npm install fails on CentOS 5.7

[AndrewForth]

I am using Node version 0.8.6. Here is the output when I try to install memwatch:

[email protected] install /home/aforth/code/noschema/api/node_modules/memwatch node-gyp rebuild

gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: Command failed: Unknown option: -- gyp ERR! stack usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... gyp ERR! stack Try python -h' for more information. gyp ERR! stack gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:536:15) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:91:17) gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:634:16) gyp ERR! stack at Socket.ChildProcess.spawn.stdin (child_process.js:806:11) gyp ERR! stack at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:88:17) gyp ERR! stack at Socket._destroy.destroyed (net.js:356:10) gyp ERR! stack at process.startup.processNextTick.process._tickCallback (node.js:244:9) gyp ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-274.el5 gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" gyp ERR! cwd /home/aforth/code/noschema/api/node_modules/memwatch gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.6 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.6.3 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 memwatch 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 memwatch npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-274.el5 npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "memwatch" npm ERR! cwd /home/aforth/code/noschema/api/node_modules npm ERR! node -v v0.8.6 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.48 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

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Thank you.

[lloyd]

this looks like a gyp bug. can you try updating node and see if the problem persists?