Error installing sqlite3 in node.js - node.js

Question

I have a problem installing package in node.js. My version of npm is 2.14.3 and I need to install sqlite3 package.
In my proyect path Im usign this command: "npm install sqlite3 --save" I have the next error:
npm WARN package.json node-sqlite#1.0.1 No description npm WARN
package.json node-sqlite#1.0.1 No repository field. npm WARN
package.json node-sqlite#1.0.1 No README data npm WARN package.json
node-sqlite#1.0.1 No license field. /
sqlite3#3.1.8 install /home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3
node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(403):
https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v3.1.8/node-v46-linux-arm.tar.gz node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for sqlite3#3.1.8 and
node#4.1.0 (node-v46 ABI) (falling back to source compile with
node-gyp) make: Entering directory
'/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/build'
ACTION deps_sqlite3_gyp_action_before_build_target_unpack_sqlite_dep
Release/obj/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3150000/sqlite3.c TOUCH
Release/obj.target/deps/action_before_build.stamp CC(target)
Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3150000/sqlite3.o
Release/obj/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3150000/sqlite3.c:199451:1: fatal
error: opening dependency file
./Release/.deps/Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3150000/sqlite3.o.d.raw:
No such file or directory compilation terminated.
deps/sqlite3.target.mk:120: recipe for target
'Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3150000/sqlite3.o'
failed make: ***
[Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3150000/sqlite3.o]
Error 1 make: Leaving directory
'/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/build' 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:270:23)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) gyp ERR! stack at
ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7) gyp ERR! stack at
Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.21-v7+ gyp ERR! command
"/usr/local/bin/node"
"/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js"
"build" "--fallback-to-build"
"--module=/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm/node_sqlite3.node"
"--module_name=node_sqlite3"
"--module_path=/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v4.1.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3 gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed
to execute '/usr/local/bin/node
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js
build --fallback-to-build
--module=/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm/node_sqlite3.node
--module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm'
(1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.
(/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) node-pre-gyp
ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7) node-pre-gyp
ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:817:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit
(internal/child_process.js:211:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux
4.4.21-v7+ node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp"
"install" "--fallback-to-build" node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd
/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3 node-pre-gyp
ERR! node -v v4.1.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.31
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js
build --fallback-to-build
--module=/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm/node_sqlite3.node
--module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm'
(1) npm ERR! Linux 4.4.21-v7+ npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node"
"/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "sqlite3" "--save" npm ERR! node v4.1.0
npm ERR! npm v2.14.3 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! sqlite3#3.1.8
install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! Exit
status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the sqlite3#3.1.8 install script
'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'. npm ERR! This is most
likely a problem with the sqlite3 package, npm ERR! not with npm
itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm
ERR! node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! You can get
their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls sqlite3 npm ERR! There is
likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! Please include the
following file with any support request: npm ERR!
/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/npm-debug.log
If I try to execute my node.js program I have the next error:
module.js:338 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module
'/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v46-linux-arm/node_sqlite3.node'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15) at
Function.Module._load (module.js:286:25) at Module.require
(module.js:365:17) at require (module.js:384:17) at Object.
(/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/sqlite3.js:4:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:434:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js
(module.js:452:10) at Module.load (module.js:355:32) at
Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12) at Module.require
(module.js:365:17)
After update (npm install -g npm)
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to
/usr/local/lib/node_modules
/usr/local/lib
└── npm#3.10.9
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.21-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/ npm" "install"
"-g" "npm" npm ERR! node v4.1.0 npm ERR! npm v3.10.9 npm ERR! path
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access
'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' npm ERR! at Error (native) npm
ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access
'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'] npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR!
code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'access', npm ERR! path:
'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try
running this command again as root/Administrator. npm ERR! Please
include the following file with any support request: npm ERR!
/home/pi/Desktop/node-sqlite_Sockets/npm-debug.log
Somebody know how to solve it?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards.

Answer 1

have you installed sqlite3 before on another app? because your cached files could be corrupt. try to remove it from your cache with npm cache clean sqlite3 or clean your whole cache with npm cache clean and run the install script again.
Edit: after you edited your question. it seems to be a permission error. Try running the npm update with sudo npm install -g npm
Summary: It was a problem with an old npm version. The update to a newer version solved it by running sudo npm install -g npm.

Answer 2

This worked for me on Windows 10.
npm uninstall sqlite3
npm cache clean
npm install sqlite3

Answer 3

None of the answers in different stackoverflow threads worked for me.
I deleted the cache, deleted the lock file, installed another version of Node, updated NPM, etc., but none of them worked. Maybe my answer is off-topic, But if you just want to get the job done right now, you may be able to install the package you want with another tool like yarn:
yarn add <package>
is equivalent to
npm i --save <package>
For example, SQLite3 and Sequelize could not be installed on my computer with NPM, which I could install with Yarn.

Answer 4

This worked for me:
Previously app directory was /My Files/TestApp and it always threw that error.
According to a suggestion on https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3/issues/1538, I moved the directory to another directory that doesn't have spaces in the path (/FolderNameWithoutSpaces/TestApp)
And it worked
macOS Monterey v12.1
node version: v17.3.1
npm version: v8.3.0
This may not be the exact answer to the above question, but for some people, it will work.

Answer 5

On linux you should check that you have python installed python --version, if not, you should check this https://stackoverflow.com/a/46245617/9477206

Answer 6

Edit on 2022 : Please check the supported version of Node in sqlite npm documentation and use the supported Node version (mostly by downgrading using nvm)
For me the node verion is v16.x whereas the Sqlite max supported version is v12.x, so I downgraded and the issues went off!

Answer 7

This worked for me:
First, I had Visual C++ 2013 installed, then configured globally by running
npm config set msvs_version 2013 --global
Then I ran an installation of node-gyp by running npm install node-gyp -g node-gyp
Finally, I installed Sqlite3 by running npm install sqlite3
Hope this helps someone as it had helped me