demo-launcher - Dockerfile build failing on installing npm as apt displays it as suggested

[marek-mikolajczyk]

Building the image demo-launcher fails:

#25 [stage-0 19/19] RUN npm install --global yarn
#25 0.269 /bin/sh: 1: npm: not found
...
Dockerfile:59
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  57 |     # Copy the UI code
  58 |     COPY --from=ghcr.io/eth-cscs/firecrest-ui /usr/server/app ./web-ui
  59 | >>> RUN npm install --global yarn
  60 |
  61 |
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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c npm install --global yarn" did not complete successfully: exit code: 127

It might be caused by apt showing npm as suggested package and by that skips installing the npm.

#10 [stage-0  4/19] RUN apt install -y nodejs
#10 0.400
#10 0.400 WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
#10 0.400
#10 0.404 Reading package lists...
#10 0.791 Building dependency tree...
#10 0.947 Reading state information...
#10 1.102 The following additional packages will be installed:
#10 1.102   libc-ares2 libicu72 libnode108 libuv1 node-acorn node-busboy
#10 1.103   node-cjs-module-lexer node-undici node-xtend nodejs-doc
#10 1.105 Suggested packages:
#10 1.105   npm
#10 1.162 The following NEW packages will be installed:
#10 1.163   libc-ares2 libicu72 libnode108 libuv1 node-acorn node-busboy
#10 1.164   node-cjs-module-lexer node-undici node-xtend nodejs nodejs-doc
#10 1.205 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
#10 1.205 Need to get 24.5 MB of archives.

What helped in my build was to add it to the RUN directive:

RUN apt install -y nodejs npm

Is it my mistake/environment issue?

Regards,
Marek

[theely]

Hi Marek,
Thanks for reporting the issue. I tried to replicate it, but without success.

By adding the suggested fix, the image won't build anymore
Fix suggestion :RUN apt install -y nodejs npm
Build error:

#10 [stage-0  4/17] RUN apt install -y nodejs npm
#10 0.110 
#10 0.110 WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
#10 0.110 
#10 0.117 Reading package lists...

#10 0.591 Building dependency tree...

#10 0.756 Reading state information...

#10 0.787 Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
#10 0.787 requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
#10 0.787 distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
#10 0.787 or been moved out of Incoming.
#10 0.787 The following information may help to resolve the situation:
#10 0.787 
#10 0.787 The following packages have unmet dependencies:
#10 0.832  nodejs : Conflicts: npm
#10 0.832  npm : Depends: node-agent-base but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-archy but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-cacache (>= 17) but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-chalk (>= 5.1.2-2~) but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-cli-table3
#10 0.832        Depends: node-columnify but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-cssesc
#10 0.832        Depends: node-debug but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-emoji-regex
#10 0.832        Depends: node-gyp but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-http-proxy-agent
#10 0.832        Depends: node-https-proxy-agent but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-mkdirp but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-ms but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-nopt but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-normalize-package-data but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-npm-bundled but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-npm-normalize-package-bin
#10 0.832        Depends: node-npm-package-arg (>= 10) but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-npmlog but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-postcss-selector-parser
#10 0.832        Depends: node-read-package-json but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-rimraf but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-semver but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-string-width but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-strip-ansi but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-tar but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-validate-npm-package-name but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: node-which but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Depends: nodejs:any
#10 0.832        Recommends: git but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.832        Recommends: node-tap but it is not going to be installed
#10 0.833 E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
#10 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c apt install -y nodejs npm" did not complete successfully: exit code: 100
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 > [stage-0  4/17] RUN apt install -y nodejs npm:
0.832        Depends: node-semver but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Depends: node-string-width but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Depends: node-strip-ansi but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Depends: node-tar but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Depends: node-validate-npm-package-name but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Depends: node-which but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Depends: nodejs:any
0.832        Recommends: git but it is not going to be installed
0.832        Recommends: node-tap but it is not going to be installed
0.833 E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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Could you try to prune your local environment/images and try again?