nodegit: Installing nodegit via npm fails at Configuring libssh2.

When I try installing nodegit via npm it keeps throwing the following error. I tried the following:

  • brew reinstall gcc
  • I tried reinstalling node via brew and also via the node installer
  • sudo xcode-select --install

Is there anything else I can do? - Having the same issue even on other machines, all running MacOS Sierra.

My Node Version is: v6.11.2 My NPM Version is: 3.10.10

Console Output after npm install nodegit:

[nodegit] Running pre-install script
[nodegit] Configuring libssh2.
{ Error: spawn /bin/sh ENOENT
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1020:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:367:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn /bin/sh',
  path: '/bin/sh',
  spawnargs: 
   [ '-c',
     '/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' ],
  cmd: '/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' }

[nodegit] ERROR - Could not finish preinstall
{ Error: spawn /bin/sh ENOENT
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1020:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:367:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn /bin/sh',
  path: '/bin/sh',
  spawnargs: 
   [ '-c',
     '/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' ],
  cmd: '/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=/Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit\\ Praktikum/Node\\ Upload\\ Repo/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' }
npm ERR! Darwin 16.7.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "nodegit"
npm ERR! node v6.11.2
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! nodegit@0.18.3 install: `node lifecycleScripts/preinstall && node lifecycleScripts/install`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the nodegit@0.18.3 install script 'node lifecycleScripts/preinstall && node lifecycleScripts/install'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the nodegit package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node lifecycleScripts/preinstall && node lifecycleScripts/install
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs nodegit
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls nodegit
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit Praktikum/Node Upload Repo/npm-debug.log

( If I am running the same command with global -g argument, it seems to install without errors, but my scripts using nodegit still throw the error: Error: Cannot find module 'nodegit' ).

I would really appreciate help or references to other issues with things I can try.

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  • State: open
  • Created 7 years ago
  • Reactions: 15
  • Comments: 26 (3 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

After some debugging I’ve figured out that the problem occurs if there’s space in the cwd path.

@timeo-schmidt: /Users/timeoschmidt/Desktop/Freiheit Praktikum/Node Upload Repo/(…) @MartinMuzatko: /mnt/c/Users/Martin Muzatko/(…)

So I think the escaping here maybe not perfect. Perhaps releated to nodejs/node#5060.

/cc @rcjsuen

+11
tamastimar on Jan 15, 2018

no. Doing --save does not fix it for me. I still get the following error. To me it looks actually, like vendor/libssh2 was not downloaded and can’t be executed.

[nodegit] Configuring libssh2.
{ Error: spawn /bin/sh ENOENT
    at _errnoException (util.js:1021:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:192:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:374:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn /bin/sh',
  path: '/bin/sh',
  spawnargs:
   [ '-c',
     'server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=/mnt/c/Users/Martin\\ Muzatko/dev/bitbucket/sic
on/server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' ],
  cmd: 'server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=/mnt/c/Users/Martin\\ Muzatko/dev/bitbucket/s
icon/server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' }

[nodegit] ERROR - Could not finish preinstall
{ Error: spawn /bin/sh ENOENT
    at _errnoException (util.js:1021:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:192:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:374:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn /bin/sh',
  path: '/bin/sh',
  spawnargs:
   [ '-c',
     'server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' ],
  cmd: 'server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure --with-libssl-prefix=server/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' }
+5
MartinMuzatko on Nov 14, 2017

For some reason running npm install nodegit --save worked… ( --save made the difference…it might be that you have to try out the stuff above in my question in combination with that however… gl)

+5
timeo-schmidt on Aug 8, 2017

sudo xcode-select --install does not fix this any more on macOS Mojave

upd1: actually upgrading from Sierra to Mojave breaks nodegit. upd2: brew install libgcrypt fixes this issue on Mojave though

+3
dvakatsiienko on Sep 26, 2018

I’m done with this shit. I will just use docker to deliver the environment nodegit needs. That nobody took the time and fixed the script by escaping the path shows me how less the team cares about cross-platform adaptability.

I’m not the best with bash either, but this should suffice: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/52485

+3
MartinMuzatko on Jun 25, 2018

This is what I got after running npm install inside a project that uses nodegit

> nodegit@0.20.1 install /path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit

> node lifecycleScripts/preinstall && node lifecycleScripts/install

[nodegit] Running pre-install script

[nodegit] Configuring libssh2. 

{ Error: Command failed: /path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/libssh2/configure 

--with-libssl-prefix=/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl

/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/missing: 

Unknown `--is-lightweight' option

Try `/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/libssh2/missing 

--help' for more information

configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing  

rm: cannot remove 'conftest': Input/output error 

configure: error: No crypto library found!

Try --with-libssl-prefix=PATH  or --with-libgcrypt-prefix=PATH or --with-wincng on Windows at

ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:275:12)

at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)

at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)

at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)

at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)

killed: false,

code: 1,

signal: null,

cmd: '/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/libssh2/configure

--with-libssl-prefix=/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl'

}/path_of_my_project/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/missing: 

Unknown `--is-lightweight' option 

Try `/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/libssh2/missing --

help' for more information

configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing

rm: cannot remove 'conftest': Input/output error

configure: error: No crypto library found!

Try --with-libssl-prefix=PATH

or --with-libgcrypt-prefix=PATH

or --with-wincng on Windows

[nodegit] ERROR - Could not finish preinstall

{ Error: Command failed: /path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/configure

--with-libssl-prefix=/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/openssl/openssl

/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/libssh2/missing:

Unknown `--is-lightweight' option

Try `/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/libssh2/missing 

--help' for more information

configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing

rm: cannot remove 'conftest': Input/output error

configure: error: No crypto library found!

Try --with-libssl-prefix=PATH 

or --with-libgcrypt-prefix=PATH

or --with-wincng on Windows 

at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:275:12) 

at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)

at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)

at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)

at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5) 

killed: false,

code: 1,

signal: null, 

cmd: '/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor

/libssh2/configure 

--with-libssl-prefix=/path_of_my_project/node_modules/nodegit/vendor/openssl/openssl' }
+3
ThiagoDallacqua on Dec 27, 2017

@biohazard999 try to run brew doctor it will tell you issues and possible solutions. Do you have npm-related permission issues? If so, it will also break nodegit. I mean sudo npm install nodegit will not work. It will work only without sudo. If so, try this guide to fix npm permissions

+2
dvakatsiienko on Sep 27, 2018

@ThiagoDallacqua Try sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev.

If not, you could also try sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3.

+2
rcjsuen on Dec 27, 2017

brew install libgcrypt was the fix for me

+1
eadz on May 19, 2018

Running: macOS Sierra

Ran brew doctor and got a warning saying to update xcode command line tools. Worked after updating.

+1
arrra on Mar 22, 2018
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