dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _node_module_register

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I have tried reinstalling and rebuilding npm, but the problem still persists.

Initially, the problem is with the module mongodb: I don't have that package, so I installed mongodb using this command npm install mongodb.

It shows me the following error:
dyld: Symbol not found: _node_module_register

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '15 at 08:28

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Try deleting your node_modules folder and running npm install again.

rm -rf node_modules/
npm install

That should fix it.

answered May 17 '15 at 08:28

Ashish

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same goes for modules installed globally but in ~/.npm/ directory – hasnat Oct 04 '15 at 22:21
this did not work for me, but sudo npm install worked. – Gayal Kuruppu May 01 '20 at 12:42

score 22 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 24 '17 at 14:52

Basically this error means - some binary packages was built under different node.js versions and not compatible to each other.

Via NVM make sure you are using proper version of node.js, run node -v;
After installing and switching to proper node.js version via nvm run npm update;
After all packages are updated (or downgraded) to compatible versions, run npm rebuild;
Note: npm rebuild might throw errors - just run npm rebuild again and again until it runs successfully.

Note: some commands may ask for root (sudo) permissions, - it depends from how you have installed packages, npm and node itself previously. nvm - never needs to be run as root (sudo).

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 02 '15 at 23:11

If you just updated node and are running scripts via WebStorm, make sure you edit your Run/Debug Configurations and update the path to the Node Interpreter. I was using the node in

/usr/local/bin/node

, but after installing Node 4 using nvm, I need to use

/path/to/.nvm/v4.2.2/bin/node

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 22 '16 at 14:19

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This is what worked for me:

rm -rf node_modules/
sudo npm install

edited Mar 22 '16 at 14:19

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answered Mar 22 '16 at 14:18

Manuel Lema

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should not run with sudo – Purefan Jan 03 '22 at 13:58

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 30 '20 at 05:37

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Make sure your nvm is pointing to the correct nodejs version. For me I used different (higher) while installing the npm modules. So just ran **nvm use** v14.7.0

answered Aug 30 '20 at 05:37

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