NodeJS 4 & 5 npm install fail for bcrypt and db-migrate

Question

Some time ago I installed NodeJS (v0.10.31) and worked on a project without problems, but just recently I decided to update to Node v5.0.0. Everything was fine until I decided t

Answer 1

This single line of update worked for me. Found the answer from this link https://github.com/ncb000gt/node.bcrypt.js/issues/351

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then install bcrypt:

npm install bcrypt

Answer 2

Worked a treat thanks.

Updating NodeJS from v0.12.6 to 5.0.0 http://simon.fearby.com/blog/?p=2246

Answer 3

After much google searching, somebody pointed out that for NodeJS V4 (and newer versions) a newer version of GCC is needed (4.8 I think).

My current version was a 4.6.3 as you can see:

$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3

So all it took was updating it, and was able to do it with the help of these links:

How to install Gcc 4.8

How do I use the latest GCC 4.9 on Ubuntu 14.04

The sequence of commands I ended up using were:

$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8

Checking again the GCC version

$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.1-2ubuntu1~12.04) 4.8.1

After that I was able to call 'npm install' and things went on flawlessly.