(Attempt) Install node canvas dependencies during npm install

.gitignore

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 doc
 node_modules
 *.out
-*.log
+*.log
+*.tar.gz

.npmrc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsafe-perm = true

.travis.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ os:
   - linux
 before_install:
   # node-canvas dependency
-  - sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev libjpeg8-dev libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev build-essential g++
+  # - sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev libjpeg8-dev libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev build-essential g++
   # ROS deps for examples
   - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros-shadow-fixed/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
   - wget http://packages.ros.org/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

misc/install.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+if type 'apt-get' > /dev/null; then
+    {
+        apt-get install libcairo2-dev libjpeg8-dev libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev build-essential g++ -qq &&
+        exit 0
+    }
+elif type 'yum' > /dev/null; then
+    {
+        yum erase cairo &&
+        yum install cairo cairo-devel cairomm-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel pango pango-devel pangomm pangomm-devel giflib-devel &&
+        exit 0
+    }
+fi
+
+PKG_CONFIG="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz"
+PIXMAN="http://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.32.4.tar.gz"
+CAIRO="http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.12.16.tar.xz"
+FREETYPE="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.4.10.tar.gz"
+LIBPNG="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/1.6.10/libpng-1.6.10.tar.gz"
+GIF_LIB="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/giflib/giflib-4.x/giflib-4.1.6/giflib-4.1.6.tar.gz"
+PREFIX=${1-/usr/local}
+
+require() {
+  echo "... checking for $1"
+  if test `which $1`; then
+    echo "... found"
+  else
+    echo "... not found"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+fetch() {
+  local tarball=`basename $1`
+  echo "... downloading $tarball"
+  local dir=`basename $tarball .tar.gz`
+  curl -# -L $1 -o $tarball \
+    && echo "... unpacking" \
+    && tar -zxf $tarball \
+    && echo "... removing tarball" \
+    && rm -fr $tarball \
+    && install $dir
+}
+
+fetch_xz() {
+  local tarball=`basename $1`
+  echo "... downloading $tarball"
+  local dir=`basename $tarball .tar.xz`
+  curl -# -L $1 -o $tarball \
+    && echo "... unpacking" \
+    && tar -xJf $tarball \
+    && echo "... removing tarball" \
+    && rm -fr $tarball \
+    && install $dir
+}
+
+install() {
+  local dir=$1
+  echo "... installing $1"
+ cd $dir \
+   && ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$PREFIX \
+   && make \
+   && make install \
+   && echo "... removing $dir" \
+   && cd .. && rm -fr $dir
+}
+
+echo "... installing to $PREFIX"
+require curl
+require tar
+test `which pkg-config` || fetch $PKG_CONFIG
+require 'pkg-config'
+fetch $LIBPNG
+fetch $GIF_LIB
+fetch $FREETYPE
+fetch $PIXMAN
+fetch_xz $CAIRO

package.json

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
     "test": "grunt test",
     "test-examples": "grunt mochaTest:examples && karma start test/examples/karma.conf.js",
     "test-tcp": "grunt mochaTest:tcp",
-    "publish": "grunt build"
+    "publish": "grunt build",
+    "preinstall": "sh misc/install.sh"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",