unable to install zlib on RHEL 6

[pandits]

Hi Konstantin,

I was unable to install zlib on on my RHEL environment. Console output from running 'npm install zlib' as root user is below:

I looked forward to your response.

[root@dhcppc36 node]# npm install zlib

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zlib

npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/zlib

zlib@1.0.5 install /usr/lib/node_modules/zlib

node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build

Nothing to clean (project not configured)

Setting srcdir to : /usr/lib/node_modules/zlib

Setting blddir to : /usr/lib/node_modules/zlib/build

Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++

Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp

Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar

Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib

Checking for g++ : ok

Checking for node path : ok /usr/lib/node/

Checking for node prefix : ok /usr

Checking for library z : yes

'configure' finished successfully (0.096s)

Waf: Entering directory `/usr/lib/node_modules/zlib/build'

[1/2] cxx: src/node-zlib.cc -> build/Release/src/node-zlib_1.o

../src/node-zlib.cc:1:16: error: v8.h: No such file or directory

../src/node-zlib.cc:2:18: error: node.h: No such file or directory

../src/node-zlib.cc:3:25: error: node_buffer.h: No such file or directory

../src/node-zlib.cc:4:26: error: node_version.h: No such file or directory

../src/node-zlib.cc:14:26: error: missing binary operator before token "("

../src/node-zlib.cc:10: error: âv8â is not a namespace-name

../src/node-zlib.cc:10: error: expected namespace-name before â;â token

../src/node-zlib.cc:11: error: ânodeâ is not a namespace-name

../src/node-zlib.cc:11: error: expected namespace-name before â;â token

../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âBuffer_Dataâ declared as an âinlineâ variable

../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âHandleâ was not declared in this scope

../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âObjectâ was not declared in this scope

../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âobjâ was not declared in this scope

../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: expected â,â or â;â before â{â token

../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âBuffer_Lengthâ declared as an âinlineâ variable

../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âHandleâ was not declared in this scope

../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âObjectâ was not declared in this scope

../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âobjâ was not declared in this scope

../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: expected â,â or â;â before â{â token

../src/node-zlib.cc:25: error: expected initializer before â*â token

../src/node-zlib.cc:36: error: expected initializer before â<â token

../src/node-zlib.cc:82: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before â<â token

Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/node_modules/zlib/build'

Build failed: -> task failed (err #1):

    {task: cxx node-zlib.cc -> node-zlib_1.o}

npm ERR! zlib@1.0.5 install: node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build

npm ERR! sh "-c" "node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build" failed with 1

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Failed at the zlib@1.0.5 install script.

npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the zlib package,

npm ERR! not with npm itself.

npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:

npm ERR! node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build

npm ERR! You can get their info via:

npm ERR! npm owner ls zlib

npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32-71.el6.i686

npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "zlib"

npm ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node

npm ERR! node -v v0.8.18

npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.2

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:

npm ERR! /usr/lib/node/npm-debug.log

npm ERR! not ok code 0

Thanks.

[bnoordhuis]

Wrong bug tracker?

[kkaefer]

Yes, this should be on https://github.com/kkaefer/node-zlib.