Error installing with node about vega

[phoebebright]

Deleted nodejs and reinstalled from source,

installed d3 module

then tried installing vega again;

root@vividlogic:~/node# npm install vega -g
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/vega
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/vega
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist/0.3.7
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/d3/3.1.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas/1.0.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/d3/3.1.4
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist/0.3.7
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas/1.0.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap

[email protected] install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vega/node_modules/canvas
node-gyp rebuild

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom
./util/has_cairo_freetype.sh: line 4: pkg-config: command not found
gyp: Call to './util/has_cairo_freetype.sh' returned exit status 0. 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 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:415:16)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:784:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-028stab101.1
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vega/node_modules/canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.9.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild" failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the canvas package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls canvas
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-028stab101.1
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "vega" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /root/node
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.5
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/htmlparser
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nwmatcher
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cssom
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cssstyle
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cssom
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No README.md file found!
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/htmlparser
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nwmatcher
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No README.md file found!
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cssstyle
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mime
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/hawk
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-uuid
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-jar
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-sign
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/oauth-sign
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/http-signature
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/forever-agent
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/tunnel-agent
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stringify-safe
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings

[email protected] install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vega/node_modules/d3/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify
node-gyp rebuild

npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie-jar
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mime
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-uuid
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/hawk
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/oauth-sign
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-sign
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/http-signature
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/forever-agent
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No README.md file found!
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/tunnel-agent
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stringify-safe
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.5","npm":"1.2.18"})
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/combined-stream
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/assert-plus/0.1.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/asn1/0.1.11
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ctype/0.5.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/hoek
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/boom
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cryptiles
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sntp
make: Entering directory /usr/local/lib/node_modules/vega/node_modules/d3/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify/build' CXX(target) Release/obj.target/contextify/src/contextify.o SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/contextify.node npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/combined-stream SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/contextify.node: Finished COPY Release/contextify.node make: Leaving directory/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vega/node_modules/d3/node_modules/jsdom/node_modules/contextify/build'
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/assert-plus/0.1.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ctype/0.5.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/delayed-stream/0.0.5
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/hoek
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/asn1/0.1.11
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/boom
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cryptiles
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/sntp
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/delayed-stream/0.0.5
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.5","npm":"1.2.18"})
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.5","npm":"1.2.18"})
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.5","npm":"1.2.18"})
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.5","npm":"1.2.18"})
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/node/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[phoebebright]

OK so looks like there are two dependancies I was missing

apt-get install libcairo2-dev

and

npm install d3 -g

Up and running - hooray!