c++: error: unrecognized command line option '-stdlib=libc++' while installing a node package

Question

Running npm install for a library fails with error:

c++: error: unrecognized command line option '-stdlib=libc++'

Answer 1

For those who are still having this problem, the below command worked for me on fish shell and macOS.

env CC=clang CXX=clang++ npm install XXX

Answer 2

Running npm install with the enviroment variable CXX=clang++ made it work:

CXX=clang++ npm install ...