Question

I’m trying to setup & run microtime package, but node raised an error:

npm install microtime

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:~$ node
> var microtime = require('microtime')
Error: Could not load the bindings file. Tried:
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/build/Debug/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/build/Release/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/out/Debug/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/Debug/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/out/Release/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/Release/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/build/default/microtime.node
 -> /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/compiled/0.6/linux/ia32/microtime.node
    at bindings (/home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:82:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/index.js:1:95)
    at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:348:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (module.js:370:17)
    at repl:1:17
    at REPLServer.eval (repl.js:80:21)

It seems to be something wrong with paths, but i dont know where to digg to solve this issue (i’m new in linux)

My conf is: ubuntu 10.04, node 0.6.13, npm 1.1.10

2@Linus: hmm, i’ve just tried to reinstall microtime and now it got an error (but first time it wasnt):

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:~/app1$ npm install microtime
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/microtime
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/microtime
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings

> microtime@0.3.1 install /home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime
> node-gyp rebuild

info it worked if it ends with ok 
spawn python [ '/home/ubuntu/.node-gyp/0.6.13/tools/gyp_addon',
  'binding.gyp',
  '-I/home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/build/config.gypi',
  '-f',
  'make' ]
spawn make [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory `/home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/microtime/src/microtime.o
make: g++: Command not found
make: *** [Release/obj.target/microtime/src/microtime.o] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/node_modules/microtime/build'
ERR! Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
    at Array.0 (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:169:25)
    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)
ERR! not ok

npm ERR! microtime@0.3.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the microtime@0.3.1 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the microtime package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls microtime
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32-21-generic
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "microtime"
npm ERR! cwd /home/ubuntu/app1
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.13
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! message microtime@0.3.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! message `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/ubuntu/app1/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

Answer 1

Here is the source of your problems:

make: g++: Command not found

You need to

apt-get install build-essential

And try installing it again. Use sudo or superuser for your distro to do this.