when trying to configure or rebuild node-gyp, getting errors: mac osx mavericks

Question

I'm trying to run node-gyp configure, but am getting the following errors:

gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /usr/local/bin)
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:337:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 13.0.0
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/node-gyp" "configure"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/bin
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.20
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.2
gyp ERR! not ok 

I think that I'm in the wrong directory, but I'm not sure. Which directory should I be in to run this?

Solution 1

You are trying to run node-gyp rebuild in current working directory (CWD) /usr/local/bin so the node-gyp can not find binding at /usr/local/bin/binding.gyp.

Navigate your terminal to a directory which contains NodeJS module and only then run node-gyp rebuild.

cd ~/Projects/your-nodejs-native-module/
node-gyp rebuild

BTW I am not sure from which node version exactly but in modern versions, you can just run npm install in this directory and npm will run node-gyp rebuild for you.

cd ~/Projects/your-nodejs-native-module/
npm install

Solution 2

if in doubt first re-install npm install -g node-gyp.

It's best practice to run node-gyp rebuild. Run it from your project's root. Also your binding.gyp should be in the root, pointing to dependencies (somewhere else).

In general there shouldn't be any need to run node-gyp configure manually.