configure: error: cannot guess build type; on arm platform #178
Description
Working on arm64 platform.
uname -a
Linux e7fac9d4ba1c 4.10.0-38-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:33:57 UTC 2017 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
node -v
v10.9.0
While installing package in arm platform, i am facing below error:
cd deps/jscoverage && ./configure && make && mv jscoverage node-jscoverage
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... ./config.guess: unable to guess system type
This script, last modified 2008-01-23, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD
and
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD
If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to config-patches@gnu.org in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.
config.guess timestamp = 2008-01-23
uname -m = aarch64
uname -r = 4.10.0-38-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:33:57 UTC 2017
/usr/bin/uname -p =
/bin/uname -X =
hostinfo =
/bin/universe =
/usr/bin/arch -k =
/bin/arch =
/usr/bin/oslevel =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =
UNAME_MACHINE = aarch64
UNAME_RELEASE = 4.10.0-38-generic
UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 10 16:33:57 UTC 2017
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
Makefile:30: recipe for target 'deps/jscoverage/node-jscoverage' failed
make: *** [deps/jscoverage/node-jscoverage] Error 1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 2
npm ERR! expresso@0.9.2 preinstall: make deps/jscoverage/node-jscoverage
npm ERR! Exit status 2
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the expresso@0.9.2 preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2018-10-09T13_30_22_356Z-debug.log
Need to update config.guess for arm support.
Please suggest how to solve this issue for arm platform.