node.js - `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build` failed during MeanJS installation on OSX

Question

I just bought myself a mac book after using Windows for a long time.

I was trying to work on a MeanJS project that I had been working on. Doing npm install on the project throws error

Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/Users/Aayush/Work/lishn/repo/lishn-alpha/node_modules/grunt-node-inspector/node_modules/node-inspector/node_modules/v8-debug/build/debug/v0.4.6/node-v46-darwin-x64/debug.node --module_name=debug --module_path=/Users/Aayush/Work/lishn/repo/lishn-alpha/node_modules/grunt-node-inspector/node_modules/node-inspector/node_modules/v8-debug/build/debug/v0.4.6/node-v46-darwin-x64' (1)
npm ERR! Darwin 15.0.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.1.1
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.4
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
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> npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the v8-debug package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls v8-debug
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

I tried clearing cache.

I tried installing node-pre-gyp with sudo and --unsafe-perm

I also tried to fresh install a MEAN project, with the same error.

I can't seem to find what the problem is here.

Node Version - 5.0.0

NPM Version - 3.3.10

Answer 1

i have tried upgrading node-gyp:

sudo npm install -g node-gyp

It worked for me.

I find the solution here, I hope it can help.