Node-red-contrib-nrf24 install problems

General
1

Hi
I am very new here and to Node Red for that matter. I installed HomeBridge on a rpi zero from the pre-compiled image. Then I installed Node Red from the HB config utility. That is all running fine.
I then tried to install node-red-contrib-nrf24 and it failed with this command:
sudo npm install node-red-contrib-nrf24 and got this error:
current user ("pi") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0"

and then many errors after that.
What can I look for here please?

2

I don't use HomeBridge, but is that how you are supposed to install additional nodes in that environment?

3

Correct, the instructions are not to use the palette.
This is where I found the instructions :- https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-nrf24

4

It doesn't say there to use sudo, but it does say it root access, which is unusual. By using sudo but without -g you may mess up the permissions in your home folder. However you have used sudo and still can't install it, so I don't know what is going on.

You could try
sudo npm -g --unsafe-perm node-red-contrib-nrf24

Alternatively it does suggest installing the components separately which you could try.

I notice the node has not been updated in 4 years, so whether it still works I don't know.

5

I did try the separate install. It would seem that they updated the examples about 17 months ago

6

This is the complete log file. Maybe that can help

Seems like a new user cannot upload so here is the text.


0 verbose cli [
0 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/node',
0 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/npm',
0 verbose cli   'i',
0 verbose cli   'node-red-contrib-nrf24'
0 verbose cli ]
1 info using npm@8.3.1
2 info using node@v16.14.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 3ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 49ms
5 timing config:load:file:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 19ms
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23 verbose logfile /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2022-03-02T15_40_43_582Z-debug-0.log
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33 silly idealTree buildDeps
34 silly fetch manifest node-red-contrib-nrf24@*
35 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red-contrib-nrf24 2719ms (cache revalidated)
36 silly placeDep ROOT node-red-contrib-nrf24@0.2.0 OK for: node-red-project@0.0.1 want: *
37 silly fetch manifest bindings@^1.5.0
38 silly fetch manifest nrf24@0.1.7-beta
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40 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/nrf24 1933ms (cache revalidated)
41 timing idealTree:#root Completed in 4980ms
42 silly placeDep ROOT bindings@1.5.0 OK for: node-red-contrib-nrf24@0.2.0 want: ^1.5.0
43 silly placeDep ROOT nrf24@0.1.7-beta OK for: node-red-contrib-nrf24@0.2.0 want: 0.1.7-beta
44 silly fetch manifest file-uri-to-path@1.0.0
45 silly fetch manifest nan@^2.14.0
46 silly fetch manifest nan-check@0.0.6
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48 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan 881ms (cache revalidated)
49 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan-check 2237ms (cache revalidated)
50 timing idealTree:node_modules/node-red-contrib-nrf24 Completed in 2623ms
51 silly placeDep ROOT file-uri-to-path@1.0.0 OK for: bindings@1.5.0 want: 1.0.0
52 timing idealTree:node_modules/bindings Completed in 56ms
53 timing idealTree:node_modules/file-uri-to-path Completed in 1ms
54 silly placeDep ROOT nan@2.15.0 OK for: nrf24@0.1.7-beta want: ^2.14.0
55 silly placeDep ROOT nan-check@0.0.6 OK for: nrf24@0.1.7-beta want: 0.0.6
56 silly fetch manifest nan-marshal@0.0.5
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58 timing idealTree:node_modules/nrf24 Completed in 1839ms
59 timing idealTree:node_modules/nan Completed in 0ms
60 silly placeDep ROOT nan-marshal@0.0.5 OK for: nan-check@0.0.6 want: 0.0.5
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62 timing idealTree:node_modules/nan-marshal Completed in 1ms
63 timing idealTree:buildDeps Completed in 9596ms
64 timing idealTree:fixDepFlags Completed in 26ms
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70 timing reify:createSparse Completed in 99ms
71 timing reify:loadBundles Completed in 1ms
72 silly audit bulk request {
72 silly audit   'node-red-contrib-nrf24': [ '0.2.0' ],
72 silly audit   bindings: [ '1.5.0' ],
72 silly audit   nrf24: [ '0.1.7-beta' ],
72 silly audit   'file-uri-to-path': [ '1.0.0' ],
72 silly audit   nan: [ '2.15.0' ],
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84 timing reifyNode:node_modules/nrf24 Completed in 4226ms
85 timing reify:unpack Completed in 4250ms
86 timing reify:unretire Completed in 4ms
87 timing build:queue Completed in 47ms
88 info run nrf24@0.1.7-beta preinstall node_modules/nrf24 ./build_rf24libs.sh
89 info run nrf24@0.1.7-beta preinstall { code: 0, signal: null }
90 timing build:run:preinstall:node_modules/nrf24 Completed in 174069ms
91 timing build:run:preinstall Completed in 174091ms
92 info run nrf24@0.1.7-beta install node_modules/nrf24 node-gyp rebuild
93 info run nrf24@0.1.7-beta install { code: 1, signal: null }
94 timing reify:rollback:createSparse Completed in 1253ms
95 timing reify:rollback:retireShallow Completed in 1ms
96 timing command:i Completed in 250079ms
97 verbose stack Error: command failed
97 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/promise-spawn/index.js:64:27)
97 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
97 verbose stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
97 verbose stack     at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:451:11)
97 verbose stack     at Socket.emit (node:events:520:28)
97 verbose stack     at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:687:12)
98 verbose pkgid nrf24@0.1.7-beta
99 verbose cwd /home/pi/.node-red
100 verbose Linux 5.10.17+
101 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "node-red-contrib-nrf24"
102 verbose node v16.14.0
103 verbose npm  v8.3.1
104 error code 1
105 error path /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/nrf24
106 error command failed
107 error command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
108 error make: Entering directory '/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/nrf24/build'
108 error   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nRF24/irq.o
108 error make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/nrf24/build'
109 error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
109 error gyp info using node-gyp@8.4.1
109 error gyp info using node@16.14.0 | linux | arm
109 error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.7.3 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
109 error gyp WARN EACCES current user ("pi") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/home/pi/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0"
109 error gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/tmp/.node-gyp"
109 error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
109 error gyp info spawn args [
109 error gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
109 error gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-f',
109 error gyp info spawn args   'make',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-I',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/nrf24/build/config.gypi',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-I',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-I',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '/tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/common.gypi',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/nrf24',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
109 error gyp info spawn args   'build',
109 error gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
109 error gyp info spawn args ]
109 error gyp info spawn make
109 error gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
109 error In file included from /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:30,
109 error                  from /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/node.h:63,
109 error                  from ../../nan/nan.h:58,
109 error                  from ../rf24_config.hpp:6,
109 error                  from ../irq.hpp:3,
109 error                  from ../irq.cc:2:
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h: In function ‘void v8::internal::PerformCastCheck(T*)’:
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:38: error: ‘remove_cv_t’ is not a member of ‘std’
109 error              !std::is_same<Data, std::remove_cv_t<T>>::value>::Perform(data);
109 error                                       ^~~~~~~~~~~
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:38: note: suggested alternative: ‘remove_cv’
109 error              !std::is_same<Data, std::remove_cv_t<T>>::value>::Perform(data);
109 error                                       ^~~~~~~~~~~
109 error                                       remove_cv
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:38: error: ‘remove_cv_t’ is not a member of ‘std’
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:38: note: suggested alternative: ‘remove_cv’
109 error              !std::is_same<Data, std::remove_cv_t<T>>::value>::Perform(data);
109 error                                       ^~~~~~~~~~~
109 error                                       remove_cv
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:50: error: template argument 2 is invalid
109 error              !std::is_same<Data, std::remove_cv_t<T>>::value>::Perform(data);
109 error                                                   ^
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:63: error: ‘::Perform’ has not been declared
109 error              !std::is_same<Data, std::remove_cv_t<T>>::value>::Perform(data);
109 error                                                                ^~~~~~~
109 error /tmp/.node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8-internal.h:492:63: note: suggested alternative: ‘herror’
109 error              !std::is_same<Data, std::remove_cv_t<T>>::value>::Perform(data);
109 error                                                                ^~~~~~~
109 error                                                                herror
109 error make: *** [nRF24.target.mk:145: Release/obj.target/nRF24/irq.o] Error 1
109 error gyp ERR! build error 
109 error gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
109 error gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
109 error gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
109 error gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
109 error gyp ERR! System Linux 5.10.17+
109 error gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
109 error gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/nrf24
109 error gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.0
109 error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
109 error gyp ERR! not ok
110 verbose exit 1
111 timing npm Completed in 257397ms
112 verbose unfinished npm timer reify 1646235650046
113 verbose unfinished npm timer reify:build 1646235665314
114 verbose unfinished npm timer build 1646235665323
115 verbose unfinished npm timer build:deps 1646235665325
116 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:install 1646235839474
117 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:install:node_modules/nrf24 1646235839475
118 verbose code 1
119 error A complete log of this run can be found in:
119 error     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2022-03-02T15_40_43_582Z-debug-0.log
7

Did you try the command I suggested?

8

Hi,
i have the same problem have you managed to solve?

pi@ghostnrs:~ $ npm install node-red-contrib-nrf24

> nrf24@0.1.7-beta preinstall /home/pi/node_modules/nrf24
> ./build_rf24libs.sh

Buiding nrf24 library versions: RF24:v1.3.9 RF24NETWORK:v1.0.13 RF24MESH:v1.1.3 DRIVER:SPIDEV
Clone in 'RF24' in corso...
remote: Enumerating objects: 8814, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (3735/3735), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1150/1150), done.
remote: Total 8814 (delta 2645), reused 3598 (delta 2561), pack-reused 5079
Ricezione degli oggetti: 100% (8814/8814), 8.89 MiB | 2.71 MiB/s, fatto.
Risoluzione dei delta: 100% (5926/5926), fatto.
=>RF24...
Nota: eseguo il checkout di 'v1.3.9'.

Sei nello stato 'HEAD scollegato'. Puoi dare un'occhiata, apportare modifiche
sperimentali ed eseguirne il commit, e puoi scartare qualunque commit eseguito
in questo stato senza che ciò abbia alcuna influenza sugli altri branch tornando
su un branch.

Se vuoi creare un nuovo branch per mantenere i commit creati, puoi farlo
(ora o in seguito) usando l'opzione -c con il comando switch. Ad esempio:

  git switch -c <nome nuovo branch>

Oppure puoi annullare quest'operazione con:

  git switch -

Disattiva questo consiglio impostando la variabile di configurazione
advice.detachedHead a false

HEAD si trova ora a c0440e0 Fix compilation errors
c0440e0 (HEAD, tag: v1.3.9) Fix compilation errors
===> Building...
[SECTION] Detecting arm compilation environment.
  [INFO] arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc not found.
  [INFO] arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ not found.
[SECTION] Detecting target machine.
[OK] machine detected: SoC=BCM2835, Type=RPi, CPU=aarch64.
[SECTION] Detecting OS.
  [INFO] OS detected:LINUX.
[SECTION] Preparing configuration.
[SECTION] Saving configuration.
[SECTION] Cleaning previous builds.
[OK] Finished.
g++ -fPIC -marm -march=armv6zk -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard -Ofast -Wall -pthread  -c RF24.cpp
g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-marm’
g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mfpu=vfp’
g++: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘-mfloat-abi=hard’
make: *** [Makefile:42: RF24.o] Errore 1
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm WARN pi No description
npm WARN pi No repository field.
npm WARN pi No README data
npm WARN pi No license field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 2
npm ERR! nrf24@0.1.7-beta preinstall: `./build_rf24libs.sh`
npm ERR! Exit status 2
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the nrf24@0.1.7-beta preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2022-03-24T23_21_16_368Z-debug.log
9

No I have not. It seems like there is no support for this code so I have given up on it. Apart from that I have found that the NRF24 devices are not very reliable. At least not the cheap versions that we get from China. I purchased 10 units and I am having problems getting them to talk reliably. The problems vary so much that it is difficult to pinpoint them. If you Google you will find that many folks have similar issues. So as I said, I gave up - sadly.

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