Trouble Installing on Node 17

[stefanodongowski]

(base) stefanos-mbp-2:COMP 426 stefano$ npm install better-sqlite3
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c prebuild-install || npm run build-release
npm ERR! > better-sqlite3@7.5.1 build-release
npm ERR! > node-gyp rebuild --release
npm ERR! 
npm ERR!   TOUCH ba23eeee118cd63e16015df367567cb043fed872.intermediate
npm ERR!   ACTION deps_sqlite3_gyp_locate_sqlite3_target_copy_builtin_sqlite3 ba23eeee118cd63e16015df367567cb043fed872.intermediate
npm ERR! rm ba23eeee118cd63e16015df367567cb043fed872.intermediate
npm ERR! prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=17.0.1 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=darwin)
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@17.0.1 | darwin | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.9 found at "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/stefano/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/stefano/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/stefano/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.0.1/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/stefano/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.0.1',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/stefano/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/stefano/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.0.1/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn make
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
npm ERR! /bin/sh: 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/lib.host:/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP: No such file or directory
npm ERR! node:internal/fs/utils:344
npm ERR!     throw err;
npm ERR!     ^
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile '/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/deps/sqlite3/sqlite3.c' -> '/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/obj/gen/sqlite3/sqlite3.c'
npm ERR!     at Object.copyFileSync (node:fs:2800:3)
npm ERR!     at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/deps/copy.js:25:5)
npm ERR!     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1095:14)
npm ERR!     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1147:10)
npm ERR!     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:975:32)
npm ERR!     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
npm ERR!     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
npm ERR!     at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
npm ERR!   errno: -2,
npm ERR!   syscall: 'copyfile',
npm ERR!   code: 'ENOENT',
npm ERR!   path: '/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/deps/sqlite3/sqlite3.c',
npm ERR!   dest: '/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/obj/gen/sqlite3/sqlite3.c'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Node.js v17.0.1
npm ERR! make: *** [ba23eeee118cd63e16015df367567cb043fed872.intermediate] Error 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/stefano/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:290:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 21.2.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/Users/stefano/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/bin/node" "/Users/stefano/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--release"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v17.0.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/stefano/.npm/_logs/2022-04-20T15_52_52_263Z-debug-0.log
(base) stefanos-mbp-2:COMP 426 stefano$ node --version
v17.0.1

I've scoured the various issues, open and closed, to try to resolve this, but I am unable to install on Node 17. I'm running on macOS Monterey.

[Prinzhorn]

COMP 426 you cannot have white space in the path. That's a limitation of node-gyp and not better-sqlite3.

See #547 for example.

If you look closely the error reveals that in this line:

npm ERR! /bin/sh: 426/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/lib.host:/Users/stefano/Desktop/COMP: No such file or directory

[JoshuaWise]

This is an issue with node-gyp (which is required by all C++ addons for Node.js). See nodejs/node-gyp#65

[tintin10q]

So what should I do? Downgrade node?

[Matheus8174]

@tintin10q just update your Node.js. I was using v17.6.0 and update to v18.5.0

[ColinRosati]

It took me a while to find a solution. The suggestions of those linked issues are to fix space in your path. So this fixed for me

❌ /documents/cool repo/index
✅ /doucments/cool-repo/index