0.9.44: Unable to install the 'athome-plugin'

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hi there,
as i’d like to connect to my Arduino, i need to install the athome-plugin but the installation always returns an 'Exit 1’
Same for the ‘mysensors-plugin’

here’s the log, hope that helps:

4877 verbose unlock done using /home/pi/pimatic-test/.npm/_locks/pimatic-athome-920c5625e1e16119.lock for /home/pi/pimatic-test/node_modules/pimatic-athome
4878 verbose stack Error: serialport@2.0.6 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
4878 verbose stack Exit status 1
4878 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-test/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:217:16)
4878 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
4878 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:214:7)
4878 verbose stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-test/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
4878 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
4878 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
4878 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
4878 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
4879 verbose pkgid serialport@2.0.6
4880 verbose cwd /home/pi/pimatic-test
4881 error Linux 4.14.79-v7+
4882 error argv “/usr/bin/node” “/home/pi/pimatic-test/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js” “install” “pimatic-athome@0.9.1” "–unsafe-perm"
4883 error node v8.11.1
4884 error npm v2.15.12
4885 error code ELIFECYCLE
4886 error serialport@2.0.6 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
4886 error Exit status 1
4887 error Failed at the serialport@2.0.6 install script ‘node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build’.
4887 error This is most likely a problem with the serialport package,
4887 error not with npm itself.
4887 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
4887 error node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
4887 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
4887 error npm bugs serialport
4887 error Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via:
4887 error
4887 error npm owner ls serialport
4887 error There is likely additional logging output above.
4888 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

@daddycool you are running node 8, maybe that is the problem. I also dont know which command was used to install…

Also, please use code formatting when posting code and/or debug data…

sorry for that - i used pimatic’s plugin-page to install…
edit: where can i find the appropriate User-Guidelines? Search was not successful at all…

@daddycool
https://forum.pimatic.org/search?term=Forum guidelines&in=titlesposts&sortBy=relevance&sortDirection=desc&showAs=posts

Code tag makes it better to read hehe.
Anyway, could it be the node version? See this page, and try node 4.6.x, and see if it works;

https://davidwalsh.name/nvm

@gleno0h i have tried this but unfortunately it’s not getting better though - this is the tail from the npm-logfile

4879 verbose pkgid serialport@2.0.6
4880 verbose cwd /home/pi/pimatic-test
4881 error Linux 4.14.79-v7+
4882 error argv “/usr/bin/node” “/home/pi/pimatic-test/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js” “install” “pimatic-athome@0.9.1” "–unsafe-perm"
4883 error node v8.11.1
4884 error npm v2.15.12
4885 error code ELIFECYCLE
4886 error serialport@2.0.6 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
4886 error Exit status 1
4887 error Failed at the serialport@2.0.6 install script ‘node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build’.

any other idea?

@daddycool still not using 4.6.x. Look at your log: “4883 error node v8.11.1”

@gleno0h Thanks for your patience Dude, but i thought i’ve been using it because of:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ nvm alias default 4.8.3
default -> 4.8.3 (-> v4.8.3)

then i restarted Pimatic, and tried to install from the plugin page - here’s the Pimatic Errorlog:

error [pimatic]: Error installing plugin pimatic-athome: Error running “./node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js install pimatic-athome@0.9.1 --unsafe-perm”

npm-debug.log:

4883 error node v8.11.1
4884 error npm v2.15.12
4885 error code ELIFECYCLE

@daddycool try this after installing node 4.6.3;

sudo pimatic.js stop
nvm use 4.6.3
sudo pimatic.js start

And see if the plugin installs on its own.

Keep in mind, you dont need to set it is default. We just need to make sure that your node version is/is not the problem.

@gleno0h strange - seems that there is no 4.6.3:

nvm install 4.6.3
Version ‘4.6.3’ not found - try nvm ls-remote to browse available versions.
nvm ls-remote (snippet)

     v4.5.0   (LTS: Argon)
     v4.6.0   (LTS: Argon)
     v4.6.1   (LTS: Argon)
     v4.6.2   (LTS: Argon)
     v4.7.0   (LTS: Argon)

That’s why i used 4.8.3 because a friend of mine is using it and it works fine with athome

@daddycool okay, then make sure it is using 4.8.x if that works for other people.

@gleno0h Thanks Mate, i got it now - but switching the node was not successful so i decided to reinstall the RPi from scratch and then Node 4.8.3 instead of 4.6.2 as described in the installation procedure. For Pimatic i started with Pimatic 0.9.43 but again it won’t start (process dead). Again i gave a try to the 0.9.44 and this one started up.

The very first plugin to install for me was, of course, the athome - and it worked… Afterwards mysensors and homeduino without any problem.
Fine, going on now .

@daddycool way bad - today i stucked installing the dht-sensor-plugin:

> node-gyp build
make: Verzeichnis „/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-dht-sensor/build“ wird betreten
make: *** Keine Regel vorhanden, um das Ziel „…/.node-gyp/4.8.3/include/node/common.gypi“,
benötigt von „Makefile“, zu erstellen. Schluss.
make: Verzeichnis „/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-dht-sensor/build“ wird verlassen
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: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:211:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.79-v7+
gyp ERR! command “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” "build"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-dht-sensor
gyp ERR! node -v v4.8.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! Linux 4.14.79-v7+
npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “install” “-g” "node-dht-sensor"
npm ERR! node v4.8.3
npm ERR! npm v2.15.11
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE`