SOLVED :: apify install problem - better-sqlite3 problem

Dear all, am installing apify on oy Linux 7.5 64x box node v14.17.6 Python 3.7

I have this error npm i better-sqlite3 Please advise how can I install apify

> better-sqlite3@7.4.3 install /home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/node_modules/better-sqlite3
> prebuild-install || npm run build-release

prebuild-install WARN install /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by /home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node)

> better-sqlite3@7.4.3 build-release /home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/node_modules/better-sqlite3
> node-gyp rebuild --release

make: Entering directory `/home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build'
  TOUCH b857c92884e9598d609f6be182a2595df7a8e00f.intermediate
  ACTION deps_sqlite3_gyp_locate_sqlite3_target_extract_sqlite3 b857c92884e9598d609f6be182a2595df7a8e00f.intermediate
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/deps/locate_sqlite3.stamp
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite3/sqlite3.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/deps/sqlite3.a
  COPY Release/sqlite3.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/better_sqlite3/src/better_sqlite3.o
g++: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-std=c++14’
make: *** [Release/obj.target/better_sqlite3/src/better_sqlite3.o] Error 1
rm b857c92884e9598d609f6be182a2595df7a8e00f.intermediate
make: Leaving directory `/home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/nodejs/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:400:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.42.el7.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/lib/nodejs/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/nodejs/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--release"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/node_modules/better-sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v14.17.6
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! better-sqlite3@7.4.3 build-release: `node-gyp rebuild --release`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the better-sqlite3@7.4.3 build-release script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2021-09-14T22_45_01_375Z-debug.log
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@~2.3.1 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.3.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! better-sqlite3@7.4.3 install: `prebuild-install || npm run build-release`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the better-sqlite3@7.4.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2021-09-14T22_45_01_795Z-debug.log

node-gyp rebuild --release

[MAX]root:[/home/beshoo/www/google-map/crawler-google-places-master]node-gyp rebuild --release
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@8.2.0
gyp info using node@14.17.6 | linux | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.7.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/nodejs/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/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/nodejs/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.17.6/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.17.6',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/local/lib/nodejs/lib/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.17.6/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master',
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 ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory `/home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/build'
make: *** No rule to make target `Release/obj.target/binding/src/binding.o', needed by `Release/obj.target/binding.node'.  Stop.
make: Leaving directory `/home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/nodejs/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:400:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.42.el7.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/lib/nodejs/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/nodejs/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild" "--release"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/beshoo/public_html/google-map/crawler-google-places-master
gyp ERR! node -v v14.17.6
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.2.0
gyp ERR! not ok
[MAX]root:[/home/beshoo/www/google-map/crawler-google-places-master]

[beshoo]

@B4nan, again, thank you for your reply. finally being able to solve this problem. and here is how for anyone interested: First, search the server for GLIBCXX before updating GCC…

for OUTPUT in $(locate libstdc++.so)
do
        echo  $OUTPUT
        echo `strings ${OUTPUT} | grep GLIBCXX_3.4.20`
done

in my case I have this path “/usr/lib64/c+±plesk-6.3.0/lib64/” this will locate all libstdc++.so on the server, search for the reported version “GLIBCXX_3.4.20” and then, export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib64/c++-plesk-6.3.0/lib64/

and I add this command in the .bashrc

[B4nan]

Nope, that is currently not possible. We do plan to add more abstraction over the storage implementation in next major release - but it will probably take several months to get there, and you would still probably need to provide your own implementation of the storage.

I am closing this as there is not much we can do, the issue is in your system (and potentically in better-sqlite3 library), not directly with the apify SDK.

I peeked at the other issue, and if you would be able to install better-sqlite3 directly, we can definitely ship new version of better-sqlite3-with-prebuilds that matches the latest version of better-sqlite3.

If you can’t upgrade your system, you might wanna use docker, or run things on the apify platform.

Btw I would even expect the very same problems with node-sqlite3 (the library you call “standard”, but there is not much standard about it, it’s just a different implementation). Quick google search showed things like this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66178113/cant-install-sqlite3-on-centos-7