build error in both 4.2.2 and 5.1.0

[ghost]

I download the source code from official website and want to install it manually onto Debian.
But when I execute 'make' command, there is always error message like the picture above.

[MylesBorins]

have you run ./configure first?

[Martii]

What is your $ ./configure parameters?

Have you ensured Debian is up to date with:

• $ sudo apt-get update and
• $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Do you have all the necessary prerequisites mentioned here? (clang and clang++ is related to Mac usually)

Have you tried a $ git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git from GitHub (GH)? ... if so did you $ git checkout tags/v4.2.2 and such... I'm in process of reworking my local copy for replication and I can see if this is doing it in general for other distro's... but from GH.

Hope some of this might help. :)

[ghost]

I see the problem is: C++ compiler too old, need g++ 4.8 or clang++ 3.4 (CXX=g++)
But how can I install g++ 4.8 on Debian Wheezy? It's g++ 4.7.2 now and already the latest package: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/g++

[bnoordhuis]

You can install it from jessie (see this SO answer) but I'd just download and install the binary from nodejs.org if I were you.

/cc @misterdjules - this is one of the 4.7 parser issues we've talked about.

[Martii]

@dimply
Our VPS is pre-configured with jessie and appears to be doing well directly with that... thousands, if not more, of users can't be wrong. ;) :)

There aren't any pitfalls to adding an extra packaging repo and major benefits to having access to other packages that are not limited by a specific binary from a specific node based project. The choice is up to you.

Additional ref:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25147363/how-to-install-g-4-9-on-debian-wheezy-armel

[ghost]

@bnoordhuis I just don't know how to treat with the downloaded binary files. 😹 .
If I execute "make" and "make install", it seems that linux will automatically do the configures for me.

[ghost]

I successfully installed g++ 4.8 on Debian Wheezy using the Jessie package. Then I execute make, but an error shows cc: Command nod found.
I found a solution with executing export CC=gcc && make and this time I succeed.
But when I go on to sudo make install, the error comes out again with the same information cc: Command nod found. Neither export CC=gcc && sudo make install nor cd /usr/bin && sudo ln -s gcc CC will work. How can I solute this?

[bnoordhuis]

@dimply Try sudo make install CC=gcc. gcc needs to be on root's PATH, of course.

[jasnell]

Assuming it's safe to close this one now.