Cannot find module 'usb_bindings'

Hi,

I have tried installing the node-usb in my ubuntu11.04. I am getting following error "USB_BINDINGS" module not found. can you help me out on this subject.

root@ubuntu:/home/san# nodejs --version
v0.6.8
root@ubuntu:/home/san# cd node-usb/
root@ubuntu:/home/san/node-usb# make
node-waf configure clean build; nodejs tests/node-usb-test.js
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 program gcc or cc : /usr/bin/gcc
Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar
Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib
Checking for gcc : ok
Checking for node path : not found
Checking for node prefix : ok /usr
Checking for libusb-1.0 : yes
'configure' finished successfully (1.996s)
'clean' finished successfully (0.040s)
Waf: Entering directory /home/san/node-usb/build' [1/6] cxx: src/node_usb.cc -> build/Release/src/node_usb_1.o [2/6] cxx: src/usb.cc -> build/Release/src/usb_1.o [3/6] cxx: src/device.cc -> build/Release/src/device_1.o [4/6] cxx: src/interface.cc -> build/Release/src/interface_1.o [5/6] cxx: src/endpoint.cc -> build/Release/src/endpoint_1.o [6/6] cxx_link: build/Release/src/node_usb_1.o build/Release/src/usb_1.o build/Release/src/device_1.o build/Release/src/interface_1.o build/Release/src/endpoint_1.o -> build/Release/usb_bindings.node Waf: Leaving directory/home/san/node-usb/build'
'build' finished successfully (6.181s)

node.js:201
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
Error: Cannot find module 'usb_bindings'
at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:334:11)
at Function._load (module.js:279:25)
at Module.require (module.js:357:17)
at require (module.js:368:17)
at Object. (/home/san/node-usb/usb.js:4:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:432:26)
at Object..js (module.js:450:10)
at Module.load (module.js:351:31)
at Function._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:357:17)
make: *** [make] Error 1
root@ubuntu:/home/san/node-usb#

[schakko]

Place the usb_bindings.node file in your node path or in the directory where usb.js is located.

[micha149]

Where can I get the usb_bindings.node file? Have the same issue on a debian squeeze.

[schakko]

usb_bindings.node resides in build/Release.

[micha149]

Sorry. And where to find build/Release?!

[schakko]

build/* will be generated by executing make respectively wscript and is inside the node-usb directory.

[micha149]

but make dies before the build directory is created. Heres my output:

root@debian-test:~/node-test/node-usb# make
node-waf -v configure clean build; node tests/node-usb-test.js
/bin/sh: node-waf: not found

node.js:201
        throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
              ^
Error: Cannot find module './usb_bindings'
    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> (/root/node-test/node-usb/usb.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:348:32)
    at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
make: *** [make] Fehler 1

[schakko]

As your log shows, you do not have node-waf inside your PATH.

 node-waf -v configure clean build; node tests/node-usb-test.js
 /bin/sh: node-waf: not found

node-waf is required for building a node module.

[andySigler]

i'm getting the same issue, but i'm not getting an error regarding node-waf

---

$ node tests/node-usb-test.js

module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'usb_bindings'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
at require (module.js:378:17)
at Object. (/Users/andrewsigler/Desktop/nodeUSB/node-usb-master/usb.js:4:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:362:17)

---

[skilbjo]

node-waf is not available anymore... node-gyp is the replacement...

[marsitatheultra]

This is what is happening on my machine:

node examples/lsusb/lsusb.js

Error: Cannot find module './usb_bindings'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:339:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:290:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:16:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/ms/Dropbox/Musafa/dev/node-usb/usb.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)

Any ideas?

[gdibble]

🙏 also need help.

what i tried so far:

1. got Command Line Tools for OSX to get make https://developer.apple.com/downloads/
2. npm i node-gyp -g
3. open Makefile and replace node-waf with node-gyp
4. make

result is the same as the fellows above

[koizumikk]

you can find "usb_bindings" here.

https://github.com/tessel/node-usb/releases

[yasharma]

After placing usb_bindings.node into directory where usb.js is located, now i am getting following

 (master) -> node usb.js
module.js:434
  return process.dlopen(module, path._makeLong(filename));
                 ^

Error: /home/yash/node-usb/usb_bindings.node: invalid ELF header
    at Error (native)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:434:18)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/yash/node-usb/usb.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)

[JSAbrahams]

@yasharma That is caused by the fact that the binary is not suited for your OS. I however have the same problem at the moment, so I don't have a solution I'm afraid.