Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error with node-gyp rebuild about node-gyp HOT 7 CLOSED

Could you try updating to node v0.6.14?

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Seems to do the trick, sorry about that!

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No worries :)

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Ok - looks like the same problem, but I am using node v0.6.14I

I also tried with v0.6.15 first and downgraded to .14 after reading this thread. Same error either way. All ideas appreciated.
I have updated node-gyp successfully.

spawn python [ '/root/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp_addon',
'binding.gyp',
'-I/usr/local/src/node/node-v0.6.14/node_modules/contextify/build/config.gypi',
'-f',
'make' ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp_addon", line 14, in ?
import gyp
File "/root/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/init.py", line 8, in ?
import gyp.input
File "/root/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 14, in ?
import gyp.common
File "/root/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/common.py", line 373
with open(source_path) as source_file:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
ERR! Error: gyp_addon failed with exit code: 1
at Array.0 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:196:18)
at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)
ERR! not ok

ERR! [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
ERR! sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild" failed with 1
ERR!
ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
ERR! This is most likely a problem with the contextify package,
ERR! not with npm itself.
ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
ERR! node-gyp rebuild
ERR! You can get their info via:
ERR! npm owner ls contextify
ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
ERR!
ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5xen
ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "contextify"
ERR! cwd /usr/local/src/node/node-v0.6.14
ERR! node -v v0.6.14
ERR! npm -v 1.1.12
ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
ERR! message [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
ERR! message sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild" failed with 1
ERR! errno {}
verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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@JackWells Update to python v2.7

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Yes, thanks - I discovered that too from "invalid syntax" - should have seen that sooner. Unfortunately, CentOS requires separate installs of newer Pythons to avoid breaking things. The "latest default" is 2.4.

After trying many ln likings to try to fool it (that didn't work), I ended up moving the "default" python to /tmp, making a link there to python26, running the install, then putting everything back. To the next CentOS-er who finds this, that will work, though I am sure there is a more elegant solution.

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If you have another (newer) version of Python installed you can pass the PYTHON=python26 env variable or --python=python26 switch to specify a different python executable.

$ PYTHON=python26 node-gyp configure build

$ node-gyp configure build --python=python26

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