MacOS already comes with Git but as is with python and other libraries it's better to leave the system ones alone and have our own versions that we can upgrade. You will be asked for your password, to make sure everything works, run brew doctor, it will inform you, and fix problems with packages that lost their links and conflicts between shared dependencies. Then for Homebrew itself, referring to what's written on the homepage : /bin/bash -c '$(curl -fsSL )' From your terminal run this command xcode-select -installĭepending on your OS version you may need to open Xcode itself one time first and accept some User Licences Agreements. But first, an important dependency for Homebrew is the Command Line Developer Tools for Xcode (It includes compilers that will allow our machine to build the library from sources).

We will use it to install most of the other required tools. Homebrew is a package manager for macOS, the most popular one. I wanted to use the Node.js canvas NPM package but running npm install canvas failed with messages like this: npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path /Users/flaviocopes/dev/old/generate-images-posts/node_modules/canvas npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command sh -c node-pre-gyp install -fallback-to-build npm ERR! Failed to execute '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ /16.14.2/bin/node /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ /16.14.2/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure -fallback-to-build -module=/Users/flaviocopes/dev/old/generate-images-posts/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/canvas.node -module_name=canvas -module_path=/Users/flaviocopes/dev/old/generate-images-posts/node_modules/canvas/build/Release -napi_version=8 -node_abi_napi=napi -napi_build_version=0 -node_napi_label=node-v93' (1) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using | darwin | arm64 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info check checked for '/Users/flaviocopes/dev/old/generate-images-posts/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/canvas.In this tutorial, we will see how to set up your macOS for Odoo 14 development.

How to fix a node-pre-gyp install issue installing the Node.js canvas library on macOS

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