Nodejs Cannot find module '../build/Release/canvas'

Question

I installed cairo, and node-canvas. I tried everything, but still can't find module.

sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev
sudo npm install canvas
sudo npm install canvas -g

If I run require('canvas'), I get this error:

Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/canvas'
    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:332:11)
    at Function._load (module.js:279:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (module.js:370:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/tomas/node_modules/canvas/lib/bindings.js:2:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:348:32)
    at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)

I use Ubuntu linux

Thanks in advance.

Solution 1

In my case i have to spend lot of time to resolve this issue.

I just use "npm uninstall canvas" and then install using "npm i canvas"

Try this is if above option not works for you.

Solution 2

I had the same problem. The issue was that the install script for node-canvas never got executed, which is why the build folder was missing.

In my case, removing the yarn.lock file was the solution, as it skipped the node-canvas package installation for some reason. Once I let npm take care of the packages, it successfully installed node-canvas, ran the install script and the build folder showed up again.

Solution 3

Problem here looks like 1. Your node modules are installed in a different location But the node.js runtime is searching for it in a different place. Check the NODE_PATH and see if this is the case.

Refer the module loading explained in http://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_the_global_folders

Solution 4

It seemed like the install script of canvas haven't been called in my case, too. Instead of deleting the lock file I just called the script manually which solved the issue in my case (at least temporarily).

Therefore, if the canvas package has been installed already, go to /node_modules/canvas/ and run npm run install which creates the build directory.

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Comments

[soyuka]

Check if the module is in your node_module directory and if it is, try to require the full path like require('./node_modules/canvas');

[soyuka]

You got the module in that directory ? Check github.com/LearnBoost/node-canvas/issues/137

[friction]

yes. test.js is in the same directory as the node_modules, and canvas directory is inside the node_modules

[Muhammad Umer]

canvas module is the worst of all, never had this many problems with anything in my life...been trying to do this for like 3 days...it's all over the place. putting direct path from c:... worked though..

[programmerRaj]

For me I did npm clean-install and it worked.

[edhgoose]

I had a similar problem, I had disabled install-scripts. Re-enabling them resolved my issue.

[Patrick]

I was so skeptical this would work, but I thought I must try it. -- Solved my problem! thanks!