Update to v.1.18.5 don't work

[PitaJ]

@frankm what platform are you on? You should probably check the sharp install instructions.

Also please embed the log in a code block directly in the future.

[FrankM]

@pitaj Debian 11 Bullseye

[PitaJ]

Try running

npm install --production

manually, just to make sure it wasn't NodeBB.

You should get the same error. Then try the troubleshooting instructions here:

https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install

[FrankM]

I was already able to solve the problem. Here is what I did.

mv package.json /home/USER
mv node_modules/ /home/USER
npm install
./nodebb upgrade

Now it works.

@PitaJ Thanks

[FrankM]

Ok, so many trouble..... with sharp again and again....

I have done an update and edit package.json to

       "sharp": "0.29.1",

sharp with version 0.29.2 don't build on my Debian 11 Bullseye and i don't know why.

Updating NodeBB...

1. Updating package.json file with defaults...  OK

2. Bringing base dependencies up to date...  started

> [email protected] install /home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/sharp
> (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node install/can-compile && node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)

sharp: Using cached /home/user_radforum/.npm/_libvips/libvips-8.11.3-linux-x64.tar.br
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:905
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module './index'
Require stack:
- /home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/.bin/rc
- /home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/.bin/prebuild-install
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:93:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/.bin/rc:2:10)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/.bin/rc',
    '/home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/.bin/prebuild-install'
  ]
}
make: Verzeichnis „/home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/sharp/build“ wird betreten
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../node-addon-api/nothing.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/../node-addon-api/nothing.a
  COPY Release/nothing.a
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/libvips-cpp.stamp
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/sharp-linux-x64/src/common.o
../src/common.cc:24:10: fatal error: vips/vips8: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
   24 | #include <vips/vips8>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [sharp-linux-x64.target.mk:139: Release/obj.target/sharp-linux-x64/src/common.o] Fehler 1
make: Verzeichnis „/home/user_radforum/nodebb_test/node_modules/sharp/build“ wird verlassen
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2

Please help me

[FrankM]

Now i have done

npm install --unsafe-perm [email protected]

This file i have copied into node_modules

./nodebb upgrade

And now it works. But i don't understand the problem....

[PitaJ]

Are you installing as root?

[FrankM]

@pitaj My normal update process is performed as a user. This is terminated with the error, see above.

I was only able to install the version [email protected] as root, with the --unsafe-perm option.

After that I was able to copy sharp. NodeBB does not run as root on the system.

[PitaJ]

Maybe it was just installing it somewhere else? Did you try deleting node_modules and then running npm install?

[FrankM]

Tested it this morning with my second forum like this.

./nodebb upgrade

Aborted with error. node_modules/ saved elsewhere. Then a

npm install

Then checked the version

npm list sharp

Was the right version.

~/nodebb_test$ npm list sharp
[email protected] /home/user/nodebb_test
└── [email protected]

After that

./nodebb upgrade

Ran through flawlessly. Then rebuild & restart.

Oddly enough, I always have to run ./nodebb upgrade twice with this version until the forum works properly. But this should not be the problem here.

Now I'm on version 1.18.5 - a stony way.

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@pitaj Thank you!