Tag: Node

CoffeeScript Bundle for TextMate (FIX for Command Not Found)

Installed HomeBrew to get Node.js, used the node package manager to get CoffeeScript, added a TextMate Bundle for CoffeeScript and got a “coffee: command not found” when doing a Command-B. WTF? Here’s how I fixed it.

I installed CoffeeScript on OS X using HomeBrew.

Got this error while using the CoffeeScript bundle for TextMate with the Command-B to Compile and Display JS.

/tmp/temp_textmate.CZvit9: line 12: coffee: command not found

In a new document, typing the word coffee and pressing Control-R to run it, didn’t work.

However, running coffee from the command line worked.
$ coffee -v
CoffeeScript version 1.1.2

Solution: Add /usr/local/bin to the TextMate path.

Installing node.JS on OS X 10.6

Having problems installing Node.JS because of missing OpenSSL problems? Here’s the solution to that problem for OS X.

When I went to go install a copy of node.JS on OS X 10.6, I ran into a little snag. Using git, or more specifically Tower, I was able to pull node right from github.

The steps to install node are as simple as:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

However, I was having problems at the ./configure stage. It was reporting:

Checking for openssl : not found

This resulted in a link error if one tries the make command.

Many of the web resources suggest installing libssl-dev, although being on OS X (and not Ubuntu) and having openssl already installed on my system, it turns out it was the detection mechanism and not a missing library that was the problem.

What I needed was the pkg-config package, because if it isn’t around, the configure step simply skips the check reporting openssl isn’t present.

To install it, I used Homebrew, a fantastic modern package manager that works exceptionally well with OS X.

All I needed to do was this step, and then the commands above.
$ brew install pkg-config

Node then worked like a champ.