NodeJs Error - Failed to load gRPC binary module b

Question

I am running my NodeJs App and i am getting an error.

sudo /usr/local/bin/node app.js    
    Error: Failed to load gRPC binary module because it was not installed for the current system
Expected directory: node-v57-linux-x64-glibc
Found: [node-v59-linux-x64-glibc]
This problem can often be fixed by running "npm rebuild" on the current system
Original error: Cannot find module '/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc
/grpc_node.node'
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js:53:17)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/client.js:37:12)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)

Edit

    sudo /usr/local/bin/npm rebuild

    > protobufjs@6.8.6 postinstall /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/protobufjs
> node scripts/postinstall
> grpc@1.10.1 install /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library
[grpc] Success: "/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v59-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node" al
ready installed
Pass --update-binary to reinstall or --build-from-source to recompile
> @google-cloud/profiler@0.1.14 install /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/@google-cloud/profiler
> node-gyp rebuild
gyp ERR! clean error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, rmdir 'build'
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64
gyp ERR! command "/opt/bitnami/nodejs/bin/.node.bin" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "
rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/@google-cloud/profiler
gyp ERR! node -v v9.8.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @google-cloud/profiler@0.1.14 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the @google-cloud/profiler@0.1.14 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2018-04-10T16_06_40_444Z-debug.log

Answer 1

By any chance did you do a npm install in your local (node-v59) when it should have been done on the container (node-v57)? The grpc binary is for the wrong version of node thus the error. This often happens with a local Mac running a linux Docker container.

Expected directory: node-v57-linux-x64-glibc Found: [node-v59-linux-x64-glibc]

The solution would be to rm -fr node_modules and do npm install in the container.

Answer 2

I had the same problem with Google Cloud Functions and Emulator, after migration from node 6 to node 8.

My Solution:

1. npm rebuild // no effect
2. delete node_modules folder in the functions folder
3. npm install
4. in the functions folder call: npm i --save firebase-functions
5. firebase serve // start the emulator and try

Answer 3

It seems like you have some verion conflict

Expected directory: node-v57-linux-x64-glibc
Found: [node-v59-linux-x64-glibc]

Have you tried running npm rebuild in your app folder?

Answer 4

I had the same problem (using nvm) and found that my selected node version was different than the one in .nvmrc. I did the following steps to fix it:

rm -rf node_modules
nvm use
yarn

I removed node_modules because it might have installed a version of some dependencies for the wrong version of node, so I want to ensure I have the correct libraries for the selected version.

When I do nvm use, it picks the version of node from the .nvmrc in my project.

You can use npm install instead of yarn. That's just how my project is set up.