title: node-gyp rebuild error while installing node modules
body: <p>I tried installing zerorpc package on node using 'npm install zerorpc' and I am getting following error. The error is because node-gyp fails to rebuild.</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zerorpc
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/zerorpc
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/1.3.3
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-uuid/1.3.3
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/msgpack/1.0.2
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/zmq
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-uuid/1.3.3
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/msgpack/1.0.2
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/zmq
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/1.3.3
  npm WARN engine msgpack@1.0.2: wanted: {"node":"&gt;=0.12.7"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.25","npm":"1.3.10"})
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
  
  &gt; zmq@2.14.0 install /home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/zmq
  &gt; node-gyp rebuild
  
  
  &gt; msgpack@1.0.2 install /home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/msgpack
  &gt; node-gyp rebuild
  
  make: Entering directory `/home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/zmq/build'
    CXX(target) Release/obj.target/zmq/binding.o
  make: Entering directory `/home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/msgpack/build'
    CC(target) Release/obj.target/libmsgpack/deps/msgpack/objectc.o
    CC(target) Release/obj.target/libmsgpack/deps/msgpack/unpack.o
    CC(target) Release/obj.target/libmsgpack/deps/msgpack/vrefbuffer.o
    CC(target) Release/obj.target/libmsgpack/deps/msgpack/zone.o
    CC(target) Release/obj.target/libmsgpack/deps/msgpack/version.o
    AR(target) Release/obj.target/deps/msgpack/msgpack.a
    COPY Release/msgpack.a
    CXX(target) Release/obj.target/msgpackBinding/src/msgpack.o
  ../src/msgpack.cc: In function ‘void v8_to_msgpack(v8::Handle&lt;v8::Value&gt;, msgpack_object*, msgpack_zone*, size_t)’:
  ../src/msgpack.cc:126:93: error: could not convert ‘v8obj’ from ‘v8::Handle&lt;v8::Value&gt;’ to ‘v8::Local&lt;v8::Value&gt;’
           mo-&gt;via.str.size = static_cast&lt;uint32_t&gt;(Nan::DecodeBytes(v8obj, Nan::Encoding::UTF8));
                                                                                               ^
  ../src/msgpack.cc:129:94: error: could not convert ‘v8obj’ from ‘v8::Handle&lt;v8::Value&gt;’ to ‘v8::Local&lt;v8::Value&gt;’
           Nan::DecodeWrite((char*)mo-&gt;via.str.ptr, mo-&gt;via.str.size, v8obj, Nan::Encoding::UTF8);
                                                                                                ^
  ../src/msgpack.cc:136:94: error: could not convert ‘result’ from ‘v8::Handle&lt;v8::Value&gt;’ to ‘v8::Local&lt;v8::Value&gt;’
           mo-&gt;via.str.size = static_cast&lt;uint32_t&gt;(Nan::DecodeBytes(result, Nan::Encoding::UTF8));
                                                                                                ^
  ../src/msgpack.cc:139:95: error: could not convert ‘result’ from ‘v8::Handle&lt;v8::Value&gt;’ to ‘v8::Local&lt;v8::Value&gt;’
           Nan::DecodeWrite((char*)mo-&gt;via.str.ptr, mo-&gt;via.str.size, result, Nan::Encoding::UTF8);
                                                                                                 ^
  make: *** [Release/obj.target/msgpackBinding/src/msgpack.o] Error 1
  make: Leaving directory `/home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/msgpack/build'
  gyp ERR! build error 
  gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
  gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/share/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
  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 3.16.0-60-generic
  gyp ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
  gyp ERR! cwd /home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/msgpack
  gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.10
  gyp ERR! not ok 
  npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
  npm WARN For further explanations, please read
  /usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian
  
  npm ERR! weird error 1
  Assembler messages:
  Fatal error: can't create Release/obj.target/zmq/binding.o: No such file or directory
  make: *** [Release/obj.target/zmq/binding.o] Error 1
  make: Leaving directory `/home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/zmq/build'
  gyp ERR! build error 
  gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
  gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/share/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
  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 3.16.0-60-generic
  gyp ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
  gyp ERR! cwd /home/deepu/node_modules/zerorpc/node_modules/zmq
  gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25
  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.10
  gyp ERR! not ok 
  npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
  npm WARN For further explanations, please read
  /usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian
  
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I tried to update the version using </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo npm cache clean -f
  sudo npm install -g n
  sudo n stable
  
  sudo ln -sf /usr/local/n/versions/node/&lt;VERSION&gt;/bin/node /usr/bin/node
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>given by <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/426750/how-can-i-update-my-nodejs-to-the-latest-version">https://askubuntu.com/questions/426750/how-can-i-update-my-nodejs-to-the-latest-version</a> but I am getting 'bash: /usr/bin/node: No such file or directory' error</p>