Build errors, on Ubuntu under WSL in windows 10

[fregas]

Are there any known issues around using Ubuntu on WSL? I am getting the following error when trying to install or update this package under WSL.

I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

npm install node-rdkafka

> node-rdkafka@2.8.1 install /mnt/d/Documents/video_event_notification_service/node_modules/node-rdkafka
> node-gyp rebuild

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 50, in <module>
    sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 554, in script_main
    return main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 547, in main
    return gyp_main(args)
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 532, in gyp_main
    generator.GenerateOutput(flat_list, targets, data, params)
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py", line 2214, in GenerateOutput
    writer.Write(qualified_target, base_path, output_file, spec, configs,
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py", line 793, in Write
    self.WriteActions(spec['actions'], extra_sources, extra_outputs,
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py", line 977, in WriteActions
    self.WriteDoCmd(outputs, [Sourceify(self.Absolutify(i)) for i in inputs],
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py", line 1720, in WriteDoCmd
    self.WriteMakeRule(outputs, inputs,
  File "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py", line 1779, in WriteMakeRule
    cmddigest = hashlib.sha1(command if command else self.target).hexdigest()
TypeError: Unicode-objects must be encoded before hashing
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:272:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard
gyp ERR! command "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/bin/node" "/home/fregas/.asdf/installs/nodejs/12.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /mnt/d/Documents/video_event_notification_service/node_modules/node-rdkafka
gyp ERR! node -v v12.13.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.13 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.1.3 (node_modules/ndb/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-rdkafka@2.8.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-rdkafka@2.8.1 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/fregas/.npm/_logs/2020-06-03T15_06_31_247Z-debug.log

I have tried all the usual node-gyp fixes:
https://codeforgeek.com/make-failed-with-exit-code-2/

I was on WSL 1 but i upgraded to 2.0 and updated my Ubuntu distro. Still no luck.

I have (re)installed build-essential.

I removed 2.7.4 which is what we previously had working on linux/macos and tried upgrading to 2.8.0 and 2.8.1. Same errors.

If WSL just isn't really compatible then maybe i'm barking up the wrong tree.

[iradul]

Duplicate #743