[5/5] Building fresh packages…
[1/5] ⡀ node-sass
[-/5] ⡀ waiting…
[3/5] ⡀ esbuild
[-/5] ⢀ waiting…
error /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node scripts/build.js
Arguments:
Directory: /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass
Output:
Building: /usr/local/bin/node /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp verb cli [
gyp verb cli ‘/usr/local/bin/node’,
gyp verb cli ‘/home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js’,
gyp verb cli ‘rebuild’,
gyp verb cli ‘–verbose’,
gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_ext=’,
gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_cflags=’,
gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_ldflags=’,
gyp verb cli ‘–libsass_library=’
gyp verb cli ]
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64
gyp verb command rebuild []
gyp verb command clean []
gyp verb clean removing “build” directory
gyp verb command configure []
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable “python2” in the PATH
gyp verb which succeeded python2 /usr/bin/python2
gyp verb check python version /usr/bin/python2 -c "import sys; print "2.7.12 gyp verb check python version .%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];" returned: %j
gyp verb get node dir no --target version specified, falling back to host node version: 16.5.0
gyp verb command install [ ‘16.5.0’ ]
gyp verb install input version string “16.5.0”
gyp verb install installing version: 16.5.0
gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won’t reinstall if already installed
gyp verb install version is already installed, need to check “installVersion”
gyp verb got “installVersion” 9
gyp verb needs “installVersion” 9
gyp verb install version is good
gyp verb get node dir target node version installed: 16.5.0
gyp verb build dir attempting to create “build” dir: /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass/build
gyp verb build dir “build” dir needed to be created? /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass/build
gyp verb build/config.gypi creating config file
gyp verb build/config.gypi writing out config file: /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass/build/config.gypi
(node:22942) [DEP0150] DeprecationWarning: Setting process.config is deprecated. In the future the property will be read-only.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
gyp verb config.gypi checking for gypi file: /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass/config.gypi
gyp verb common.gypi checking for gypi file: /home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass/common.gypi
gyp verb gyp gyp format was not specified; forcing “make”
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python2
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gyp info spawn args ‘/home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py’,
gyp info spawn args ‘binding.gyp’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-f’,
gyp info spawn args ‘make’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-I’,
gyp info spawn args ‘/home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass/build/config.gypi’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-I’,
gyp info spawn args ‘/home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-I’,
gyp info spawn args ‘/home/godabaouser/.node-gyp/16.5.0/include/node/common.gypi’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dlibrary=shared_library’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dvisibility=default’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_root_dir=/home/godabaouser/.node-gyp/16.5.0’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-gyp’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_lib_file=/home/godabaouser/.node-gyp/16.5.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/godabaouser/Projects/Freshers/Training7/apps/frappe/node_modules/node-sass’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_engine=v8’,
gyp info spawn args ‘–depth=.’,
gyp info spawn args ‘–no-parallel’,
gyp info spawn args ‘–generator-output’,
gyp info spawn args ‘build’,
gyp info spawn args ‘-Goutput_dir=.’
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp verb command build []
gyp verb build type Release
gyp verb architecture x64
gyp verb node dev dir /home/godabaouser/.node-gyp/16.5.0
gyp verb which succeeded for make /usr/bin/make
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ ‘V=1’, ‘BUILDTYPE=Release’, ‘-C’, ‘build’ ]
make: Entering directory
gyp ERR! node -v v16.5.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
Normally when I see node gyp errors, the root cause is incompatible versions of:
- Python (yes, Node actually depends on Python. This was surprising at first)
- Node
- Node Sass.
To find out if that’s the problem, try this:
- Find out what version of Node you have:
node -v
- Find out what version of Node SASS you have.
# This shows what -should- have installed:
cd [path_to_your_bench_directory]
cat apps/frappe/package.json | grep node-sass
OR alternately
# This shows what is -actually- installed:
cd [path_to_your_bench_directory]
cd apps/frappe
yarn list --depth 0 | grep sass
- The link and screenshot below shows the compatibility (only first 2 columns important):

If your versions are not compatible, it’s a bit easier (imo) to change your Node version to match.
Changing your Node SASS version is more-difficult, because 'package.json' and 'yarn.lock' are part of the Frappe git repository. So modifying them technically means you’re forking it. Which is fine. But adds some extra maintenance for you.
thank you sir i’ll check