Terminal app installation issue on Mac (M1 Pro)

[andypiper]

Environment

Joplin version: latest version of joplin terminal from npm Platform: macOS OS specifics: macOS 12.1, M1 Pro ARM64, homebrew Python and node/npm

Steps to reproduce

1. Attempt to install Joplin CLI using npm install joplin (also with -g)

Describe what you expected to happen

Joplin to be installed and usable from the CLI.

Logfile

CLI Output:

npm install joplin
npm WARN deprecated @types/[email protected]: This is a stub types definition. nanoid provides its own type definitions, so you do not need this installed.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request-promise-native has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-resolve#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated @braintree/[email protected]: Potential XSS vulnerability patched in v6.0.0.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-resolve#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Version no longer supported. Upgrade to @latest
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Version no longer supported. Upgrade to @latest
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/andypiper/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sharp
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)
npm ERR! CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../node-addon-api/nothing.o
npm ERR!   LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/nothing.a
npm ERR!   TOUCH Release/obj.target/libvips-cpp.stamp
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o
npm ERR! info sharp Downloading https://github.com/lovell/sharp-libvips/releases/download/v8.10.0/libvips-8.10.0-darwin-arm64v8.tar.br
npm ERR! ERR! sharp Prebuilt libvips 8.10.0 binaries are not yet available for darwin-arm64v8
npm ERR! info sharp Attempting to build from source via node-gyp but this may fail due to the above error
npm ERR! info sharp Please see https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install for required dependencies
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | darwin | arm64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.13 found at "/opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.9"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /opt/homebrew/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.9
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/andypiper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/andypiper/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sharp/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/andypiper/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/andypiper/Library/Caches/node-gyp/18.4.0/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/andypiper/Library/Caches/node-gyp/18.4.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/andypiper/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/andypiper/Library/Caches/node-gyp/18.4.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/andypiper/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sharp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn make
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
npm ERR! warning: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: archive library: Release/nothing.a the table of contents is empty (no object file members in the library define global symbols)
npm ERR! ../src/common.cc:24:10: fatal error: 'vips/vips8' file not found
npm ERR! #include <vips/vips8>
npm ERR!          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
npm ERR! 1 error generated.
npm ERR! make: *** [Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o] Error 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/andypiper/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:537:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 21.5.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/18.4.0/bin/node" "/Users/andypiper/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /Users/andypiper/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sharp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v18.4.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/andypiper/.npm/_logs/2022-07-04T19_13_36_658Z-debug-0.log

2022-07-04T19_13_36_658Z-debug-0.log

Notes

I successfully ran npm install sharp without error. It looks like this is trying to install a backlevel version of libvips (8.10) for which there is no ARM64 build so it then tries to compile one. Later versions of libvips are available in binary builds for ARM64.

[benallan]

I was able to avoid this error by installing libvips with brew:

brew install vips

But I'm guessing you're saying that joplin's dependencies should be updated so this brew install isn't needed, which is a fair point.

[andypiper]

Ah, thanks for this tip - I’ll give it a try.

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[andypiper]

FWIW, brew install joplin-cli is now working fine on Ventura (although it pulls in a Monterey-labelled package`

[personalizedrefrigerator]

Possibly related to https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/unable-to-install-npm-package/36962