unable to install zlib on RHEL 6

[pandits]

Hi Konstantin,

I was unable to install zlib on on my RHEL environment. Console output from running 'npm install zlib' as root user is below:

[root@dhcppc36 node]# npm install zlib
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zlib
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/zlib
    zlib@1.0.5 install /usr/lib/node_modules/zlib
    node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build
Nothing to clean (project not configured)
Setting srcdir to : /usr/lib/node_modules/zlib
Setting blddir to : /usr/lib/node_modules/zlib/build
Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++
Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp
Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar
Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib
Checking for g++ : ok
Checking for node path : ok /usr/lib/node/
Checking for node prefix : ok /usr
Checking for library z : yes
'configure' finished successfully (0.096s)
Waf: Entering directory `/usr/lib/node_modules/zlib/build'
[1/2] cxx: src/node-zlib.cc -> build/Release/src/node-zlib_1.o
../src/node-zlib.cc:1:16: error: v8.h: No such file or directory
../src/node-zlib.cc:2:18: error: node.h: No such file or directory
../src/node-zlib.cc:3:25: error: node_buffer.h: No such file or directory
../src/node-zlib.cc:4:26: error: node_version.h: No such file or directory
../src/node-zlib.cc:14:26: error: missing binary operator before token "("
../src/node-zlib.cc:10: error: âv8â is not a namespace-name
../src/node-zlib.cc:10: error: expected namespace-name before â;â token
../src/node-zlib.cc:11: error: ânodeâ is not a namespace-name
../src/node-zlib.cc:11: error: expected namespace-name before â;â token
../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âBuffer_Dataâ declared as an âinlineâ variable
../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âHandleâ was not declared in this scope
../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âObjectâ was not declared in this scope
../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: âobjâ was not declared in this scope
../src/node-zlib.cc:19: error: expected â,â or â;â before â{â token
../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âBuffer_Lengthâ declared as an âinlineâ variable
../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âHandleâ was not declared in this scope
../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âObjectâ was not declared in this scope
../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: âobjâ was not declared in this scope
../src/node-zlib.cc:22: error: expected â,â or â;â before â{â token
../src/node-zlib.cc:25: error: expected initializer before â*â token
../src/node-zlib.cc:36: error: expected initializer before â<â token
../src/node-zlib.cc:82: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before â<âtoken
Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/node_modules/zlib/build'
Build failed: -> task failed (err #1):
    {task: cxx node-zlib.cc -> node-zlib_1.o}
npm ERR! zlib@1.0.5 install: node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build
npm ERR! sh "-c" "node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build" failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the zlib@1.0.5 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the zlib package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-waf clean ; node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls zlib
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32-71.el6.i686
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "zlib"
npm ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.18
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /usr/lib/node/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

I looked forward to your response.

Thanks.

[Meekohi]

I get the same error on OSX

node -v; npm -v;
v0.10.29
1.4.14