npm install fails with node-gyp errors for libxmljs

Question

I'm trying to run a node project that uses libxmljs, but it fails on installing it, with

npm "ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64"

I've tried different versions of npm, but none of helped, all have the same problem it appears.

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

For this project, I managed to fix it by simply using a newer version of libxml in my package.json

I bumped it up to v0.18 from v0.11

"dependencies":{
    "libxmljs": "^0.18.0"
}

then running npm install again. I don't know if it matters or not, but I also removed my ~/.node-gyp folder as well. Note that this solution was suggested by a comment on a similar github issue