Error installing node-hid for DApp on Mac OSX

[innopreneur]

I am unable to use dApp because on npm install I get following error (see stack trace below) -

Environment details -

node - v8.9.4
npm - v5.6.0
mac osx - macOS High Sierra (v10.13.6 )
hidapi - v0.8.0-rc1 (is already installed)

Below is the stack trace -

node-pre-gyp http GET https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/releases/download/0.5.4/HID-v0.5.4-node-v64-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp http 404 https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/releases/download/0.5.4/HID-v0.5.4-node-v64-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(404): https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/releases/download/0.5.4/HID-v0.5.4-node-v64-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v64 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp http 404 status code downloading tarball https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/releases/download/0.5.4/HID-v0.5.4-node-v64-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp verb command build [ 'rebuild' ]
node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(undefined): https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/releases/download/0.5.4/HID-v0.5.4-node-v64-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v64 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp http Connection closed while downloading tarball file
node-pre-gyp verb command build [ 'rebuild' ]
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/hidapi/hidapi/mac/hid.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/hidapi/hidapi/mac/hid.o
../hidapi/mac/hid.c:252:20: warning: comparison of integers of different signs: 'CFIndex' (aka 'long') and 'size_t' (aka 'unsigned long') [-Wsign-compare]
                if (chars_copied == len)
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^  ~~~
../hidapi/mac/hid.c:252:20: warning: comparison of integers of different signs: 'CFIndex' (aka 'long') and 'size_t' (aka 'unsigned long') [-Wsign-compare]
                if (chars_copied == len)
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^  ~~~
1 warning generated.
1 warning generated.
rm: ./Release/.deps/Release/obj.target/hidapi/hidapi/mac/hid.o.d.raw: No such file or directory
make: *** [Release/obj.target/hidapi/hidapi/mac/hid.o] Error 1
gyp  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/hidapi.a
 ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:237:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/10.5.0_1/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release/HID.node" "--module_name=HID" "--module_path=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid
gyp ERR! node -v v10.5.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/Cellar/node/10.5.0_1/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release/HID.node --module_name=HID --module_path=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:961:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.7.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/10.5.0_1/bin/node" "/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.5.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.31
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/local/Cellar/node/10.5.0_1/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release/HID.node --module_name=HID --module_path=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release' (1)
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/HID/src/HID.o
../src/HID.cc:34:10: fatal error: 'hidapi.h' file not found.4~install: Failed to exec install script
#include <hidapi.h>
         ^~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/HID/src/HID.o] Error 1
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/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:237:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/10.5.0_1/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release/HID.node" "--module_name=HID" "--module_path=/Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid/build/Release"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid
gyp ERR! node -v v10.5.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN [email protected] license should be a valid SPDX license expression

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
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.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/mgpt/.npm/_logs/2018-09-10T13_45_16_911Z-debug.log
innoprenuers-mbp:dapp mgpt$ npm i

> [email protected] install /Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

gyp ERR! cwd /Users/mgpt/projects/practise/MultiSigWallet/dapp/node_modules/node-hid
gyp ERR! node -v v10.5.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN [email protected] license should be a valid SPDX license expression

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
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.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/mgpt/.npm/_logs/2018-09-10T13_53_29_712Z-debug.log

[nethunter]

Same here, anybody found a solution yet?

[chornobils]

Same on GNU/Linux

UPD

solved it with downgrading node from 10 to 8 with n command

[giacomolicari]

@doctorx32 check this out #178, hope it helps.

[nethunter]

Downgrading to Node 8 helped me as well.

[arthurk]

It would be very helpful to mention the node version 8 requirement in the readme

[kentarohorie]

Also, it would be helpful to mention the python version 2.7.x because of

https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp

(v2.7 recommended, v3.x.x is not supported)

And I needed this

#178 (comment)