Description:

I'm unable to install any npm packages with the current versions of npm and nodejs in community. All end with error messages (reproduced below).

Additional info:
* package version(s)
local/nodejs 4.1.1-1
local/npm 3.3.4-1

* config and/or log files etc.

see attached


Steps to reproduce:

1) sudo pacman -S npm nodejs
2) sudo npm install -g particle-cli

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output:

src sudo npm install -g serialport
/usr/bin/serialportlist -> /usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/bin/serialportList.js
/usr/bin/serialportterm -> /usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/bin/serialportTerminal.js

> serialport@1.7.4 install /usr/lib/node_modules/serialport
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.node-gyp/4.1.1"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/.node-gyp"
make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build'
make: *** No rule to make target '../.node-gyp/4.1.1/include/node/common.gypi', needed by 'Makefile'. Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:270:23)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.2.0-4-ARCH
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v46-linux-x64/serialport.node" "--module_name=serialport" "--module_path=/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v46-linux-x64"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node_modules/serialport
gyp ERR! node -v v4.1.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3
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/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v46-linux-x64/serialport.node --module_name=serialport --module_path=/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v46-linux-x64' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:817:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.2.0-4-ARCH
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node_modules/serialport
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v4.1.1
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.7
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v46-linux-x64/serialport.node --module_name=serialport --module_path=/usr/lib/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v46-linux-x64' (1)
npm ERR! Linux 4.2.0-4-ARCH
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "serialport"
npm ERR! node v4.1.1
npm ERR! npm v3.3.4
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! serialport@1.7.4 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the serialport@1.7.4 install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls serialport
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/matt/src/npm-debug.log

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Seems to happen with every package I try to install; I have also tried using the --python=python2 switch to fix the issue, but hasn't helped me.

Thanks for hte help.