Nodejs Cannot find module '../build/Release/canvas'

Question

I installed cairo, and node-canvas. I tried everything, but still can't find module.

sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev
sudo npm install canvas
sudo npm install canvas -g

If I run require('canvas'), I get this error:

Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/canvas'
    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:332:11)
    at Function._load (module.js:279:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (module.js:370:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/tomas/node_modules/canvas/lib/bindings.js:2:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:348:32)
    at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)

I use Ubuntu linux

Thanks in advance.

Check if the module is in your node_module directory and if it is, try to require the full path like `require('./node_modules/canvas');` — soyuka, Feb 08 '13 at 11:46
You got the module in that directory ? Check https://github.com/LearnBoost/node-canvas/issues/137 — soyuka, Feb 08 '13 at 11:54
yes. `test.js` is in the same directory as the `node_modules`, and canvas directory is inside the node_modules — friction, Feb 08 '13 at 12:03
canvas module is the worst of all, never had this many problems with anything in my life...been trying to do this for like 3 days...it's all over the place. putting direct path from c:... worked though.. — Muhammad Umer, Dec 28 '13 at 22:19

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '20 at 14:55

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In my case i have to spend lot of time to resolve this issue.

I just use "npm uninstall canvas" and then install using "npm i canvas"

Try this is if above option not works for you.

answered Jul 30 '20 at 14:55

akshay_sushir

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I was so skeptical this would work, but I thought I must try it. -- Solved my problem! thanks! – Patrick Jul 28 '21 at 18:50
`npm install canvas@latest` works too – Tzach Mar 02 '23 at 13:32

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '21 at 11:40

It seemed like the install script of canvas haven't been called in my case, too. Instead of deleting the lock file I just called the script manually which solved the issue in my case (at least temporarily).

Therefore, if the canvas package has been installed already, go to /node_modules/canvas/ and run npm run install which creates the build directory.

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '17 at 13:16

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I had the same problem. The issue was that the install script for node-canvas never got executed, which is why the build folder was missing.

In my case, removing the yarn.lock file was the solution, as it skipped the node-canvas package installation for some reason. Once I let npm take care of the packages, it successfully installed node-canvas, ran the install script and the build folder showed up again.

answered Feb 14 '17 at 13:16

Marcel Kalveram

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I had a similar problem, I had disabled install-scripts. Re-enabling them resolved my issue. – edhgoose Jan 02 '19 at 18:47

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 11:14

Problem here looks like 1. Your node modules are installed in a different location But the node.js runtime is searching for it in a different place. Check the NODE_PATH and see if this is the case.

Refer the module loading explained in http://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_the_global_folders

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 09 '23 at 12:01

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You can try this:

Delete node_modules/ folder
Run dependency installations (npm install)
Use a different Node version

edited Aug 09 '23 at 12:01

sampoh

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answered Jan 13 '23 at 21:06

Luis Caputo

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 26 '20 at 00:08

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I had a similar problem but I used canvas-prebuilt which is a drop-in replacement for canvas and I fixed it for doing this: npm install -g node-gyp and then node-gyp rebuild in the terminal

answered Feb 26 '20 at 00:08

Cris

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 06 '23 at 04:46

Same problem in my nextjs application. In my case. I installed react-pdf package then this problem happened.

My resolve: Just Notify webapck to ignore the canvas module

Add the following webpack options in next.config.js

const nextConfig = {
  webpack(config){
    config.externals.push('canvas')
    return config
  }
};

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 21 '23 at 10:29

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In my case:

rm -rf node_modules
rm package-lock.json
npm install

:D

answered Aug 21 '23 at 10:29

Carlos Noé

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yo yo · Answer 9 · 2017-02-15T09:19:48.703

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sudo apt-get install libpixman-1-dev libcairo2-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev  libjpeg-dev

If use ubuntu，try install above lib then install canvas.work fine for me。

If you use cnpm install the canvas. try npm.

edited Feb 15 '17 at 09:19

answered Feb 14 '17 at 03:34

yo yo

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Nodejs Cannot find module '../build/Release/canvas'

9 Answers9

I just use "npm uninstall canvas" and then install using "npm i canvas"