error installing contextify on ubuntu

[snez]

npm install -g contextify

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify

[email protected] preinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify
node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build

sh: node-waf: not found
sh: node-waf: not found
npm ERR! error installing [email protected]

npm ERR! [email protected] preinstall: node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build
npm ERR! sh "-c" "node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build" failed with 127
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the contextify package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls contextify
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.35.4-rscloud
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "contextify"
npm ERR! cwd /root/scraper
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.10
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! message [email protected] preinstall: node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build
npm ERR! message sh "-c" "node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build" failed with 127
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/scraper/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

[snez]

info it worked if it ends with ok
verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', '-g', 'contextify' ]
info using [email protected]
info using [email protected]
verbose /usr/bin/node node symlink
verbose config file /root/.npmrc
verbose config file /usr/etc/npmrc
verbose config file /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc
silly exec /usr/bin/node "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-get-uid-gid.js" "nobody" 0
silly spawning [ '/usr/bin/node',
silly spawning [ '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-get-uid-gid.js',
silly spawning 'nobody',
silly spawning 0 ],
silly spawning null ]
silly output from getuid/gid {"uid":65534,"gid":0}
silly output from getuid/gid
verbose cache add [ 'contextify', null ]
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'contextify', [ 'contextify', null ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: 'contextify',
verbose parsed url path: 'contextify',
verbose parsed url href: 'contextify' }
verbose addNamed [ 'contextify', '' ]
verbose addNamed [ null, '' ]
silly name, range, hasData [ 'contextify', '', false ]
verbose raw, before any munging contextify
verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './contextify' ]
verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
verbose etag "DERD3CX4E4QIS57880BDPJAFL"
http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/contextify
silly get cb [ 304,
silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)',
silly get cb etag: '"DERD3CX4E4QIS57880BDPJAFL"',
silly get cb date: 'Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:45 GMT',
silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ]
verbose etag contextify from cache
silly name, range, hasData 2 [ 'contextify', '', true ]
silly versions [ 'contextify',
silly versions [ '0.0.2', '0.0.3', '0.0.4', '0.0.5', '0.0.6', '0.0.7', '0.1.0' ] ]
verbose bin dist [ '0.6-ares1.7.5-DEV-evundefined-openssl0.9.8k-v83.6.6.20-linux-x64-2.6.35.4-rscloud',
verbose bin dist { shasum: '251b726f05b2385e02379ae2b310b607d89f58c2',
verbose bin dist tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/contextify/-/contextify-0.1.0.tgz' } ]
verbose has wscript [ undefined,
verbose has wscript { file: '/root/.npm/contextify/0.1.0/package/package.json',
verbose has wscript contributors: false,
verbose has wscript serverjs: false,
verbose has wscript wscript: true } ]
verbose caching /root/.npm/contextify/0.1.0/package/package.json
verbose loadDefaults [email protected]
silly resolved [ { name: 'contextify',
silly resolved version: '0.1.0',
silly resolved description: 'Turn an object into a persistent execution context.',
silly resolved author: { name: 'Brian McDaniel', email: '[email protected]' },
silly resolved contributors:
silly resolved [ { name: 'Assaf Arkin',
silly resolved email: '[email protected]',
silly resolved url: 'http://labnotes.org/' } ],
silly resolved keywords: [ 'context', 'vm' ],
silly resolved repository: { type: 'git', url: 'git://github.com/brianmcd/contextify.git' },
silly resolved main: './lib/contextify',
silly resolved scripts:
silly resolved { test: 'nodeunit test/',
silly resolved preinstall: 'node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build' },
silly resolved engines: { node: '>=0.4.0' },
silly resolved licenses:
silly resolved [ { type: 'MIT',
silly resolved url: 'http://github.com/brianmcd/contextify/blob/master/LICENSE.txt' } ],
silly resolved devDependencies: { nodeunit: '>=0.5.x' },
silly resolved _id: '[email protected]',
silly resolved dependencies: {},
silly resolved optionalDependencies: {},
silly resolved _engineSupported: true,
silly resolved _npmVersion: '1.1.1',
silly resolved _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.10',
silly resolved _defaultsLoaded: true } ]
info into /usr/lib [email protected]
info installOne [email protected]
info unbuild /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify
verbose from cache /root/.npm/contextify/0.1.0/package/package.json
verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory '/usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm'
verbose mkdir done: /usr/lib/node_modules/__contextify.npm 755
verbose unpack uid, gid [ 65534, 0 ]
verbose unpackTarget /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify
silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ]
silly afterUntar undefined
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/wscript
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/.npmignore
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/package.json
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/README.md
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/LICENSE.txt
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/changelog
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/test
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/test/contextify.js
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/lib
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/lib/contextify.js
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/src
silly asyncMap in gTP /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package/src/contextify.cc
verbose gunzed /usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package
verbose rm'ed /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify
verbose renamed [ '/usr/lib/node_modules/___contextify.npm/package',
verbose renamed '/usr/lib/node_modules/contextify' ]
verbose has wscript [ undefined,
verbose has wscript { file: '/usr/lib/node_modules/contextify/package.json',
verbose has wscript contributors: false,
verbose has wscript serverjs: false,
verbose has wscript wscript: true } ]
verbose caching /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify/package.json
verbose loadDefaults [email protected]
info preinstall [email protected]
verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
verbose Setting uid from 0 nobody
verbose stack at uid setting Error
verbose stack at uid setting at exec (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:35:17)
verbose stack at uid setting at Array.0 (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:141:5)
verbose stack at uid setting at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)
silly exec sh "-c" "node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build"
silly spawning [ 'sh',
silly spawning [ '-c', 'node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build' ],
silly spawning '/usr/lib/node_modules/contextify' ]
info [email protected] Failed to exec preinstall script
ERR! error installing [email protected]
info unbuild /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify
verbose from cache /usr/lib/node_modules/contextify/package.json
info preuninstall [email protected]
info uninstall [email protected]
verbose unbuild [email protected] [ true, '/usr/lib/node_modules', '/usr/lib/node_modules' ]
info postuninstall [email protected]
verbose installOne cb [email protected]
ERR! [email protected] preinstall: node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build
ERR! sh "-c" "node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build" failed with 127
ERR!
ERR! Failed at the [email protected] preinstall script.
ERR! This is most likely a problem with the contextify package,
ERR! not with npm itself.
ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
ERR! node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build
ERR! You can get their info via:
ERR! npm owner ls contextify
ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
ERR!
ERR! System Linux 2.6.35.4-rscloud
ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "contextify"
ERR! cwd /root/scraper
ERR! node -v v0.6.10
ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
ERR! message [email protected] preinstall: node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build
ERR! message sh "-c" "node-waf clean || (exit 0); node-waf configure build" failed with 127
ERR! errno {}
verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[brianmcd]

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