Encountering problems while executing : npm install exec-sync

[jjcr]

Version: output of node -v
Platform: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Version info :

node@4.6.0
node-gyp@3.4.0
npm@2.15.9 

I try to install the following dependencies :

 "canvas": "^1.1.6",
 "exec-sync": "^0.1.6",
 "fabric": "^1.6.0",
 "request": "^2.67.0",
 "word": "^0.2.4" 

So i do an npm install the following dependencies are installed:

 "canvas": "^1.1.6",   
 "fabric": "^1.6.0",
 "request": "^2.67.0",
 "word": "^0.2.4" 

But the exec-sync delivers the following error:

1443 verbose stack Error: ffi@1.2.5 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
1443 verbose stack Exit status 1
1443 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:217:16)
1443 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
1443 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:172:7)
1443 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
1443 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
1443 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
1443 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:829:16)
1443 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)

Im a litte bit lost at this point, i tried the following things:

Deleted all the node_modules and tried an fresh install;
Tried installing the modules seperately;
Is it a version problem of node.js vs the exec-sync build?, im lost.

[bnoordhuis]

You should probably report this against the ffi project, seeing how that is giving you trouble. Make sure you have the prerequisites from https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp installed (basically, a working compiler toolchain.)

If you can't make it work, file an issue over at https://github.com/nodejs/help. This issue tracker is only for node.js core-related issues (which your issue isn't) so I'll go ahead and close it.