Getting Node.js 0.4.2 to build/install on FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

Question

I've tried getting this working a few different ways:

building from ports (/usr/ports/www/node)
git clone -> ./configure, ./make
git clone -> ./configure, ./gmake

But it always ends up breaking in the end. When using 'make' I simply get one line of output: Error expanding embedded variable.

When using 'gmake' I get some building, and then: Waf: Leaving directory '/usr/home/{user}/node/build Build failed: -> task failed (err #2): {task: libv8.a SConstruct -> libv8.a}

I did check for a FreeBSD package, but the most recent they have, on ftp2.freebsd.com, is 0.2.6

Does this just not work on 64 bit BSD?

Update:
I've been finding a few posts on the web of people having similar issues with FreeBSD 64 so I figured I'd also try it out on a 32 bit install (on a 32 bit machine, not the 64 being used from my original question)
Same issue with 'make' and the exact same error using 'gmake'

Build failed: -> task failed (err #2):
{task: libv8.a SConstruct -> libv8.a}

I'd love to get this working on my FreeBSD64, but I'm beginning to think that node just doesn't work anymore for FreeBSD :(

Answer 1

Got It!!

I first got this working on FreeBSD 32 and after it worked I was then able to get it working on 64.
The only difference between the two processes was for the 32 bit I simply built v8 using

$ scons

and for 64 bit

$ scons os=freebsd arch=x64

Here are the steps I used to get a successful build/install of node on FreeBSD amd64:

• Checked out clean copies of both v8 and node

• Within the v8 root

  $ scons os=freebsd arch=x64
  ... build output ...
  $ cp libv8* /usr/local/lib

• Within the node root

  $ ./configure \
      --prefix=/usr/local \
      --shared-v8 \
      --shared-v8-includes=/home/jr/v8-read-only/include \
      --shared-v8-libpath=/usr/local/lib \
      --shared-v8-libname=v8
  $ gmake
  ... build output ...
  $ gmake install
  $ node --version
  v0.5.0-pre

Answer 2

You do not really need to check out node separately. Here's what worked for me:

$ sudo portmaster devel/pkg-config devel/libexecinfo devel/cmake devel/scons lang/python27
$ git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
$ cd node/deps/v8
$ git checkout v0.4.6
$ scons os=freebsd arch=x64
(takes a while to compile v8)
$ sudo cp libv8* /usr/local/lib
$ cd ~/node
$ ./configure \     
  --prefix=/usr/local \
  --shared-v8 \
  --shared-v8-includes=/home/mikl/node/deps/v8/include \
  --shared-v8-libpath=/usr/local/lib \
  --shared-v8-libname=v8
$ gmake
$ sudo gmake install

Answer 3

I could only get v0.5.1 to work. In addition i had some issues with installing ie. the hiredis module, since the v8 headers was missing.

Assuming the following packages are installed:

• devel/pkg-config
• devel/libexecinfo
• devel/cmake
• devel/gmake
• devel/scons
• lang/python27
• lang/v8

I got it working using the commands:

cd /root/
$ git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
$ git checkout v0.5.1
$ cd ~/node
$ ./configure \
  --prefix=/usr/local \
  --shared-v8 \
  --shared-v8-includes=/usr/local/include \
  --shared-v8-libpath=/usr/local/lib \
  --shared-v8-libname=v8
$ gmake
$ gmake install
$ cp /usr/local/include/v8* /usr/local/include/node/

Pretty much the same as above, not the gmake dependency and that I had to copy the headers into the node folder for the hiredis module to compile.

Answer 4

cd /usr/ports/www/node && make install clean

Worked fine for me. So it looks like they fixed the problems that port had.