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opened on May 12, 2022
  • Node Version: Node 17.4.0 npm 8.3.1
  • Platform: Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0
  • Compiler: Apple LLVM version 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.4)
    Target: x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0
    Thread model: posix
  • Module: Gatsby Website

node-gyp configure

gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
gyp info using node@17.4.0 | darwin | x64
gyp ERR! find Python 
gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration
gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON
gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used
gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error
gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used
gyp ERR! find Python - executable path is "/usr/bin/python"
gyp ERR! find Python - version is "2.7.16"
gyp ERR! find Python - version is 2.7.16 - should be >=3.6.0
gyp ERR! find Python - THIS VERSION OF PYTHON IS NOT SUPPORTED
gyp ERR! find Python 
gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python.
gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not,
gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options:
gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable"
gyp ERR! find Python   (accepted by both node-gyp and npm)
gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON
gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python:
gyp ERR! find Python   npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable"
gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation
gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
gyp ERR! find Python 
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.fail (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:330:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.runChecks (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:159:21)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:266:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:297:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:390:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1090:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
gyp ERR! stack     at Socket.emit (node:events:520:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:687:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node" "/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node-gyp" "configure"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/marie-luce/Documents/projets/projet/2022/website.com gatsby contentful
gyp ERR! node -v v17.4.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
gyp ERR! not ok ```






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Originally, I had an issue with node-gyp when trying to build a Gatsby Website. I tried node-gyp configure and got this error.

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  1. cclauss
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    on May 12, 2022

  2. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    gyp ERR! find Python - version is 2.7.16 - should be >=3.6.0

    Python 2 died 862 days ago on 1/1/2020 so it is no longer supported.

    You need a supported version of Python: https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches

    On your Mac, please let us know what it says when you do:
    % sw_vers

  3. mluce194 commented on May 12, 2022

    @mluce194
    mluce194
    on May 12, 2022
    Author

    I installed Python3 with Brew but it either did not work or node-gyp does not seem to find it.
    This is what I get when I type sw_vers on my terminal:

    ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.14.6
BuildVersion:	18G9323

  4. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    Mine says:

    ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	12.3.1
BuildVersion:	21E258

    so you are on an older macOS. What do you get when you type:

    which -a python3
brew list | grep python
python3 --version

  5. mluce194 commented on May 12, 2022

    @mluce194
    mluce194
    on May 12, 2022
    Author

    It says:
    python@3.10

  6. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    Please try to add to your command:

    • --python=python3 or
    • --python=python3.10 or
    • --python="/usr/local/homebrew/opt/python@3.10/bin/python3"

    Like:

    node-gyp --python=python3 configure

  7. mluce194 commented on May 12, 2022

    @mluce194
    mluce194
    on May 12, 2022
    Author

    I tried the 3 commands listed but I always get the same error:

    gyp ERR! find Python 
gyp ERR! find Python checking Python explicitly set from command line or npm configuration
gyp ERR! find Python - "--python=" or "npm config get python" is "python3"
gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error
gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON
gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used
gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error
gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used
gyp ERR! find Python - executable path is "/usr/bin/python"
gyp ERR! find Python - version is "2.7.16"
gyp ERR! find Python - version is 2.7.16 - should be >=3.6.0
gyp ERR! find Python - THIS VERSION OF PYTHON IS NOT SUPPORTED
gyp ERR! find Python 
gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python.
gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not,
gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options:
gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable"
gyp ERR! find Python   (accepted by both node-gyp and npm)
gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON
gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python:
gyp ERR! find Python   npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable"
gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation
gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
gyp ERR! find Python 
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.fail (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:330:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.runChecks (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:159:21)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:266:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:297:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:390:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1090:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
gyp ERR! stack     at Socket.emit (node:events:520:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:687:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node" "/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node-gyp" "--python=python3" "configure"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/marie-luce/Documents/projets/paul-marie/2022/beraudo.com gatsby contentful
gyp ERR! node -v v17.4.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
gyp ERR! not ok

    This is weird because I installed python3 but I cannot find the path to it on my mac. When I type which python3 on my terminal, I do not get any result.

  8. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    brew doctor
    brew list | grep python
    brew info python@3.10

  9. mluce194 commented on May 12, 2022

    @mluce194
    mluce194
    on May 12, 2022
    Author

    This is what I get when I run info python@3.10:

    python@3.10: stable 3.10.4 [keg-only]
Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
https://www.python.org/
/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.4 (7,968 files, 119.8MB)
  Built from source on 2022-05-12 at 09:33:27
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/python@3.10.rb
License: Python-2.0
==> Dependencies
Build: pkg-config ✔
Required: gdbm ✔, mpdecimal ✔, openssl@1.1 ✔, readline ✔, sqlite ✔, xz ✔
==> Caveats
Python has been installed as
  /usr/local/opt/python@3.10/bin/python3

Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. pointing to
`python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, have been installed into
  /usr/local/opt/python@3.10/libexec/bin

You can install Python packages with
  /usr/local/opt/python@3.10/bin/pip3 install <package>
They will install into the site-package directory
  /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages

tkinter is no longer included with this formula, but it is available separately:
  brew install python-tk@3.10

See: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python

python@3.10 is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local,
because this is an alternate version of another formula.

If you need to have python@3.10 first in your PATH, run:
  echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python@3.10/bin:$PATH"' >> /Users/marie-luce/.bash_profile

For compilers to find python@3.10 you may need to set:
  export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/python@3.10/lib"

For pkg-config to find python@3.10 you may need to set:
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/python@3.10/lib/pkgconfig"

==> Analytics
install: 376,493 (30 days), 1,002,168 (90 days), 2,300,695 (365 days)
install-on-request: 102,499 (30 days), 261,181 (90 days), 394,530 (365 days)
build-error: 358 (30 days)

  10. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    Do this...

    If you need to have python@3.10 first in your PATH, run:
    echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python@3.10/bin:$PATH"' >> /Users/marie-luce/.bash_profile

    Open a new terminal window / tab and then python3 --version

  11. mluce194 commented on May 12, 2022

    @mluce194
    mluce194
    on May 12, 2022
    Author

    Opening a new terminal did make things better. When I enter python3 --version I get:
    Python 3.10.4
    When I run node-gyp configure,it gets better but I still have an error:

    gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
gyp info using node@17.4.0 | darwin | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.10.4 found at "/usr/local/opt/python@3.10/bin/python3.10"
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v17.4.0/node-v17.4.0-headers.tar.gz
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v17.4.0/node-v17.4.0-headers.tar.gz
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v17.4.0/SHASUMS256.txt
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v17.4.0/SHASUMS256.txt
gyp info spawn /usr/local/opt/python@3.10/bin/python3.10
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/marie-luce/Documents/projets/paul-marie/2022/beraudo.com gatsby contentful/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/marie-luce/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.4.0/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/marie-luce/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.4.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/marie-luce/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.4.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/marie-luce/Documents/projets/paul-marie/2022/beraudo.com gatsby contentful',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /Users/marie-luce/Documents/projets/paul-marie/2022/beraudo.com gatsby contentful) while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:261:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node" "/Users/marie-luce/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node-gyp" "configure"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/marie-luce/Documents/projets/paul-marie/2022/beraudo.com gatsby contentful
gyp ERR! node -v v17.4.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
gyp ERR! not ok

  12. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    Much better.

    gyp: binding.gyp not found

    You need that file even if it is empty.

  13. cclauss
    closed this as completedon May 12, 2022

  14. mluce194 commented on May 12, 2022

    @mluce194
    mluce194
    on May 12, 2022
    Author

    Thanks, it worked!

  15. cclauss commented on May 12, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on May 12, 2022
    Contributor

    The Python@3.10 thing is about https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70587544

  16. Rihyx commented on Dec 20, 2022

    @Rihyx
    Rihyx
    on Dec 20, 2022

    How I fixed the issue.

    $ brew install python3

    Then fix .zshrc:
    $ open ~/.zshrc

    And add:

    # Add python from brew
alias python3="/opt/homebrew/bin/python3"
# to fix NPM
export PYTHON="/opt/homebrew/bin/python3"

  17. cclauss commented on Dec 20, 2022

    @cclauss
    cclauss
    on Dec 20, 2022
    Contributor

    If you had to do alias python3="/opt/homebrew/bin/python3" the brew is not properly configured and you might want to brew doctor

  18. diegomarcuz commented on Nov 13, 2023

    @diegomarcuz
    diegomarcuz
    on Nov 13, 2023

    binding.gyp

    @cclauss where should I create this file?

  19. lakhan-atg commented on May 29, 2024

    @lakhan-atg
    lakhan-atg
    on May 29, 2024

    gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used gyp ERR! find Python - "python" is not in PATH or produced an error gyp ERR! find Python gyp ERR! find Python ********************************************************** gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python. gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not, gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options: gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable" gyp ERR! find Python (accepted by both node-gyp and npm) gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python: gyp ERR! find Python npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable" gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at: gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation

  20. arrmani88 commented on Dec 20, 2024

    @arrmani88
    arrmani88
    on Dec 20, 2024

    In my case, I just had to downgrade node:

    $ npm install -g n
$ n 14.21.3 // you need to figure out what specific version you need
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