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Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 PointsUnable to install Bcrypt
Hello-
I am unable to install Bcrypt on the command line of my Mac OSX 10.
This is part of what comes up in my terminal when I type npm install bcrypt into my console:
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
I did download Xcode to my computer earlier, so I am lost as to what could possibly wrong.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help:-)
2 Answers
Pedro Sousa
Python Development Techdegree Student 18,546 PointsHello Juliette,
I tried to install bcrypt in my OX 10.10.5 and it went ok. I installed it globally and I did this:
sudo npm install bcrypt -g
But! Did you check their npm page? There's a nodejs compatibility table and also they have a few pre requisites (for instance, I would check my Python version, which must be 2.x).
You can check your node and you python version with:
node --version
python --version
Also, when installing bcrypt you can force its version to match the one of node's
sudo npm install bcrypt@[a compatible version number] -g
And btw, these are the versions that I am using:
pedro@macbook ~/Dev:$ node --version
v0.10.32
pedro@macbook ~/Dev:$ python --version
Python 2.7.10
Hope this can be of any help.
Have a great weekend.
,Pedro
Sherrie Gossett
14,924 PointsI had problems installing it too Juliette. I got various error messages like:
Failed at the bcrypt@0.8.5 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
Via a tip from stackoverflow I updated my Xcode to version 7 (which also required that I first update my OS) and restarted my laptop. That fixed it.
Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 PointsThanks Sherrie. I have bcrypt installed locally and globally now. I have also updated my Xcode to the latest version:-)
Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 PointsJuliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 PointsD'oh! I forgot to open Xcode in the terminal beforehand:-)
But now I am getting this prompt from my console:
"Please try running this command again as root/Administrator."
...and when I do that I get this:
"Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Applications/Xcode.appdownload/npm-debug.log"
When I put this file path into my console it says that there is no such directory even though I can see the Xcode icon in my apps directory.
I don't understand what is happening. I though that I had already downloaded Xcode from the link provided by Treehouse.
Also, I just googled Xcode to see if I could do some troubleshooting and I came across this article:
http://news.yahoo.com/apple-making-sure-developers-dont-fall-victim-xcodeghost-205324939--abc-news-topstories.html
Is this the same Xcode as the link that is provided with the class or is it a knockoff that is not related to the one that I have just downloaded to my computer? Maybe this is why I am currently having issues in my console?
Apologies for all of the questions. Thanks to anyone who can help me sort this out:-)