gyp_main.py: error: no such option: --no-parallel

[dibu28]

I have error installing pm2 package with 'npm install -g pm2' on Ubuntu 14
node.js version: v0.10.25
npm version: 1.4.7

from error log:
gyp_main.py: error: no such option: --no-parallel
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 2

[soyuka]

More log please

[dibu28]

Full log:

root@ubuntu:/home/user/ghost# npm install pm2 -g
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2-multimeter
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cli-table
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/axon-rpc
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2-interface
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/axon
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/usage
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cron
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/colors
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/commander
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/debug
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2-multimeter
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/axon
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cli-table
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2-interface
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/axon-rpc
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/usage
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/colors
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cron
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/commander
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/debug
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script/-/coffee-script-1.7.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script/-/coffee-script-1.7.0.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/recursive-readdir
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/charm
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/configurable
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-regexp
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/keypress
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/charm
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/recursive-readdir
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing [email protected]
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings

> [email protected] install /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/usage
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.node-gyp/0.10.25"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/usage/.node-gyp"
gyp http GET http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.25/node-v0.10.25.tar.gz
gyp http 200 http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.25/node-v0.10.25.tar.gz
gyp http GET http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.25/SHASUMS.txt
gyp http GET http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.25/SHASUMS.txt
gyp http 200 http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.25/SHASUMS.txt
gyp http 200 http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.25/SHASUMS.txt
Usage: gyp_main.py [options ...] [build_file ...]

gyp_main.py: error: no such option: --no-parallel
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:340:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:797:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/usage
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.13.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/configurable
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-regexp
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/keypress
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the usage package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls usage
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "pm2" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/user/ghost
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.7
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/user/ghost/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
root@ubuntu:/home/user/ghost# node -v
v0.10.25
root@ubuntu:/home/user/ghost# npm -v
1.4.7

Even if I use --unsafe-perm the same error remains.

[dibu28]

sudo apt-get remove gyp - helped me to solve problem.

[ekg]

FWIW, I had the same problem (came here by searching around) and sudo apt-get remove gyp seems to have resolved it.