build fails on linux if $HOME/.node-gyp doesn't exist

[marianoguerra]

it was solved by creating the folder and re running the command

> [email protected] install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/home/mariano/.node-gyp/4.2.6"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/.node-gyp"
make: Entering directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/build'
make: *** No rule to make target '../.node-gyp/4.2.6/include/node/common.gypi', needed by 'Makefile'.  Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-18-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/src/binding/usb_bindings.node" "--module_name=usb_bindings" "--module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/src/binding"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb
gyp ERR! node -v v4.2.6
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.3.1
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/src/binding/usb_bindings.node --module_name=usb_bindings --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/src/binding' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:821:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-18-generic
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v4.2.6
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.24
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/src/binding/usb_bindings.node --module_name=usb_bindings --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/t2-cli/node_modules/usb/src/binding' (1)
/usr/local/lib
└── (empty)

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-18-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "t2-cli"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

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! 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 usb 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 information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs usb
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls usb
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/mariano/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1

[johnnyman727]

Thanks for the report @marianoguerra. We'll be auditing our install procedures pretty soon so it's good to have an accurate picture of what all the changes with npm install are on different platforms 👍

[geek]

I ran into the same issue when I required tessel in my project and pushed it to the tessel 2. When I removed the dependency, the issue went away.