Error installing bcrypt with npm

Question

I\'m unable to install bcrypt using npm on my machine because I encounter the following errors. I have been troubleshooting the issue without much luck. Can you

Answer 1

I was also having the same problem. The following commands helped me.

npm rebuild

then

npm install bcrypt

Answer 2

I managed to solve this by running the command: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python and then yarn add bcrypt.

You can find the instructions here:

https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/wiki/Installation-Instructions

https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js

Answer 3

Running

sudo apt install build-essential

installs all the tools you need to install bcrypt on Linux. Then you can run

npm install

Answer 4

On Mac OS, after a Xcode update, running sudo gcc and accepting Xcode's new license solved the problem!

Answer 5

Had the same problem. Updating npm and try again (npm install -g npm usually). It fix the issue for me.

Answer 6

If you are on windows run powershell as administrator and use these commands.

npm install --g --production windows-build-tools

and then install bcrypt using

npm install --save bcrypt