Can't install sharp on Amazon Linux AMI

[kiran-redhat]

Unable to install sharp on Amazon Linux AMI (4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64) related release notes:
https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/2017.03-release-notes/.

More info:
4497 verbose about to build /home/myusername/BackstopJS/node_modules/sharp
4498 info build /home/myusername/BackstopJS/node_modules/sharp
4499 info linkStuff [email protected]
4500 silly linkStuff [email protected] has /home/myusername/BackstopJS/node_modules as its parent node_modules
4501 verbose linkBins [email protected]
4502 verbose linkMans [email protected]
4503 verbose rebuildBundles [email protected]
4504 verbose rebuildBundles [ '.bin', 'caw', 'color', 'got', 'nan', 'semver', 'tar' ]
4505 info install [email protected]
4506 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
4507 info [email protected] Failed to exec install script
4508 verbose unlock done using /home/myusername/.npm/_locks/sharp-724c992e50a0ae1d.lock for /home/myusername/BackstopJS/node_modules/sharp
4509 verbose stack Error: [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
4509 verbose stack Exit status 1
4509 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:217:16)
4509 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
4509 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:172:7)
4509 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
4509 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
4509 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
4509 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:862:16)
4509 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:222:5)
4510 verbose pkgid [email protected]
4511 verbose cwd /home/myusername/BackstopJS
4512 error Linux 4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
4513 error argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
4514 error node v4.8.4
4515 error npm v2.15.11
4516 error code ELIFECYCLE
4517 error [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
4517 error Exit status 1
4518 error Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
4518 error This is most likely a problem with the sharp package,
4518 error not with npm itself.
4518 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:

[lovell]

Hello, are all the prerequisites installed?

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/2017.03-packages/

• gcc-4.8.3
• python27-2.7.12

[kiran-redhat]

Thank you for quick response @lovell .Yes, I have below:
Python 2.7.12
gcc (GCC) 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9)
Node v4.8.4

[lovell]

Thank you.

It looks like the underlying error message is somehow being suppressed. I'll try running the latest Amazon AMI image with Docker to see if I can reproduce this locally.

In the meantime, are you able to try with a more recent versions of Node (and therefore node-gyp) to see if they provide more useful error output?

[lovell]

Here's what I used to get Node v4.8.4 installed on Amazon Linux 2017.03 and ready for use with native modules (tested via docker run -it --rm amazonlinux:2017.03):

curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | bash
yum install -y gcc-c++ nodejs
npm install sharp

Perhaps gcc-c++, a node-gyp requirement, is the missing information here.

[kiran-redhat]

Hey @lovell , thank you for having a look. Looks like Amazon Linux AMI doesn't have gcc-c++, sharp install fine after sudo yum install gcc-c++

Closing issue.

[klemensz]

For anybody having problems with node-gyp rebuild failing with sharp on subsequent npm installs on Elastic Beanstalk and Amazon Linux, take a look at this issue: ember-fastboot/fastboot-aws#4 (comment)

(TL;DR: Missing permissions for user 'nodejs' for the directory /tmp/.npm)