Hello,

I see that there is no way to post an issue here - https://github.com/couchbase/couchnode so I figured I would post here as you may be best qualifed to answer.

When following the instructions to install libcouchbase/couchnode I encountered the following issues. For context I am using OSX

1. libcouchbase installed correctly but it did not get linked. Does it need to be? I tried running the link command and it said that the man5 folder was not writeable. I tried changing the (recursive) permissions on the entire libcouchbase folder to writeable for all users and I still could not link it.
2. I then downloaded the couchnode code and tried to run the following command - npm install --debug --couchbase-root=/sources/libcouchbase/inst

which resulted in the following error:

[email protected] install /Library/WebServer/Documents/couchnode
node-gyp rebuild

CXX(target) Debug/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/couchbase_impl.o
In file included from ../src/couchbase_impl.cc:21:
../src/couchbase_impl.h:64:10: fatal error: 'libcouchbase/couchbase.h' file not found

include <libcouchbase/couchbase.h>

     ^

1 error generated.
make: *** [Debug/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/couchbase_impl.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 12.4.0
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Library/WebServer/Documents/couchnode
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.15
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.9
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! weird error 1
npm ERR! not ok code 0

I did not know what this instruction was telling me to do:

"Note that --couchbase-root also sets the RPATH flags and assumes you are using an ELF-based platform (i.e. not OS X). To build on OS X, edit the bindings.gyp to replace -rpath with the appropriate linker flags."

... which could be the reason for the above error.

I would appreciated your assistance in getting this working as I am eager to test out couchnode. Also, do you know if couchnode will eventually be in the npm repository so it can be installed like other modules (as opposed to having to manually build)?

Thank you.

Nolan