Cannot install on debian9

System information

• node version: v10.14.0
• npm or yarn version: 6.4.1
• OS/version/architecture: linux - debian9 / 4.15.0-39-generic / x64
• Applicable nodegit version: 0.23.0

When installing on debian9 after installing the required deps you get this error:

[nodegit] WARN - Could not finish postinstall { Error: Command failed: node “/node_modules/nodegit/dist/nodegit.js” /node_modules/nodegit/dist/nodegit.js:16 throw ex; ^ Error: libcrypto.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at Object.Module._extensions…node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:717:18) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:17) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/node_modules/nodegit/dist/nodegit.js:12:12) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30) at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32) at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:289:12) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13) at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5) killed: false, code: 1, signal: null, cmd: ‘node “/node_modules/nodegit/dist/nodegit.js”’ }

Here’s the script required to reproduce this in a docker container.

docker run --rm -it gcr.io/google-appengine/debian9 bash
apt update && apt install -y curl gnupg
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash -
apt install -y nodejs
apt install -y libcurl4-gnutls-dev
npm install nodegit

or as a single command

docker run --rm gcr.io/google-appengine/debian9 bash -c "apt update && apt install -y curl gnupg && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash - && apt install -y nodejs libcurl4-gnutls-dev && npm install nodegit"

It may be a little naive but ideally the dependencies on system libs should be removed. This makes it very difficult for us to use since our applications are used in a variety of OS’s and distributions.

[Toxicable]

That doesn’t solve this issue, it’s simply a workaround. Also it requires even more system dependencies to be able to build it in the first place which is just as bad requiring our targets to install those.

[ef4]

It’s fine to have a prebuild that only works for some people. What’s bad is that the installer code is unable to notice that fact.

I realize that is mostly node-pre-gyp’s fault for having an incomplete model of what it means to locate a compatible build. But the knowledge of which libraries are needed belongs inside nodegit regardless, and before spawning node-pre-gyp it could verify known preconditions that should cause it to force a local build.