error deploying nodejs

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I get the following error when trying to deploy my nodejs app.

#13 9.076 npm ERR! code 1
#13 9.076 npm ERR! path /app/node_modules/node-expat
#13 9.077 npm ERR! command failed
#13 9.077 npm ERR! command sh -c -- node-gyp rebuild
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.1.0
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp info using node@19.1.0 | linux | x64
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python 
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python" is not in PATH or produced an error
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python 
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python.
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not,
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options:
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable"
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python   (accepted by both node-gyp and npm)
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python:
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python   npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable"
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at:
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
#13 9.078 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python

The error ends with
Error failed to fetch an image or build from source: error building: executor failed running [/bin/sh -c npm install --production=false]: exit code: 1

Can anyone help with my problem?

2

Hi,

The error seems to be caused by node-gyp, which needs Python (GitHub - nodejs/node-gyp: Node.js native addon build tool). And … does not find it. Hence the error.

So … the first question would be whether you actually need node-gyp. If you know you don’t need it, you could delete it from package.json, and problem solved. No node-gyp → no python :slight_smile:

If you do, well you would need to have Python. I would guess a remote builder VM (which that output would be from) does not come with it pre-installed. And so you would need to edit your Dockerfile to add a line to install it. What exactly that command would be would depend on the base OS. For example RUN apt-get install python3

3

It’s relevant to note that node-gyp is almost always a transient dependency of another package and is likely not directly required in your project.

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4

Can you post your package.json?

5

Changing the line that starts with RUN apt-get update to look like the following will get you further:

RUN apt-get update; apt install -y curl python-is-python3 pkg-config

node-gyp is used to compile node addons, typically written in C/C++. Those addons typically require header files to compile against, and lib files to link to. These dependencies can generally be met by installing the appropriate debian package.

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{
  "name": "reaktor-backend",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js",
    "dev": "nodemon index.js",
    "test": "jest --verbose --forceExit"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^1.2.1",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
    "express": "^4.18.2",
    "express-xml-bodyparser": "^0.3.0",
    "mongoose": "^6.8.1",
    "request": "^2.88.2",
    "xml2json": "^0.12.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "eslint": "^8.30.0",
    "eslint-config-standard": "^17.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
    "eslint-plugin-n": "^15.6.0",
    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.1.1",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.31.11",
    "jest": "^29.3.1",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.20"
  },
  "jest": {
    "testEnvironment": "node"
  }
}

My package-json is as following so I don’t have a node-gyp to delete. But doing this removed the python errors.

RUN apt-get update; apt install -y curl python-is-python3 pkg-config

But now I get the following GYP error:

#11 6.918 npm ERR! code 1
#11 6.918 npm ERR! path /app/node_modules/node-expat
#11 6.919 npm ERR! command failed
#11 6.919 npm ERR! command sh -c -- node-gyp rebuild
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.1.0
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info using node@19.1.0 | linux | x64
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v19.1.0/node-v19.1.0-headers.tar.gz
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v19.1.0/node-v19.1.0-headers.tar.gz
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v19.1.0/SHASUMS256.txt
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v19.1.0/SHASUMS256.txt
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'make',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/app/node_modules/node-expat/build/config.gypi',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/root/.cache/node-gyp/19.1.0/include/node/common.gypi',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/root/.cache/node-gyp/19.1.0',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/root/.cache/node-gyp/19.1.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/app/node_modules/node-expat',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build',
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error 
#11 6.919 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
#11 6.743 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at getNotFoundError (/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:10:17)
#11 6.743 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:57:18
#11 6.743 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at new Promise (<anonymous>)
#11 6.743 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at step (/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:54:21)
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:71:22
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at new Promise (<anonymous>)
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at subStep (/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:69:33)
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:22
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.12.2
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/bin/node" "/root/.volta/tools/image/node/19.1.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /app/node_modules/node-expat
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v19.1.0
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.1.0
#11 6.744 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
#11 6.744 
#11 6.745 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
#11 6.745 npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2022-12-27T11_16_26_544Z-debug-0.log
------
Error failed to fetch an image or build from source: error building: executor failed running [/bin/sh -c npm install]: exit code: 1

I’m pretty sure i don’t need the node-gyp so would be helpful ohw to get rid of it from the project.

8

Good news, that problem is easy to address, and appears to be the last error. Try adding build-essential to the install line, thus:

RUN apt-get update; apt install -y curl python-is-python3 pkg-config build-essential
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9

This fixed the problems! Thanks!