appbuilder install failing on Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca

[David]

Hi,

I cannot get the 'npm install appbuilder -g' command to run successfully.

I've satisfied the prerequisites by 

(1) Installing node version 0.10.38 (I used nvm rather than npm)
(2) Installing runtime libraries via 'sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 libstdc++6:i386'

Error is below.

Thanks, David.

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make: Entering directory `/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ref/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/binding/src/binding.o
make: g++: Command not found
make: *** [Release/obj.target/binding/src/binding.o] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ref/build'
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:820:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-37-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ref
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.38
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok 
Build failed
npm WARN excluding symbolic link docs/assets/ir_black.css -> ../../node_modules/highlight.js/src/styles/ir_black.css
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Resources -> Versions/Current/Resources
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Test Framework -> Versions/Current/Test Framework
npm WARN excluding symbolic link examples/TestFramework/Test Framework.framework/Versions/Current -> A
npm WARN excluding symbolic link docs/stylesheets/hightlight.css -> ../../node_modules/highlight.js/src/styles/solarized_light.css

> ffi@1.2.7 install /home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ffi
> node ./build.js

make: Entering directory `/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ffi/build'
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/prep_cif.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/types.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/raw_api.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/closures.o
../deps/libffi/src/closures.c: In function ‘dlmmap_locked’:
../deps/libffi/src/closures.c:421:17: warning: ignoring return value of ‘ftruncate’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
       ftruncate (execfd, offset);
                 ^
../deps/libffi/src/closures.c:433:17: warning: ignoring return value of ‘ftruncate’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
       ftruncate (execfd, offset);
                 ^
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/ffi.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/ffi64.o
../deps/libffi/src/x86/ffi64.c: In function ‘classify_argument’:
../deps/libffi/src/x86/ffi64.c:181:18: warning: suggest braces around empty body in an ‘else’ statement [-Wempty-body]
    FFI_ASSERT (0);
                  ^
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/unix64.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/sysv.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/deps/libffi/libffi.a
  COPY Release/libffi.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/ffi.o
make: g++: Command not found
make: *** [Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/ffi.o] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ffi/build'
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:820:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-37-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/lib/node_modules/appbuilder/node_modules/ffi
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.38
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok 
Build failed

npm ERR! ref@0.3.5 install: `node ./build.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the ref@0.3.5 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the ref package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node ./build.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls ref
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-37-generic
npm ERR! command "/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/bin/node" "/home/david/.nvm/v0.10.38/bin/npm" "install" "appbuilder" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/david
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.38
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

[Zdravko]

Hello David,

Thank you for reaching out to us.
We think that you don't have a compiler on your side so we suggest using the commands below and then try installing the CLI again:

sudo apt-get install g++
npm install -g node-gyp
npm install appbuilder -g

Please get back to us if the issue remains and let us know the output.

Regards,
Zdravko
Telerik

 

 

[David]

Thank you for the quick response.

That resolved my issue.