title: NodeJs Error - Failed to load gRPC binary module because it was not installed for the current system Expected directory?
body: <p>I am running my NodeJs App and i am getting an error.      </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo /usr/local/bin/node app.js    
      Error: Failed to load gRPC binary module because it was not installed for the current system
  Expected directory: node-v57-linux-x64-glibc
  Found: [node-v59-linux-x64-glibc]
  This problem can often be fixed by running "npm rebuild" on the current system
  Original error: Cannot find module '/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v57-linux-x64-glibc
  /grpc_node.node'
      at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js:53:17)
      at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
      at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
      at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
      at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
      at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/client.js:37:12)
      at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
      at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
      at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
      at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>    sudo /usr/local/bin/npm rebuild
  
      &gt; protobufjs@6.8.6 postinstall /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/protobufjs
  &gt; node scripts/postinstall
  &gt; grpc@1.10.1 install /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc
  &gt; node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library
  [grpc] Success: "/home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v59-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node" al
  ready installed
  Pass --update-binary to reinstall or --build-from-source to recompile
  &gt; @google-cloud/profiler@0.1.14 install /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/@google-cloud/profiler
  &gt; node-gyp rebuild
  gyp ERR! clean error 
  gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, rmdir 'build'
  gyp ERR! System Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64
  gyp ERR! command "/opt/bitnami/nodejs/bin/.node.bin" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "
  rebuild"
  gyp ERR! cwd /home/projects/kj_app/node_modules/@google-cloud/profiler
  gyp ERR! node -v v9.8.0
  gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
  gyp ERR! not ok 
  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
  npm ERR! errno 1
  npm ERR! @google-cloud/profiler@0.1.14 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
  npm ERR! Exit status 1
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Failed at the @google-cloud/profiler@0.1.14 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!     /root/.npm/_logs/2018-04-10T16_06_40_444Z-debug.log
  </code></pre>