Can't install on modern OS (Fedora 32)

[derekatkins]

Hi, I'm trying to install this on Fedora 32, but I'm having lots of issues with packages that just don't work together anymore. First I tried with the npm/nodejs that comes with F32 (npm-6.14.4 and nodejs-12.16.3). The error I got with that was:

784 warn notsup unsupported engine for [email protected]: wanted: {"node":"0.12.x" } (current: {"node":"12.16.3","npm":"6.14.4"})

So okay, I downgraded nodejs, installed 0.12.18 from the tarball, and reran. But no, that wasn't sufficient either because a bunch of the deps now require node >= 4. I'm going to try to downgrade my version of Fedora to something with a much older version of Python to see if that helps.

Have you tried installing on a fresh, modern system?

npm i -g git+https://github.com/noelhibbard/node-airplayhub
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: CoffeeScript on NPM has moved to "coffeescript" (no hyphen)
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.12.18","npm":"2.15.11"})
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=4.0"} (current: {"node":"0.12.18","npm":"2.15.11"})
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.12.18","npm":"2.15.11"})
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=4.0"} (current: {"node":"0.12.18","npm":"2.15.11"})
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: react-tools is deprecated. For more information, visit https://fb.me/react-tools-deprecated
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> [email protected] install /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/node-airplayhub/node_modules/nodetunes/node_modules/mdns
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "/usr/bin/python" is v3.8.3, which is not supported by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.
gyp ERR! stack     at failPythonVersion (/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:454:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:443:9
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:745:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:1019:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1091:5)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "node" "/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/node-airplayhub/node_modules/nodetunes/node_modules/mdns
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.18
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
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> [email protected] install /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/node-airplayhub/node_modules/nodetunes/node_modules/alac2pcm/node_modules/libalac
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "/usr/bin/python" is v3.8.3, which is not supported by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.
gyp ERR! stack     at failPythonVersion (/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:454:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:443:9
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:745:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:1019:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1091:5)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "node" "/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/node-airplayhub/node_modules/nodetunes/node_modules/alac2pcm/node_modules/libalac
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.18
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok 

> [email protected] install /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/node-airplayhub/node_modules/airtunes
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "/usr/bin/python" is v3.8.3, which is not supported by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.
gyp ERR! stack     at failPythonVersion (/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:454:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:443:9
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:745:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:1019:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1091:5)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "node" "/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/node-airplayhub/node_modules/airtunes
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.18
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.12.18","npm":"2.15.11"})
npm ERR! Linux 5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
npm ERR! argv "/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/bin/node" "/opt/node-v0.12.18-linux-x64/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "git+https://github.com/noelhibbard/node-airplayhub"
npm ERR! node v0.12.18
npm ERR! npm  v2.15.11
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the airtunes 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 information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs airtunes
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! 
npm ERR!     npm owner ls airtunes
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/airhub/npm-debug.log

[derekatkins]

Downgraded to Fedora 25 and using the nodejs/npm from there allowed me to get it installed. I'm not sure if I'm hitting #19 or possibly #13 (as all my devices are shairport-sync devices).