Can't install on latest Node (Ubuntu Linux)

[Pecacheu]

I get this error when trying to install the package on Ubuntu 21.04. I think the problem is near the bottom, something abut "aclocal: No such file or directory"

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version of tar is no longer supported, and will not receive security updates. Please upgrade asap.
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c cmake-js compile
npm ERR! Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
npm ERR! -- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
npm ERR! -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
npm ERR! -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
npm ERR! -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compile features
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compile features - done
npm ERR! -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
npm ERR! -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compile features
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compile features - done
npm ERR! -- Configuring done
npm ERR! -- Generating done
npm ERR! -- Build files have been written to: /home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build
npm ERR! Scanning dependencies of target prepare_iuhook
npm ERR! Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
npm ERR! -- The C compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
npm ERR! -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 9.4.0
npm ERR! -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
npm ERR! -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compile features
npm ERR! -- Detecting C compile features - done
npm ERR! -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++
npm ERR! -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compile features
npm ERR! -- Detecting CXX compile features - done
npm ERR! -- Configuring done
npm ERR! -- Generating done
npm ERR! -- Build files have been written to: /home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build
npm ERR! Scanning dependencies of target prepare_iuhook
npm ERR! info TOOL Using Unix Makefiles generator.
npm ERR! info TOOL Using c++11 compiler standard.
npm ERR! info DIST Downloading distribution files.
npm ERR! http DIST 	- https://atom.io/download/atom-shell/v1.4.5/node-v1.4.5.tar.gz
npm ERR! info CMD CONFIGURE
npm ERR! info RUN cmake "/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook" --no-warn-unused-cli -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_JS_VERSION="3.7.3" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build/Release" -DCMAKE_JS_INC="/home/ray/.cmake-js/electron-x64/v1.4.5/src;/home/ray/.cmake-js/electron-x64/v1.4.5/deps/v8/include;/home/ray/.cmake-js/electron-x64/v1.4.5/deps/uv/include;/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/nan" -DNODE_RUNTIME="electron" -DNODE_RUNTIMEVERSION="1.4.5" -DNODE_ARCH="x64" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11"
npm ERR! info CMD BUILD
npm ERR! info RUN cmake --build "/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build" --config Release
npm ERR! ./bootstrap.sh: 3: [: Linux: unexpected operator
npm ERR! autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
npm ERR! autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
npm ERR! autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --output=aclocal.m4t
npm ERR! Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 326.
npm ERR! autoreconf: failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory
npm ERR! make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/prepare_iuhook.dir/build.make:57: CMakeFiles/prepare_iuhook] Error 1
npm ERR! make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:133: CMakeFiles/prepare_iuhook.dir/all] Error 2
npm ERR! make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2
npm ERR! info REP Build has been failed, trying to do a full rebuild.
npm ERR! info CMD CLEAN
npm ERR! info RUN cmake -E remove_directory "/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build"
npm ERR! info CMD CONFIGURE
npm ERR! info RUN cmake "/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook" --no-warn-unused-cli -G"Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_JS_VERSION="3.7.3" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY="/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build/Release" -DCMAKE_JS_INC="/home/ray/.cmake-js/electron-x64/v1.4.5/src;/home/ray/.cmake-js/electron-x64/v1.4.5/deps/v8/include;/home/ray/.cmake-js/electron-x64/v1.4.5/deps/uv/include;/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/nan" -DNODE_RUNTIME="electron" -DNODE_RUNTIMEVERSION="1.4.5" -DNODE_ARCH="x64" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=c++11"
npm ERR! info CMD BUILD
npm ERR! info RUN cmake --build "/home/ray/Desktop/CamCtrl/node_modules/node-iohook/build" --config Release
npm ERR! ./bootstrap.sh: 3: [: Linux: unexpected operator
npm ERR! autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
npm ERR! autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
npm ERR! autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --output=aclocal.m4t
npm ERR! Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 326.
npm ERR! autoreconf: failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory
npm ERR! make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/prepare_iuhook.dir/build.make:57: CMakeFiles/prepare_iuhook] Error 1
npm ERR! make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:133: CMakeFiles/prepare_iuhook.dir/all] Error 2
npm ERR! make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2
npm ERR! ERR! OMG Process terminated: 2

[Pecacheu]

Edit: Since this has been dead for so many years since ~2017 I think I will try to fork and get it up to date. Let's hope it works lol

Edit 2: OMG I ACTUALLY DID IT Took hours but I somehow pulled it off with only minimal nodejs native module experience, and even fixed it up to work with the newest version of every library. I did not expect to succeed getting this to compile, let alone in 1 day. The install scripts are a little hacky but it works. Haven't tested on Windows but it is definitely working on Linux and even WSL (through VNC/RDP at least, the iohook lib doesn't like not having an X11 display)

https://github.com/Pecacheu/node-iohook I'll upload it to npm as "iohook2". I can also submit a pull request if the maintainer ever checks this :P