cygwin-node install iconv error about node-iconv HOT 3 CLOSED

That's a permissions issue, not a bug in node-iconv. I suspect that you need to run the cygwin shell as administrator.

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D:\nodejs\bin>node.exe npm install iconv
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using [email protected]
npm info using [email protected]
npm info addNamed [ 'iconv', '' ]
npm info fetch http://registry.npmjs.org/iconv/-/iconv-1.1.2.tgz
npm info shasum 779d3bcf64c3f8c2e5ebc6637e42b1c4470b57e1
npm info shasum /tmp/npm-1314197381636/1314197381636-0.0304334897082299/tmp.tgz
npm info shasum be5c629d80d2a2e5f491410ff13f34b1ccea8150
npm info shasum /lib/.npm/iconv/1.1.2/package.tgz
npm info into /usr/bin [email protected]
npm info installOne [email protected]
npm info unbuild /usr/bin/node_modules/iconv
npm info preinstall [email protected]

[email protected] preinstall /usr/bin/node_modules/iconv
node-waf configure

execvp(): No such file or directory
npm info [email protected] Failed to exec preinstall script
npm ERR! error installing [email protected] Error: [email protected] preinstall: node-waf c onfigure
npm ERR! error installing [email protected] sh "-c" "node-waf configure" failed with
127
npm ERR! error installing [email protected] at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/
node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:49:20)
npm ERR! error installing [email protected] at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)

npm ERR! error installing [email protected] at ChildProcess.onexit (child_process.
js:192:12)
npm info unbuild /usr/bin/node_modules/iconv
npm info preuninstall [email protected]
npm info uninstall [email protected]
npm info postuninstall [email protected]
npm ERR! [email protected] preinstall: node-waf configure
npm ERR! sh "-c" "node-waf configure" failed with 127
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the iconv package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-waf configure
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls iconv
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7.9(0.237/5/3)
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "iconv"
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /usr/bin/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

D:\nodejs\bin>

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[email protected] preinstall /usr/bin/node_modules/iconv
node-waf configure

execvp(): No such file or directory

You either don't have node-waf (the build tool for add-ons) installed or it's not on your PATH.

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