Error installing dependencies (grpc) about nodejs-getting-started HOT 8 CLOSED

When you set your npm logging level to warn (npm config set loglevel warn) and run npm install, is your output the same as in this issue?

Also, does npm install succeed for you if you change your Node version to 6.*.*? (e.g. nvm use 6)

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1. Yes! I see the following error:

node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download: https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/node/grpc/v0.14.1/node-v51-darwin-x64.tar.gz 
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v51 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) 

followed by a long list of:

CC(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/src/core/lib/surface/init.o
CC(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/src/core/lib/channel/channel_args.o
CC(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.o
CC(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack_builder.o
CC(target) Release/obj.target/grpc/src/core/lib/channel/compress_filter.o
and so on..

Log attached:
npm-debug.txt

note: If instead of npm install (which installs "@google-cloud/datastore": "^0.1.1" ), i do npm install --save google-cloud the package gets installed without errors (so it seems). I'm testing the package in a new clean project.

2. When changing node version to 6.0.0, it seems to install fine.
   

PS: Since I'm quite in a hurry, which option is the recommended one? Using node 6 or installing google-cloud package?

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Personally, I would use Node 6, as it's an LTS release.

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Using Node 6.2.0, it works.

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grpc appears to have been updated to support node7.
Is there a schedule for when this issue going to be fixed in this repo?

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Updating the @google libraries to the latest versions might fix the installation issue.
command:
npm install --save @google-cloud/datastore@latest @google-cloud/storage@latest
or
yarn add @google-cloud/datastore@latest @google-cloud/storage@latest

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I am also getting the same error when try to install npm install firebase.

Please check this screen shot.

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Looks like this got resolved with Node 6 and newer

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