Node.js SDK 'undefined symbol' error from couchbase_impl.node

Node.js SDK
1

Hello,

I have successfully installed Couchbase Node.j SDK on linux. I got the following error when I tried to connect to a bucket.

$ node test.js
$/home/user1/node_modules/couchbase/build/Release/couchbase_impl.node: undefined symbol: _ZN4node12MakeCallbackEN2v86HandleIMS0_6ObjectEEENS1_INS0_8FunctionEEEiPNS1_INS0_5ValueEEE

Here is my test.js file:

var couchbase = require(‘couchbase’);
var db = new couchbase.Connection({host: ‘lcoalhost:8091’, bucket: ‘default’});

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

2

Did you install via npm, or did you download for github and build manually?

3

Thanks for your reply. I have fixed this error by reinstall the libcouchbase by apt-get install.

4

I’m having this exact same problem too, on Ubuntu 12.04, but reinstalling libcouchbase via apt-get with the repository has not helped. Can you let me know the specific version of libcouchbase and couchnode you’re using? Thanks.

5

Hello vantage,

I followed the following links, and install it on Ubuntu 12.04.
http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-sdk-c-2.0/c-install-linux-ubuntu.html

6

Unfortunately, I followed all the instructions there after completely uninstalling my libcouchbase again but I’m still getting the same error.

7

Vantage, couchnode is not being installed correctly, and the problem may have nothing to do with your libcouchbase installation. Try going into the node_modules/couchbase directory and running:

npm install

Do you get any errors or warnings during the node-gyp rebuild stage of the npm install procedure?

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I’ve rebuilt the couchbase module several times, I get no errors or warnings. I just did another one, here’s what displayed during the node-gyp build stage:

> couchbase@1.0.1 install /pathhere/node_modules/couchbase > node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory /pathhere/node_modules/couchbase/build' CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/couchbase_impl.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/control.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/constants.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/namemap.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/cookie.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/commandbase.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/commands.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/exception.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/options.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/cas.o CC(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/uv-plugin-all.o CXX(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl/src/valueformat.o SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl.node SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/couchbase_impl.node: Finished COPY Release/couchbase_impl.node make: Leaving directory/pathhere/node_modules/couchbase/build’

The same problem still comes up. I was looking at the source code of libcouchbase, and I see what looks like the line where this symbol lookup error could be occurring:

node::MakeCallback(v8::Context::GetCurrent()->Global(), cb, 1, &excObj);

This is line 61 of couchbase/src/couchbase_impl.cc in the couchbase package. I’m not a C++ dev though, so it’s hard for me to determine what library is having a problem here.

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Hmm… all that I can think to suggest is:

  1. Check that the correct version of libcouchbase is installed (should be 2.1.3).

    dpkg --list | grep “libcouchbase”

  2. Make sure that none of your old builds of libcouchbase are in your include paths.

    dpkg --purge libcouchbase-dev libcouchbase2-core

find / -name “libcouchbase*”

The only things that should show up in this search are the .deb files.

apt-get install libcouchbase2 libcouchbase-dev

10

Thanks, but still no luck. I found that there was a libcouchbase directory in /usr/local/include, as well as some libevent header files, and I deleted them all, purged and reinstalled the libcouchbase packages, and the same problem remains. I do have the 2.1.3 version of libcouchnode installed. I’ve also tried downloading couchnode from Git and running npm install inside it, and it produces the same error.

I am using Couchbase 2.0, could that have anything to do with it? Do I need to upgrade to 2.2?

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I finally figured it out. I had originally installed the Node version 0.6 that’s in the main Ubuntu repository, then later I built 0.10 from source and installed it so I could use current modules. However, it looks like this did not place all the libraries necessary for couchnode to work. I wiped all my Node.js stuff off the system, then added the Ubuntu Node 0.10 repository and reinstalled it via apt-get and now it works. Thanks!