing sqlite3@2.0.15 at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:49:20) npm ERR! error installing sqlite3@2.0.15 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17) npm ERR! error installing sqlite3@2.0.15 at maybeExit (child_process.js:359:16) npm ERR! error installing sqlite3@2.0.15 at Process.onexit (child_process.js:395:5) npm ERR! sqlite3@2.0.15 preinstall: `node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build` npm ERR! `sh "-c""node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build"` failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the sqlite3@2.0.15 preinstall script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the sqlite3 package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls sqlite3 npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! npm ERR! System Linux 3.0.0-12-generic npm ERR! command "node""/usr/local/bin/npm""install""sqlite3" npm ERR! cwd /home/naphstor npm ERR! node -v v0.5.11-pre npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.106 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! /home/naphstor/npm-debug.log npm not ok naphstor@ubuntu:~$ any idea why is it like that. it shows same kind of error in installing any of the other packages.
I can do it with a workaround like "git clone git://github.com/developmentseed/node-sqlite3.git" but was wondering why npm gives error while installing any of these packages.