npm install error: sqlite never downloads - linux

Question

When running npm install to download project dependencies, sqlite3 encounters an error and never installs. Trying npm install sqlite3 produces same error.
Running on Linux Beta (Debian v10 buster) on ChromeOS.
Installs fine on others' machines. Expect it has something to do with ChromeOS.
Link to project files: https://github.com/andrewbruner/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09
andrewbruner#penguin:~/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09$ npm install
> sqlite3#4.0.6 install /home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(403): https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v4.0.6/node-v72-linux-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for sqlite3#4.0.6 and node#12.16.3 (node-v72 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
gyp ERR! stack at getNotFoundError (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp ERR! stack at F (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp ERR! stack at E (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp ERR! stack at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp ERR! stack at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp ERR! stack at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp ERR! stack at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:167:21)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.98-08076-g24ab33fb8e14
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-linux-x64" "--napi_version=5" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v72"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-linux-x64 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v72' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:310:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.98-08076-g24ab33fb8e14
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.11.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/home/andrewbruner/treehouse/fsjs-techdegree-unit-09/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-linux-x64 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v72' (1)
npm WARN techdegree-fullstackjs-rest-api#1.0.0 No repository field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents#1.2.7 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents#1.2.7: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! sqlite3#4.0.6 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the sqlite3#4.0.6 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/andrewbruner/.npm/_logs/2020-05-07T18_52_06_591Z-debug.log

Answer 1

npm can't download a prebuilt binary and thus falls back to building it with node-gyp. This is where the build fails.
Note the line in your log where it says: gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
It seems as if you don't have make installed. Since you're on Debian, you should be able to install make by running: sudo apt-get install build-essential.
This question has already been extensively discussed in the following question: npm failed to install time with make not found error
Make sure to take a close look at error messages :)