Debian renamed node for some reason

[kkoopa]

Apparently Debian decided it was a good idea to rename node to nodejs. This causes problems with the current include-voodoo.

"include_dirs" : [
    "<!(node -e \"require('nan')\")"
]

serialport/node-serialport#301

Based on crypto-utils/keygrip#7, it seems a possible fix is something like

"[ -x /usr/bin/nodejs ] && /usr/bin/nodejs ./install.js || node ./install.js"

But, I suspect that will not work with Windows. So, how to make a cross-platform solution?

[bnoordhuis]

You're late, Debian did that like three or four years ago. :-)

It's probably not an issue in practice. Most people that don't compile from source seem to install the nodejs-legacy package that symlinks /usr/bin/node to /usr/bin/nodejs.

[kkoopa]

Oh my, well, good it's a non-issue.

[rvagg]

always best to recommend people use Chris Lea's PPA cause it's always up to date and does a symlink by default.

[rvagg]

on Debain is a bit more involved because of the lack of a nice PPA ecosystem, but do people really still use Debian raw?

[bnoordhuis]

I do (but I compile node.js from source, of course. :-)). It's possible to use PPAs on Debian with minimal effort, by the way.