Facing issue with node-rdkafka in node 24

[Shivam84058]

Environment Information

• OS [e.g. Mac]:
• Node Version [24.12.0]:
• NPM Version [11.6.2]:
• C++ Toolchain [g++]:
• node-rdkafka version [3.6.1]:

Steps to Reproduce

node-rdkafka Configuration Settings
Additional context

Hi Team,
I am encountering an issue while installing Node.js dependencies,
Could you please help with this issue?

[Shivam84058]

16:17:07  npm error path /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka
16:17:07  npm error command failed
16:17:07  npm error command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
16:17:07  npm error make[2]: Entering directory '/home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build'
16:17:07  npm error   ACTION deps_librdkafka_gyp_librdkafka_target_configure deps/librdkafka/config.h
16:17:07  npm error checking for OS or distribution... �[32mok^[(B�[m (ubuntu)
16:17:07  npm error checking for C compiler from CC env... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
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16:17:07  npm error checking for C++ compiler from CXX env... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for C++ compiler (g++)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking executable ld... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking executable nm... �[32mok^[(B�[m
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16:17:07  npm error checking executable strip... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking executable libtool... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking executable ranlib... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for pkgconfig (by command)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for install (by command)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for GNU ar... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for PIC (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for GNU-compatible linker options... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for GNU linker-script ld flag... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for __atomic_32 (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for __atomic_64 (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for socket (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error parsing version '0x020c00ff'... �[32mok^[(B�[m (2.12.0)
16:17:07  npm error checking for librt (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for librt (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libpthread (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libpthread (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for c11threads (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for c11threads (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libdl (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libdl (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for zlib (by pkg-config)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libcrypto (by pkg-config)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libssl (by pkg-config)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libsasl2 (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libsasl2 (by compile)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking for libsasl (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libsasl (by compile)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking for libzstd (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libzstd (by compile)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking for libcurl (by pkg-config)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libm (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for libm (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for liblz4 (by pkg-config)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for liblz4 (by compile)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking for syslog (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for rapidjson (by compile)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking for crc32chw (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
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16:17:07  npm error checking for rand_r (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for strndup (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for strlcpy (by compile)... �[33mfailed^[(B�[m (disable)
16:17:07  npm error checking for strerror_r (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
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16:17:07  npm error checking for pthread_setname_gnu (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for nm (by env NM)... �[32mok^[(B�[m (cached)
16:17:07  npm error checking for python3 (by command)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error checking for getrusage (by compile)... �[32mok^[(B�[m
16:17:07  npm error Generated Makefile.config
16:17:07  npm error Generated config.h
16:17:07  npm error
16:17:07  npm error Configuration summary:
16:17:07  npm error   prefix                   /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_DISTRO               ubuntu
16:17:07  npm error   SOLIB_EXT                .so
16:17:07  npm error   ARCH                     x86_64
16:17:07  npm error   CPU                      generic
16:17:07  npm error   GEN_PKG_CONFIG           y
16:17:07  npm error   libdir                   /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_APP_NAME             librdkafka
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_APP_DESC_ONELINE     The Apache Kafka C/C++ library
16:17:07  npm error   LDFLAGS                  -L/home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps
16:17:07  npm error   CC                       gcc
16:17:07  npm error   CXX                      g++
16:17:07  npm error   LD                       ld
16:17:07  npm error   NM                       nm
16:17:07  npm error   OBJDUMP                  objdump
16:17:07  npm error   STRIP                    strip
16:17:07  npm error   RANLIB                   ranlib
16:17:07  npm error   CPPFLAGS                 -g -O2 -fPIC -Wall -Wsign-compare -Wfloat-equal -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align
16:17:07  npm error   PKG_CONFIG               pkg-config
16:17:07  npm error   INSTALL                  /usr/bin/install
16:17:07  npm error   HAS_GNU_AR               y
16:17:07  npm error   LIB_LDFLAGS              -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIBFILENAME)
16:17:07  npm error   LDFLAG_LINKERSCRIPT      -Wl,--version-script=
16:17:07  npm error   RDKAFKA_VERSION_STR      2.12.0
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_APP_VERSION          2.12.0
16:17:07  npm error   LIBS                     -lm -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -lpthread -lrt -lpthread -lrt
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE -lm -ldl -lpthread -lrt -lpthread -lrt
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES_PRIVATE zlib libcrypto libssl libcurl
16:17:07  npm error   CFLAGS                   -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES   zlib libcrypto libssl libcurl
16:17:07  npm error   CXXFLAGS                 -Wno-non-virtual-dtor
16:17:07  npm error   SYMDUMPER                $(NM) -D
16:17:07  npm error   MKL_DYNAMIC_LIBS         -lm -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -lpthread -lrt -lpthread -lrt
16:17:07  npm error   exec_prefix              /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps
16:17:07  npm error   bindir                   /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/bin
16:17:07  npm error   sbindir                  /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/sbin
16:17:07  npm error   libexecdir               /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/libexec
16:17:07  npm error   datadir                  /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/share
16:17:07  npm error   sysconfdir               /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/etc
16:17:07  npm error   sharedstatedir           /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/com
16:17:07  npm error   localstatedir            /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/var
16:17:07  npm error   runstatedir              /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/var/run
16:17:07  npm error   includedir               /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/include
16:17:07  npm error   infodir                  /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/info
16:17:07  npm error   mandir                   /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/deps/man
16:17:07  npm error   BUILT_WITH               GCC GXX PKGCONFIG INSTALL GNULD LDS C11THREADS LIBDL PLUGINS ZLIB SSL CURL HDRHISTOGRAM SYSLOG SNAPPY SOCKEM SASL_SCRAM SASL_OAUTHBEARER OAUTHBEARER_OIDC CRC32C_HW
16:17:07  npm erro

[Shivam84058]

11:52:39  npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
11:52:39  npm error gyp info using node-gyp@11.4.2
11:52:39  npm error gyp info using node@24.12.0 | linux | x64
11:52:39  npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.10 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
11:52:39  npm error gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v24.12.0/node-v24.12.0-headers.tar.gz
11:52:39  npm error gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v24.12.0/node-v24.12.0-headers.tar.gz
11:52:39  npm error gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v24.12.0/SHASUMS256.txt
11:52:39  npm error gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v24.12.0/SHASUMS256.txt
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args [
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-f',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args 'make',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka/build/config.gypi',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/jenkins/.cache/node-gyp/24.12.0/include/node/common.gypi',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/jenkins/.cache/node-gyp/24.12.0',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/jenkins/.cache/node-gyp/24.12.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args 'build',
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args ]
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn make
11:52:39  npm error gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
11:52:39  npm error g++: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-std=gnu++20’; did you mean ‘-std=gnu++2a’?
11:52:39  npm error g++: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-std=c++20’; did you mean ‘-std=c++2a’?
11:52:39  npm error make[2]: *** [node-librdkafka.target.mk:129: Release/obj.target/node-librdkafka/src/binding.o] Error 1
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! build error 
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:219:23)
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! System Linux 6.12.12
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! cwd /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync/node_modules/node-rdkafka
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! node -v v24.12.0
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v11.4.2
11:52:39  npm error gyp ERR! not ok
11:52:39  npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/jenkins/.npm/_logs/2026-01-08T06_19_32_988Z-debug-0.log
11:52:39  make[1]: *** [Makefile:49: npm-install-dev] Error 1
11:52:39  make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jenkins/agent/workspace/R-Pipelines_BSS_hypersync_PR-541@2/hypersync'
11:52:39  make: *** [Makefile:252: pipeline-install-dependencies] Error 2
11:52:40  [Pipeline] }

[jakub-ant]

Try the following steps:

1. Set up the environment variables listed out in the readme file.
2. Install node-gyp as a dev dependency w/o installing node-rdkafka.
3. Having successfully installed node-gyp, try to npm install all your dependencies, this time with node-rdkafka.