Fix for all the install issues:

[cekvenich]

So the root cause is: npm/cli#287

Fix till npm bug 287 is applied and new npm released, do this or similar before the install:

npm i -g node-gyp@latest
node-gyp -v

You may need to reopen shell so updated gyp shows up.

And then everything works fine. (No need to mess w/ python)

If your environment is already jacked then clean it up: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11177954/how-do-i-completely-uninstall-node-js-and-reinstall-from-beginning-mac-os-x

@JoshuaWise If you make me temp committer, I'll close all the bugs related to this so we have one tracking bug, tracking npm.

[Prinzhorn]

Is this different from step 2? https://github.com/JoshuaWise/better-sqlite3/blob/40011d046040e4d456243ce57a9dee7b227b75d0/docs/troubleshooting.md

[cekvenich]

@Prinzhorn It looks the same.

[JoshuaWise]

Closing since it's already in the troubleshooting guide.