title: Algolia-Error: Cannot find module 'firebase'
body: <p>Im following algolia documents.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.algolia.com/doc/tutorials/indexing/3rd-party-service/firebase-algolia/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.algolia.com/doc/tutorials/indexing/3rd-party-service/firebase-algolia/</a></p>
  
  <p>I did every step that document tell me to do.But It gives me error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:589
  throw err;
  ^
  
  Error: Cannot find module 'firebase'
      at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:587:15)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:513:25)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:643:17)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
      at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/index.js:3:18)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:707:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:718:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:605:32)
      at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:544:12)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:536:3)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to fix it?</p>
  
  <p>this is what i got when i tried to install firebase module with npm.</p>
  
  <p>error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>   node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download 
  node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://node-precompiled-binaries.grpc.io/grpc/v1.16.0/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc.tar.gz 
  node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for grpc@1.16.0 and node@11.1.0 (node-v67 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) 
  gyp ERR! build error 
  gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
  gyp ERR! stack     at getNotFoundError (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
  gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
  gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
  gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
  gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
  gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
  gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:161:21)
  gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.2-1-MANJARO
  gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc" "--napi_version=3" "--node_abi_napi=napi"
  gyp ERR! cwd /home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc
  gyp ERR! node -v v11.1.0
  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
  gyp ERR! not ok 
  node-pre-gyp ERR! build error 
  node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1)
  node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
  node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
  node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
  node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:257:5)
  node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.19.2-1-MANJARO
  node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
  node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc
  node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v11.1.0
  node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.10.3
  node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok 
  Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/home/ali/Desktop/algolia/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v67-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1)
  npm WARN algolia@1.0.0 No description
  npm WARN algolia@1.0.0 No repository field.
  
  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
  npm ERR! errno 1
  npm ERR! grpc@1.16.0 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library`
  npm ERR! Exit status 1
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Failed at the grpc@1.16.0 install 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!     /home/ali/.npm/_logs/2018-11-23T17_32_22_514Z-debug.log
  </code></pre>