# I can't install node-red-contrib-rc522 or mfrc522-rfid
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-install-node-red-contrib-rc522-or-mfrc522-rfid/97148
**Category:** General
**Created:** [19 May 2025 13:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-install-node-red-contrib-rc522-or-mfrc522-rfid/97148 "2025-05-19T13:39:17Z")
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### Author:  [@splaza](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/splaza)
#### Post date: [19 May 2025 13:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-install-node-red-contrib-rc522-or-mfrc522-rfid/97148/1 "2025-05-19T13:39:17Z")
Hi, I just installed raspberry with node red v.4.0.9 and I can't install node-red-contrib-rc522 or mfrc522-rfid nodes.
2025-05-19T13:37:48.555Z Instalar : node-red-contrib-rc522 1.0.3
2025-05-19T13:37:48.803Z npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --omit=dev --engine-strict node-red-contrib-rc522@1.0.3
2025-05-19T13:37:57.817Z [err] npm error code 1
2025-05-19T13:37:57.817Z [err] npm error path /home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules/rpio
2025-05-19T13:37:57.817Z [err] npm error command failed
2025-05-19T13:37:57.818Z [err] npm error command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
2025-05-19T13:37:57.818Z [err] npm error make: se entra en el directorio '/home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules/rpio/build'
2025-05-19T13:37:57.818Z [err] npm error CXX(target) Release/obj.target/rpio/src/rpio.o
2025-05-19T13:37:57.818Z [err] npm error make: se sale del directorio '/home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules/rpio/build'
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info using node-gyp@10.1.0
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info using node@20.19.1 | linux | arm
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.11.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args [
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp\_main.py',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-f',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args 'make',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules/rpio/build/config.gypi',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/common.gypi',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared\_library',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode\_root\_dir=/home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode\_gyp\_dir=/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/node-gyp',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode\_lib\_file=/home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/\<(target\_arch)/node.lib',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule\_root\_dir=/home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules/rpio',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode\_engine=v8',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args 'build',
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args '-Goutput\_dir=.'
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args ]
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn make
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp info spawn args ['BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build']
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error In file included from ../node\_modules/nan/nan.h:176,
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error from ../src/rpio.cc:17:
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error ../node\_modules/nan/nan\_callbacks.h:55:23: error: ‘AccessorSignature’ is not a member of ‘v8’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 55 | typedef v8::Localv8::AccessorSignature Sig;
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error ../node\_modules/nan/nan\_callbacks.h:55:40: error: template argument 1 is invalid
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 55 | typedef v8::Localv8::AccessorSignature Sig;
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error ../node\_modules/nan/nan.h: In function ‘void Nan::SetAccessor(v8::Localv8::ObjectTemplate, v8::Localv8::String, GetterCallback, SetterCallback, v8::Localv8::Value, v8::AccessControl, v8::PropertyAttribute, imp::Sig)’:
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error ../node\_modules/nan/nan.h:2542:19: error: no matching function for call to ‘v8::ObjectTemplate::SetAccessor(v8::Localv8::String&, void (_&)(v8::Localv8::Name, const v8::PropertyCallbackInfov8::Value&), void (_&)(v8::Localv8::Name, v8::Localv8::Value, const v8::PropertyCallbackInfo&), v8::Localv8::Object&, v8::AccessControl&, v8::PropertyAttribute&, Nan:👿:Sig&)’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2542 | tpl-\>SetAccessor(
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~^
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2543 | name
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2544 | , getter\_
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2545 | , setter\_
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2546 | , obj
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2547 | , settings
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2548 | , attribute
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 2549 | , signature);
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error In file included from /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/v8-function.h:15,
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error from /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/v8.h:33,
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error from /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/node.h:73,
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error from ../node\_modules/nan/nan.h:56:
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/v8-template.h:809:8: note: candidate: ‘void v8::ObjectTemplate::SetAccessor(v8::Localv8::String, v8::AccessorGetterCallback, v8::AccessorSetterCallback, v8::Localv8::Value, v8::AccessControl, v8::PropertyAttribute, v8::SideEffectType, v8::SideEffectType)’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 809 | void SetAccessor(
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/v8-template.h:814:22: note: no known conversion for argument 7 from ‘Nan:👿:Sig’ {aka ‘int’} to ‘v8::SideEffectType’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 814 | SideEffectType getter\_side\_effect\_type = SideEffectType::kHasSideEffect,
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/v8-template.h:816:8: note: candidate: ‘void v8::ObjectTemplate::SetAccessor(v8::Localv8::Name, v8::AccessorNameGetterCallback, v8::AccessorNameSetterCallback, v8::Localv8::Value, v8::AccessControl, v8::PropertyAttribute, v8::SideEffectType, v8::SideEffectType)’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 816 | void SetAccessor(
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/v8-template.h:821:22: note: no known conversion for argument 7 from ‘Nan:👿:Sig’ {aka ‘int’} to ‘v8::SideEffectType’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 821 | SideEffectType getter\_side\_effect\_type = SideEffectType::kHasSideEffect,
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error ../src/rpio.cc: At global scope:
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/node.h:1226:7: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘void (_)(Nan::ADDON\_REGISTER\_FUNCTION\_ARGS\_TYPE)’ {aka ‘void (_)(v8::Localv8::Object)’} to ‘node::addon\_register\_func’ {aka ‘void (_)(v8::Localv8::Object, v8::Localv8::Value, void_)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 1226 | (node::addon\_register\_func) (regfunc),
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error /home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/20.19.1/include/node/node.h:1260:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE\_MODULE\_X’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 1260 | NODE\_MODULE\_X(modname, regfunc, NULL, 0) // NOLINT (readability/null\_usage)
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error ../src/rpio.cc:499:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE\_MODULE’
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error 499 | NODE\_MODULE(rpio, setup)
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error make: \*\*\* [rpio.target.mk:110: Release/obj.target/rpio/src/rpio.o] Error 1
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! build error
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:209:23)
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! System Linux 6.12.25+rpt-rpi-v8
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/.node-red/node\_modules/rpio
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! node -v v20.19.1
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.1.0
2025-05-19T13:37:57.819Z [err] npm error gyp ERR! not ok
2025-05-19T13:37:57.824Z [err] npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/pi/.npm/\_logs/2025-05-19T13\_37\_49\_210Z-debug-0.log
2025-05-19T13:37:57.836Z rc=1
HELP!!!!!!
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [19 May 2025 14:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-install-node-red-contrib-rc522-or-mfrc522-rfid/97148/2 "2025-05-19T14:57:18Z")
I think probably the node is not compatible with nodejs 20. I can't check at the moment, has it been updated recently?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [19 May 2025 15:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-install-node-red-contrib-rc522-or-mfrc522-rfid/97148/3 "2025-05-19T15:00:39Z")
Answering my own question, it has not been updated for 5 years and there are unaddressed issues. I think you need to find an alternative.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [17 August 2025 15:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-install-node-red-contrib-rc522-or-mfrc522-rfid/97148/4 "2025-08-17T15:01:01Z")
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