npm install fails on gifsicle

[brandonwbrown]

npm ERR! Darwin 16.4.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v6.10.0
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: node index.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script 'node index.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the gifsicle package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node index.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs gifsicle
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls gifsicle
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:

npm-debug.log.txt

[brandonwbrown]

note that i found a similar issue elsewhere, but their solution didn't help in this case:

imagemin/gifsicle-bin#72

[pierznj]

Same issue.

[brandonwbrown]

note in my case that i was still able to continue and run the demo despite what seemed like a catastrophic error.

[nickatnight]

Same issue 😉