brew install node stuck at `make install`

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Vivek V Dwivedi picture Vivek V Dwivedi · Nov 1, 2015 · Viewed 26.9k times · Source

I am trying to install node using brew but it gets stuck at make install and does nothing. I am using ubunutu 14.04. Here is the logs from the terminal:

==> Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.1/node-v4.2.1.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /home/tsepak33/.cache/Homebrew/node-4.2.1.tar.gz
==> Downloading https://ssl.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/56.1/icu4c-56_1-src.tgz
Already downloaded: /home/tsepak33/.cache/Homebrew/node--icu4c-56.1.tgz
==> ./configure --prefix=/home/tsepak33/.linuxbrew/Cellar/node/4.2.1 --without-n
==> make install

I aso tried with brew reinstall node, but nothing works.

Answer

Itai Agmon picture Itai Agmon · Dec 28, 2015

I had the same problem. Eventually, I understood that I didn't wait enough time.

To prove that this is the problem, just run it with the -v switch

brew install -v node

The make install step takes about 20-25 minutes.

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