Installing node with brew fails on Mac OS Sierra
node.jsHomebrewnode.js Problem Overview
I'm trying to install node with homebrew on macOS Sierra. I run
brew install node
After a seemingly successful install I get the following when trying to run node
:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.58.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/node
Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6
node.js Solutions
Solution 1 - node.js
This is the series of incantations that eventually worked for me based on this link suggested by @robertklep and @vovkasm.
brew uninstall --force node
brew uninstall icu4c && brew install icu4c
brew unlink icu4c && brew link icu4c --force
brew install node
I'm not sure if they're all needed, but given that I can't get my machine in the previous state... I'll just leave this info here, maybe it'll be useful for somebody else.
Solution 2 - node.js
In my case, brew upgrade node
resolve the problem :)
Solution 3 - node.js
Well I got this error trying to install @angular/cli
, realized node might be out of date. Following @mircealungu 's exact steps didn't quite work for me, here is the modified version that worked for me.
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies --force node
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies --force icu4c
brew install icu4c
brew unlink icu4c && brew link icu4c --force
brew install node
Solution 4 - node.js
Upgrading node fixed a problem.
brew upgrade node
Solution 5 - node.js
I recently encountered a similar issue (after doing
brew switch node 9.8.0
to downgrade to a previous version of node)
dyld: Library not loaded:
/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.60.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/node
Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6
The issue is that node is picky about which version of icu4c it's looking for, and the version I had installed (62) was higher than node was expecting.
To fix, I made sure I had version 60 of icu4c selected.
First I found which versions I had with brew info icu4c
, then did
brew switch icu4c 60.2
to select the one node was expecting.
Solution 6 - node.js
For me it was apparently a problem with the icu4c
installation from brew.
brew reinstall icu4c
will reinstall icu4c
.
if you don't have it installed,
brew install icu4c
Solution 7 - node.js
Seems file /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.58.dylib
does not exists in you system.
Please ensure that icu4c
installed with Homebrew.
brew info icu4c
- If already installed, try reinstall:
brew reinstall icu4c
- If not installed, try install:
brew install icu4c
Solution 8 - node.js
For high seirra, just "brew upgrade" makes magic!
Solution 9 - node.js
First I uninstall node and icu4c, force to uninstall all versions
brew uninstall --force --ignore-dependencies node icu4c
After install version 8 of Node
brew install node@8
If it already install, please just upgrade
brew upgrade node@8
And enter
node -v
v8.11.1
Solution 10 - node.js
This was triggered for me after a brew upgrade
and brew update
ran. I was able to fix it by simply re-installing the two items flagged as problems (which made sense to me):
brew reinstall node
brew reinstall icu4c
Solution 11 - node.js
None of the above worked for me. I'm using High Sierra.
What fixed it for me was brew upgrade
Solution 12 - node.js
I found a solution that works great over here. I'll briefly give the commands below.
First, cd into the homebrew formula directory:
cd $(brew --prefix)/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula
Git log:
git log --follow icu4c.rb
Choose the commit hash that matches the version you need. I needed version 61.1, thus chose the 6d9815
commit:
git checkout -b icu4c-61.1 6d9815
Reinstall:
brew reinstall ./icu4c.rb
Switch:
brew switch icu4c 61.1
That fixed it for me.
Credit: hanxue
Solution 13 - node.js
Nothing worked for me but running this worked
brew link --overwrite node
Solution 14 - node.js
brew uninstall --force node
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies icu4c
brew unlink icu4c && brew link icu4c --force
brew install node
Solution 15 - node.js
This error was given to me after migrating machines.
Even though everything was installed, when I went to check node -v
or npm version
, I'd get this error.
What fixed it was brew reinstall icu4c
.
Solution 16 - node.js
I had the same problem with my local php installation.
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.62.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/php
Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6
Solved the problem with this command. (check your version)
brew link --overwrite --force php@7.1
Solution 17 - node.js
I removed export PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/bin:$PATH"
from my ~/.bash_profile
file and it fixed my problem.
My error was:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/libicui18n.63.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/opt/node@10/bin/node
Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6
My /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib
contains libicui18n.64.dylib
Solution 18 - node.js
I fixed by
cd /usr/local/Cellar
rm -rf node*/
rm -rf icu4c/
brew install node
Solution 19 - node.js
it seems like your icu4u Reference path is not set properly
first check you might instal icu4c or not by putting below comment in comment promt
brew info icu4c
or else reinstall
brew reinstall icu4c
If you need to have this software first in your PATH run:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
hope This might help !!!!!
Solution 20 - node.js
It's as easy as a common software, just download installation package from official site:NodeJS
and then download a recommended version(currently 8.11.3, end with .pkg
), install it as a common software, then u can use it. I tried so many methods, and only this works for me.
Solution 21 - node.js
Try restarting your machine. That helped me.