nw-gyp problems recompiling zeromq

[mohamed....@gmail.com]

Hello, I am slightly new to the NodeJS so please excuse my ignorance.

I am trying to get node-webkit-v0.8.6-linux-x64 to work with zmq (https://github.com/JustinTulloss/zeromq.node).
When I attempt to rebuild zmq. I get the following error message:

$ nw-gyp rebuild --target=v0.8.6
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using nw-...@0.12.2
gyp info using no...@0.10.22 | linux | x64
gyp info spawn python
gyp info spawn args [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nw-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/user/dev/js/node-webkit/stable/node-webkit-v0.8.6-linux-x64/node_modules/zmq/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nw-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/user/.nw-gyp/0.8.6/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/user/.nw-gyp/0.8.6',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/user/dev/js/node-webkit/stable/node-webkit-v0.8.6-linux-x64/node_modules/zmq',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nw-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 18, in <module>
    sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'script_main'
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nw-gyp/lib/configure.js:352:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-12-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/nw-gyp" "rebuild" "--target=v0.8.6"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/user/dev/js/node-webkit/stable/node-webkit-v0.8.6-linux-x64/node_modules/zmq
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.22
gyp ERR! nw-gyp -v v0.12.2
gyp ERR! not ok

What does this mean? `npm install zmq` works fine.

System Info:

$ node --version
v0.10.22
$ npm --version
1.3.14
$ python -V
Python 2.7.5+

Thanks a lot!

[mohamed....@gmail.com]

That was not clear at all, but I found the solution: According to https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/363#issuecomment-30575831 I had to remove gyp `sudo apt-get remove gyp`.
Now, I don't understand why this makes a difference... Does anyone know why this would make a difference?

Thanks,