gyp: Call to 'node -e "require('nan')"' returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp.

Start by reading binding.gyp and running the documented node-gyp rebuild steps with the reported Node.js and Linux versions. Investigate why the nan module cannot be resolved during binding.gyp evaluation; done means the native addon builds successfully without the reported error.

When running node-gyp rebuild step from the following instructions

$ npm install node-gyp -g
$ git clone git://github.com/c4milo/node-inotify.git
$ cd node-inotify
$ node-gyp rebuild

I get this error:

(base) ➜  node-inotify git:(master) node-gyp rebuild
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
gyp info using node@16.14.2 | linux | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.7.0 found at "/home/user/miniconda3/bin/python3"
gyp info spawn /home/user/miniconda3/bin/python3
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/user/tmp/node-inotify/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.2/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.2',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/lib/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.2/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/user/tmp/node-inotify',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:936
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'nan'
Require stack:
- /home/user/tmp/node-inotify/[eval]
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at [eval]:1:1
    at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:129:12)
    at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:305:38)
    at node:internal/process/execution:76:19
    at [eval]-wrapper:6:22
    at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:75:60) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/home/user/tmp/node-inotify/[eval]' ]
}
gyp: Call to 'node -e "require('nan')"' returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:261:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:526:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.16.0+
gyp ERR! command "/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/bin/node" "/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/user/tmp/node-inotify
gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
gyp ERR! not ok