uncaught: Error: Cannot find module '../build/default/canvas'

[retrofox]

uncaught: Error: Cannot find module '../build/default/canvas'

[tj]

first you need to run:

$ node-waf configure build

then after it is configured, each time you want to build it you just need to:

$ node-waf build

[panosru]

@visionmedia I have the same issue... check this:

root@dev:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos# npm install canvas
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas

> [email protected] preinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas
> node-waf configure build

Checking for program g++ or c++          : /usr/bin/g++ 
Checking for program cpp                 : /usr/bin/cpp 
Checking for program ar                  : /usr/bin/ar 
Checking for program ranlib              : /usr/bin/ranlib 
Checking for g++                         : ok  
Checking for node path                   : not found 
Checking for node prefix                 : ok /usr/local 
Checking for library gif                 : not found 
Checking for library jpeg                : yes 
Checking for cairo                       : yes 
'configure' finished successfully (0.325s)
Waf: Entering directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/build'
[ 1/10] cxx: src/Canvas.cc -> build/Release/src/Canvas_1.o
../src/Canvas.cc: In constructor ‘Canvas::Canvas(int, int, canvas_type_t)’:
../src/Canvas.cc:392:20: warning: unused variable ‘status’ [-Wunused-variable]
[ 2/10] cxx: src/CanvasGradient.cc -> build/Release/src/CanvasGradient_1.o
[ 3/10] cxx: src/CanvasPattern.cc -> build/Release/src/CanvasPattern_1.o
[ 4/10] cxx: src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc -> build/Release/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d_1.o
../src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc: In constructor ‘Context2d::Context2d(Canvas*)’:
../src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc:132:25: warning: converting to non-pointer type ‘short int’ from NULL [-Wconversion-null]
../src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc: In static member function ‘static v8::Handle<v8::Value> Context2d::GetTextDrawingMode(v8::Local<v8::String>, const v8::AccessorInfo&)’:
../src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc:951:45: warning: ‘mode’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
[ 5/10] cxx: src/Image.cc -> build/Release/src/Image_1.o
[ 6/10] cxx: src/ImageData.cc -> build/Release/src/ImageData_1.o
[ 7/10] cxx: src/PixelArray.cc -> build/Release/src/PixelArray_1.o
[ 8/10] cxx: src/color.cc -> build/Release/src/color_1.o
[ 9/10] cxx: src/init.cc -> build/Release/src/init_1.o
[10/10] cxx_link: build/Release/src/Canvas_1.o build/Release/src/CanvasGradient_1.o build/Release/src/CanvasPattern_1.o build/Release/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d_1.o build/Release/src/Image_1.o build/Release/src/ImageData_1.o build/Release/src/PixelArray_1.o build/Release/src/color_1.o build/Release/src/init_1.o -> build/Release/canvas.node
Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/build'
'build' finished successfully (5.324s)
[email protected] ./node_modules/canvas
root@dev:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos# cd node_modules/canvas/
root@dev:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas# node-waf configure build
Checking for program g++ or c++          : /usr/bin/g++ 
Checking for program cpp                 : /usr/bin/cpp 
Checking for program ar                  : /usr/bin/ar 
Checking for program ranlib              : /usr/bin/ranlib 
Checking for g++                         : ok  
Checking for node path                   : not found 
Checking for node prefix                 : ok /usr/local 
Checking for library gif                 : not found 
Checking for library jpeg                : yes 
Checking for cairo                       : yes 
'configure' finished successfully (0.330s)
Waf: Entering directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/build'
Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/build'
'build' finished successfully (0.028s)
root@dev:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas# node-waf build
Waf: Entering directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/build'
Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/build'
'build' finished successfully (0.017s)
root@dev:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas# 

but still when I try to compile .styl with nib I get this:

Error: Cannot find module '../build/default/canvas'
    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:332:11)
    at Function._load (module.js:279:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (module.js:370:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protos/node_modules/canvas/lib/bindings.js:7:20)
    at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:348:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)

I removed the try {} catch() {} for canvas in nib.js for debugging purposes.

//try {
  Canvas = require('canvas');

  var gradient = require('./nodes/gradient')
    , colorImage = require('./nodes/color-image')
    //} catch (err) {
  // ignore
  //}

[Skqing]

How i will use it in Windows?

[curran]

How was the error resolved? I just ran npm install canvas and am getting the same error Cannot find module '../build/default/canvas' Thank you!

[TooTallNate]

@curran Make sure you're installing the latest version of canvas, and not a pinned version because of a package.json file.