Atom + atom-xterm, "..incompatible native modules (node-pty-prebuilt)..."

[bobjunga]

Environment details

• OS: Ubuntu

• OS version: 17.04

• node-pty version: (I dont know how to get the actual version number installed) from atom-xterm package.json: dependencies: {node-pty-prebuilt: "^0.7.3"} from xterm (under atom-xterm) package.json: dependencies: {node-pty-prebuilt: "^0.7.6"}

• Atom version: 1.41.0

• atom-xterm (atom package) version: 6.50

• complete error msg from atom console Failed to require the main module of 'atom-xterm' because it requires one or more incompatible native modules (node-pty-prebuilt). Run apm rebuild in the package directory and restart Atom to resolve. requireMainModule @ <embedded>:11

Issue description

I install atom-xterm via atom package manager and it does not load. In the atom console is that error message (see above).

I went to the the node-pty-prebuilt folder under the atom-xterm package and run "node-gyp configure; node-gyp build" which was successful. I saw that the pty.node binary did change (using cmp command) but the atom error message stayed the same.

[the-j0k3r]

atom-xterm is unmaintained/broken try x-terminal or terminus