After a routine update of a customer’s application resulted in a broken package
npm update
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/nod
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:
gyp ERR! System Linux 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.i686
gyp ERR! command “node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/b
gyp ERR! cwd /root/pmt/node_modules/geoip
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.24
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.1
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! geoip@0.4.12 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ls in the folder reveals : UNMET DEPENDENCY geoip 0.4.x marked in red.
npm ERR! missing: geoip@0.4.x, required by Autheticatagainstdb@
npm ERR! not ok code 0
Solution :