Sorry for the confusion in the Readme, I've just updated it to specify the required python version for the "unix" requirements as well. Basically it's *not* a Windows-only thing, and on Arch Linux as well you'll need to have python 2.7 installed.
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Alex Irlik <irla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey there, > > I'm trying to install the jquery node module locally with node version > 0.10.5 and npm version 1.2.21. I'm running node on Arch Linux. > > When I try to install the jquery node module, I get a variety of errors. > What puzzles me most is the first error written here: > > gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "python" is v3.3.1, which is not > supported by gyp. > gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= > v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0. > gyp ERR! stack at failPythonVersion > (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:118:14) > gyp ERR! stack at > /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:107:9 > gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:630:7) > gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) > gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:730:16) > gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit > (child_process.js:797:5) > > This python error for the installation node-gyp is only an error for the > Windows platform as you can see on the github > https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp > > I installed node-gyp separately in Arch Linux, and it was fine with my > 3.x.x version of python. > > Why do I get this error? > > Thanks for any help > > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
