Running Node JS 0.8.0 FreeBSD 9

[Ben Short]

Hi, 

Is it possible to run Node JS 0.8.0 on FreeBSD? 

I ask because libuv doesn't start that FreeBSD is a supported operating system and Node JS no uses libuv.

Thanks

Ben

[Ben Noordhuis]

Hi, namesake.

FreeBSD is not an officially supported platform but I try to keep it
going on a best-effort basis. I had planned to work on that today or
tomorrow, actually.

There is a version of node.js in ports but I can't vouch for its
stability or up-to-date-ness - it's not maintained by us.

[Ben Short]

Hi Ben, 

Thanks.

FYI I get the following error when trying to configure version 0.8.0

[ben@freebsd ~/node-v0.8.1/build]$ ../configure

{ 'target_defaults': { 'cflags': [],

                       'default_configuration': 'Release',

                       'defines': [],

                       'include_dirs': [],

                       'libraries': []},

  'variables': { 'host_arch': 'x64',

                 'node_install_npm': 'true',

                 'node_install_waf': 'true',

                 'node_prefix': '',

                 'node_shared_openssl': 'false',

                 'node_shared_v8': 'false',

                 'node_shared_zlib': 'false',

                 'node_use_dtrace': 'false',

                 'node_use_etw': 'false',

                 'node_use_openssl': 'true',

                 'strict_aliasing': 'true',

                 'target_arch': 'x64',

                 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 'false',

                 'v8_use_snapshot': 'true'}}

creating  ../config.gypi

creating  ../config.mk

/usr/local/bin/python: can't open file 'tools/gyp_node': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Ben

[Nathan Rajlich]

Invoke "./configure" from the root directory of the node source tree.

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[Eric S]

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:02:44 AM UTC-7, Ben Short wrote:

Is it possible to run Node JS 0.8.0 on FreeBSD? 

I can't speak to its stability, but the current node-devel port currently installs 0.8.1.  No clue why that's the case, as 0.8.X isn't a devel branch, and both ports are managed by the same person.  

My work with that port (hand edited to install 0.8.0 when it was still installing 0.7.X) was able to pass the unit testing on a few basic modules I wrote, but I got pulled off of that for a higher priority project before I got to test it thoroughly.

[mscdex]

Here is an error I get when trying to build the node 0.8.1 tarball on
FreeBSD 9 32-bit:

In file included from ../deps/uv/src/unix/eio/eio.c:41:
../deps/uv/src/unix/eio/config_linux.h:4:27: warning: linux/version.h:

No such file or directory

../deps/uv/src/unix/eio/config_linux.h:5:22: warning: features.h: No
such file or directory
../deps/uv/src/unix/eio/config_linux.h:47:53: error: missing binary
operator before token "("

[Nathan Rajlich]

It looks like gyp is recognizing your OS as linux instead of FreeBSD. Possibly a gyp bug.

[Ben Noordhuis]

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Nathan Rajlich <nat...@tootallnate.net> wrote:
> It looks like gyp is recognizing your OS as linux instead of FreeBSD.
> Possibly a gyp bug.

It is but it's fixed upstream. I'll upgrade gyp before the next release.

[Nathan Rajlich]

Cool, I had a feeling it would be :)

[Ben Noordhuis]

Okay, you should be able to run `git clone
git://github.com/joyent/node.git && git checkout -b v0.8 -t
origin/v0.8 && ./configure && make` now. The two things you may have
to install are libexecinfo and gmake.

[Ben Short]

Hi Ben, 

I've just tried your instructions and it builds and runs ok. Many thanks!

Ben