Mac — unable to install truffle [fixed]

npm installation of truffle giving you issues?

quick fix below

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/ganache/node_modules/leveldown
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! CXX(target) Release/obj.target/leveldb/deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.o
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp info using node@17.4.0 | darwin | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.5 found at “/usr/local/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9”
npm ERR! gyp WARN EACCES current user (“yangxu3”) does not have permission to access the dev dir “/Users/yangxu3/Library/Caches/node-gyp/17.4.0”
npm ERR! gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir “/var/folders/rf/ynb526y96fqgz5wht3hxvvdr0000gq/T/.node-gyp”
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /usr/local/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘binding.gyp’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-f’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘make’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-I’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/ganache/node_modules/leveldown/build/config.gypi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-I’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-I’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘/var/folders/rf/ynb526y96fqgz5wht3hxvvdr0000gq/T/.node-gyp/17.4.0/include/node/common.gypi’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dlibrary=shared_library’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dvisibility=default’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_root_dir=/var/folders/rf/ynb526y96fqgz5wht3hxvvdr0000gq/T/.node-gyp/17.4.0’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_lib_file=/var/folders/rf/ynb526y96fqgz5wht3hxvvdr0000gq/T/.node-gyp/17.4.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/ganache/node_modules/leveldown’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Dnode_engine=v8’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘ — depth=.’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘ — no-parallel’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘ — generator-output’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘build’,
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ‘-Goutput_dir=.’
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! No receipt for ‘com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables’ found at ‘/’.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! No receipt for ‘com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLILeo’ found at ‘/’.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! No receipt for ‘com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLI’ found at ‘/’.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! gyp info spawn make
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ ‘BUILDTYPE=Release’, ‘-C’, ‘build’ ]
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.cc:5:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.h:8:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/include/leveldb/status.h:16:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string:504:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/__string:57:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/algorithm:641:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstring:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string.h:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/string.h:61:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/_types.h:27:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:32:
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:807:2: error: Unsupported architecture
npm ERR! #error Unsupported architecture
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.cc:5:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.h:8:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/include/leveldb/status.h:16:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string:504:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/__string:57:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/algorithm:641:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstring:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string.h:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/string.h:61:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/_types.h:27:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:33:
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/machine/_types.h:34:2: error: architecture not supported
npm ERR! #error architecture not supported
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.cc:5:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.h:8:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/include/leveldb/status.h:16:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string:504:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/__string:57:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/algorithm:641:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstring:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string.h:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/string.h:61:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/_types.h:27:
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:55:9: error: unknown type name ‘__int64_t’
npm ERR! typedef __int64_t __darwin_blkcnt_t; /* total blocks */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:56:9: error: unknown type name ‘__int32_t’; did you mean ‘__int128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __int32_t __darwin_blksize_t; /* preferred block size */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__int128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:57:9: error: unknown type name ‘__int32_t’; did you mean ‘__int128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __int32_t __darwin_dev_t; /* dev_t */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__int128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:60:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint32_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint32_t __darwin_gid_t; /* [???] process and group IDs */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:61:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint32_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint32_t __darwin_id_t; /* [XSI] pid_t, uid_t, or gid_t*/
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:62:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint64_t’
npm ERR! typedef __uint64_t __darwin_ino64_t; /* [???] Used for 64 bit inodes */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:68:9: error: unknown type name ‘__darwin_natural_t’
npm ERR! typedef __darwin_natural_t __darwin_mach_port_name_t; /* Used by mach */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:70:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint16_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint16_t __darwin_mode_t; /* [???] Some file attributes */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:71:9: error: unknown type name ‘__int64_t’
npm ERR! typedef __int64_t __darwin_off_t; /* [???] Used for file sizes */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:72:9: error: unknown type name ‘__int32_t’; did you mean ‘__int128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __int32_t __darwin_pid_t; /* [???] process and group IDs */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__int128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:73:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint32_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint32_t __darwin_sigset_t; /* [???] signal set */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:74:9: error: unknown type name ‘__int32_t’; did you mean ‘__int128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __int32_t __darwin_suseconds_t; /* [???] microseconds */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__int128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:75:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint32_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint32_t __darwin_uid_t; /* [???] user IDs */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types.h:76:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint32_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint32_t __darwin_useconds_t; /* [???] microseconds */
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.cc:5:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.h:8:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/include/leveldb/status.h:16:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string:504:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/__string:57:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/algorithm:641:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstring:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string.h:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/string.h:61:
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/_types.h:43:9: error: unknown type name ‘__uint32_t’; did you mean ‘__uint128_t’?
npm ERR! typedef __uint32_t __darwin_wctype_t;
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! note: ‘__uint128_t’ declared here
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.cc:5:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.h:8:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/include/leveldb/status.h:16:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string:504:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/__string:57:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/algorithm:641:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstring:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string.h:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/string.h:141:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types/_rsize_t.h:30:
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/machine/types.h:37:2: error: architecture not supported
npm ERR! #error architecture not supported
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.cc:5:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.h:8:
npm ERR! In file included from ../deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/include/leveldb/status.h:16:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string:504:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/__string:57:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/algorithm:641:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cstring:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/string.h:60:
npm ERR! In file included from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/string.h:141:
npm ERR! /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/_types/_rsize_t.h:31:9: error: unknown type name ‘__darwin_size_t’
npm ERR! typedef __darwin_size_t rsize_t;
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=]
npm ERR! 20 errors generated.
npm ERR! make: *** [Release/obj.target/leveldb/deps/leveldb/leveldb-1.20/db/builder.o] Error 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.6.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command “/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/bin/node” “/Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “rebuild”
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /Users/yangxu3/.nvm/versions/node/v17.4.0/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/ganache/node_modules/leveldown
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v17.4.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/yangxu3/.npm/_logs/2022–02–02T13_16_57_486Z-debug-0.log

here’s the quick fix, use homebrew to install

try this command

brew install truffle

if you don’t have homebrew installed, here’s how you can install https://brew.sh/

happy coding!

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