[GH-ISSUE #16] Installation problem on linux. Missing libgtk-3-dev. #11

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opened 2026-05-05 11:23:15 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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2026-05-05 11:23:15 -06:00

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Originally created by @manuel-mauky on GitHub (Feb 17, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/kusti8/proton-native/issues/16

When I tried to install proton-native with npm i -S proton-native like the quick-start guide suggests I got this error:

> npm i -S proton-native
npm WARN deprecated tar.gz@1.0.7: ⚠️  WARNING ⚠️ tar.gz module has been deprecated and your application is vulnerable. Please use tar module instead: https://npmjs.com/tar

> libui-node@0.0.12 install /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node
> libui-download && autogypi && npm run build && npm run copy-node

Downloaded zip: /home/manuel/.libui/libui-shared-linux-x64-pre11.alpha.4.tar.gz
Libui binaries extracted to: /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node

> libui-node@0.0.12 build /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node
> node-gyp configure build

Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-3.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-3.0' found
gyp: Call to 'pkg-config gtk+-3.0 --cflags-only-I | sed s/-I//g' returned exit status 0 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:336:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:160:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.13.0-26-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "build"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node
gyp ERR! node -v v9.4.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! libui-node@0.0.12 build: `node-gyp configure build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the libui-node@0.0.12 build script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/manuel/.npm/_logs/2018-02-17T23_35_39_011Z-debug.log
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/package.json'
npm WARN quickstart No description
npm WARN quickstart No repository field.
npm WARN quickstart No README data
npm WARN quickstart No license field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.1.3 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! libui-node@0.0.12 install: `libui-download && autogypi && npm run build && npm run copy-node`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the libui-node@0.0.12 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/manuel/.npm/_logs/2018-02-17T23_35_39_612Z-debug.log

My machine has Linux Mint 18.3 installed which is based on ubuntu 16.04.
After some searching in the web I found out that I have to sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk-3-dev. Now it works. Maybe you could add this info to the guide so that others can have an easier start with your framework. Maybe something like a preconditions paragraph?

Originally created by @manuel-mauky on GitHub (Feb 17, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/kusti8/proton-native/issues/16 When I tried to install proton-native with `npm i -S proton-native` like the quick-start guide suggests I got this error: ``` > npm i -S proton-native npm WARN deprecated tar.gz@1.0.7: ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ tar.gz module has been deprecated and your application is vulnerable. Please use tar module instead: https://npmjs.com/tar > libui-node@0.0.12 install /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node > libui-download && autogypi && npm run build && npm run copy-node Downloaded zip: /home/manuel/.libui/libui-shared-linux-x64-pre11.alpha.4.tar.gz Libui binaries extracted to: /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node > libui-node@0.0.12 build /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node > node-gyp configure build Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-3.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'gtk+-3.0' found gyp: Call to 'pkg-config gtk+-3.0 --cflags-only-I | sed s/-I//g' returned exit status 0 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:336:16) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:160:13) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 4.13.0-26-generic gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "build" gyp ERR! cwd /home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/node_modules/libui-node gyp ERR! node -v v9.4.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2 gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! libui-node@0.0.12 build: `node-gyp configure build` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the libui-node@0.0.12 build script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install? npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/manuel/.npm/_logs/2018-02-17T23_35_39_011Z-debug.log npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/manuel/projekte/playground/proton-native/quickstart/package.json' npm WARN quickstart No description npm WARN quickstart No repository field. npm WARN quickstart No README data npm WARN quickstart No license field. npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.1.3 (node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"}) npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! libui-node@0.0.12 install: `libui-download && autogypi && npm run build && npm run copy-node` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the libui-node@0.0.12 install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/manuel/.npm/_logs/2018-02-17T23_35_39_612Z-debug.log ``` My machine has Linux Mint 18.3 installed which is based on ubuntu 16.04. After some searching in the web I found out that I have to `sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk-3-dev`. Now it works. Maybe you could add this info to the guide so that others can have an easier start with your framework. Maybe something like a preconditions paragraph?

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2026-05-05 11:23:16 -06:00

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 11:23:21 -06:00

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@kusti8 commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2018):

I will add this, but I'm really busy at the moment. If you have time you're free to submit a PR. Thanks.

@kusti8 commented on GitHub (Feb 18, 2018): I will add this, but I'm really busy at the moment. If you have time you're free to submit a PR. Thanks.

gitea-mirror commented

2026-05-05 11:23:26 -06:00

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@falfiya commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2018):

Thank you! I've had this exact same error for awhile.

@falfiya commented on GitHub (Oct 1, 2018): Thank you! I've had this exact same error for awhile.

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