Installation failings

[karan-shr]

The installation on Mac is continuously failing as python >= 3.0 is not supported by gyp. And suggestions besides switching back to older python versions?

[email protected] install /private/var/folders/_d/9h57q_1n6n1b4_ll6tr47yt40000gn/T/apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9/node_modules/broadcast/node_modules/oniguruma
node-gyp rebuild

/private/var/folders/_d/9h57q_1n6n1b4_ll6tr47yt40000gn/T/apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9
└── (empty)

gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/bin/python-interceptor.sh" is v3.6.1, which is not supported by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.
gyp ERR! stack at failPythonVersion (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:454:14)
gyp ERR! stack at /Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:443:9
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:197:7)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
gyp ERR! stack at Socket. (internal/child_process.js:334:11)
gyp ERR! stack at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
gyp ERR! stack at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
gyp ERR! stack at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:498:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 16.7.0
gyp ERR! command "/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/bin/node" "/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /private/var/folders/_d/9h57q_1n6n1b4_ll6tr47yt40000gn/T/apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9/node_modules/broadcast/node_modules/oniguruma
gyp ERR! node -v v6.9.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/private/var/folders/_d/9h57q_1n6n1b4_ll6tr47yt40000gn/T/apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9/package.json'
npm WARN apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9 No description
npm WARN apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9 No repository field.
npm WARN apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9 No README data
npm WARN apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9 No license field.
npm ERR! Darwin 16.7.0
npm ERR! argv "/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/bin/node" "/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/apm/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "--globalconfig" "/Users/karan/.atom/.apm/.apmrc" "--userconfig" "/Users/karan/.atom/.apmrc" "install" "/private/var/folders/_d/9h57q_1n6n1b4_ll6tr47yt40000gn/T/d-117731-10041-adrbto.1dtr8dunmi/package.tgz" "--runtime=electron" "--target=1.6.9" "--arch=x64" "--global-style"
npm ERR! node v6.9.5
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the oniguruma package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs oniguruma
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls oniguruma
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /private/var/folders/_d/9h57q_1n6n1b4_ll6tr47yt40000gn/T/apm-install-dir-117731-10041-1iw0m66.98mm7mygb9/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1