Why do I get this error when installing npm now package? - node.js

Question

When I try to install now package it is giving me following error:
npm install now
npm WARN package.json Paint_HTML5_multi#0.3.0 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json Paint_HTML5_multi#0.3.0 No README data
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/now
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/now
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-proxy
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-proxy
npm WARN engine node-proxy#0.8.0: wanted: {"node":">=0.11.x","npm":">= 1.1.17"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.25","npm":"1.3.24"})
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
> node-proxy#0.8.0 install /home/ritzy1/Downloads/downloaded codes/drawing app/Paint_HTML5_Multi_Tutorial/Step7/node_modules/now/node_modules/node-proxy
> node-gyp configure build
make: Entering directory `/home/ritzy1/Downloads/downloaded codes/drawing app/Paint_HTML5_Multi_Tutorial/Step7/node_modules/now/node_modules/node-proxy/build'
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodeproxy/src/node-proxy.o
make: g++: Command not found
make: *** [Release/obj.target/nodeproxy/src/node-proxy.o] Error 127
make: Leaving directory `/home/ritzy1/Downloads/downloaded codes/drawing app/Paint_HTML5_Multi_Tutorial/Step7/node_modules/now/node_modules/node-proxy/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/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:797:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-35-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "build"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/ritzy1/Downloads/downloaded codes/drawing app/Paint_HTML5_Multi_Tutorial/Step7/node_modules/now/node_modules/node-proxy
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! node-proxy#0.8.0 install: `node-gyp configure build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-proxy#0.8.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-proxy package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls node-proxy
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-35-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "now"
npm ERR! cwd /home/ritzy1/Downloads/downloaded codes/drawing app/Paint_HTML5_Multi_Tutorial/Step7
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.24
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ritzy1/Downloads/downloaded codes/drawing app/Paint_HTML5_Multi_Tutorial/Step7/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
I'm getting the above error; how can I fix it?

Answer 1

You need build tools installed on your system. Based on the directory paths, I can assume you're using linux. On ubuntu, for example, you can install build tools like so: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential, otherwise view this README to see what tools are required to be installed.