NPM/Node Error that I cannot resolve

Question

I am trying to install my packages for a bot (that work on another vps I own) using npm 5, ubuntu 16.04, and node.js 8. The issue seems to be with sodium/libsodium. Here is the error:

I've tried deleting all the node modules and reinstalling, nothing seems to be working. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Install libtool. The log is saying it doesn't find libsodium so it has to build it with libtool which it can't find on your system.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libtool

While you add at it, make sure you have automake and autoconf

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libtool automake autoconf

Then try npm install again. Remove node_modules first to be safe. Hope this is of help.