Occasionally upgrading your `npm` also makes a difference:
**A:**
-`npm install -g npm`
`npm install` is used to download all required dependency packages.
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If you see errors related to `node-gyp` and missing local libraries, like `pixman`, etc, it means there are missing native dependencies to satisfy to compile non-prebuilt node binaries for some combination of platforms and versions. Npm on the cloud is constantly updating the list of provided binaries, so it's possible that you will pick them up just fine, but if you don't, these are instructions for different platforms:
**Q: I get an error during `node install`, something related to `node-gyp` and missing local libraries, like `pixman`, etc.**
-**OSX on a Mac** with Homebrew `brew`:
**A:** There are some native dependencies that you have to satisfy to compile non-prebuilt node binaries for some combination of platforms and versions. Npm on the cloud is constantly updating the list of provided binaries, so it's possible that you will pick them up just fine, but if you don't, these are instructions for different platforms: