Bagbak unable to install through npm install -g bagbak

[Angelo Alviar]

Heyo, it's me again. Trying to install bagbak on my MacOS host. Thanks for all your help.

Node v20.1.0.

Describe the bug
npm error. Bagbak fails to install. I think it may be due to the frida dependency because I removed it from the package and it "built" successfully. (Although the tool ends up being broken/not able to run due to it not having frida)

To Reproduce
npm install in git directory or npm install -g bagbak

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Should install

Logs

npm install -g bagbak
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/bagbak/node_modules/frida
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! prebuild-install warn install No prebuilt binaries found (target=20.1.0 runtime=node arch=arm64 libc= platform=darwin)
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.3.1
npm ERR! gyp info using node@20.1.0 | darwin | arm64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.6 found at "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/opt/homebrew/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   '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/bagbak/node_modules/frida/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/gelosec/Library/Caches/node-gyp/20.1.0/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=/Users/gelosec/Library/Caches/node-gyp/20.1.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/gelosec/Library/Caches/node-gyp/20.1.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/bagbak/node_modules/frida',
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! gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/bagbak/node_modules/frida) while trying to load binding.gyp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:325:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:511:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 21.6.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/20.1.0/bin/node" "/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/bagbak/node_modules/frida
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.1.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.3.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/gelosec/.npm/_logs/2023-05-13T11_57_34_967Z-debug-0.log

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOS
• nodejs: 20.1.0
• frida-node: 16.0.19 (installed through pip3)

[codecolorist]

brew remove node
brew install node@19
npm install -g bagbak

[Gigi]

brew remove node
brew install node@19
npm install -g bagbak

node@19 does not exist as a brew cask, only @18 @16 @14 @10 or latest version

[codecolorist]

brew remove node

brew install node@19

npm install -g bagbak

node@19 does not exist as a brew cask, only @18 @16 @14 @10 or latest version

There is also pkg on nodejs site if brew removed that specific version

[codecolorist]

BTW, use nvm when brew removed certain version of nodejs

1. brew install nvm
2. Follow its instruction after installation command to add nvm to your .zprofile
3. nvm install v19
4. nvm use v19
5. npm install -g bagbak