node.js - npm failed to install time with make not found error

Question

When i try to install time on nodejs server i get the below error:

[email protected] install /var/www/track/node_modules/time
node-gyp rebuild
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/lib/nodejs/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:43:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/lib/nodejs/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:46:29)
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/nodejs/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:57:16
gyp ERR! stack     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-31-virtual
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/lib/nodejs/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /var/www/track/node_modules/time
gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.15
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.7.1
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 time 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 time
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-31-virtual
npm ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "time"
npm ERR! cwd /var/www/track
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.15
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.66
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /var/www/track/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Answer 1

Which OS are you using?

If it's Ubuntu you'll need to install the build-essential package:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then try to install the package again.