Invalid ELF header caused by bcrypt

Question

I followed this solution:

bcrypt is breaking my meteor application, how do I fix it?

But Im still getting this error:

    /home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:245
                                                    throw(ex);
                                                          ^
    Error: /home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt/node_modules/bcrypt/build/Release/bcrypt_lib.node: invalid ELF header
        at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
        at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
        at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
        at require (module.js:380:17)
        at bindings (/home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt/node_modules/bcrypt/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:74:15)
        at Object.<anonymous> (/home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt/node_modules/bcrypt/bcrypt.js:3:35)
        at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
        at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
        at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
        at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)

I went into /home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/node_modules and did:

rm -R /home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/bcrypt

then

npm install bcrypt

but the error above persists. The line

/home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt/node_modules/bcrypt/build/Release/bcrypt_lib.node: invalid ELF header

tells me I may have to remove and reinstall bcrypt in that second location?

Answer 1

You should reinstall bcrypt from

/home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt/node-modules

instead of

/home/kaleobox/bundle/programs/server/node_modules

Answer 2

I have solved this problem by re-installing the bcrypt package in the below directory:

• Access to this directory:

  /my_app/programs/server/npm/npm-bcrypt/

• Then run npm install bcrypt

• Start your app again. It should be fine. :)