node-gyp keep downloading header even there is cache

[weihan1394]

I am trying to install renovate which it require node-gyp but when it try to install it keep try to download the header from the internet. But I am trying to run this where there is not access to internet and trying to achieve by caching the header file. Is there anyway I can do that? I have tried to put the header tar in /home/node-py/.cache/node-gyp/20.11.1 as see from the logs but it seems to be not acknowledging that the file already exist.

npm - 10.2.4 node - v20.11.1 Platform: Linux

npm ERR! gyp verb install input version string "20.11.1"
npm ERR! gyp verb install installing version: 20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
npm ERR! gyp verb install version not already installed, continuing with install 20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp verb ensuring devDir is created /home/node-py/.cache/node-gyp/20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp verb created devDir /home/node-py/.cache/node-gyp/20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v20.11.1/node-v20.11.1-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
npm ERR! gyp verb remove using node-gyp dir: /home/node-py/.cache/node-gyp
npm ERR! gyp verb remove removing target version: 20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp verb remove removing development files for version: 20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack FetchError: request to https://nodejs.org/download/release/v20.11.1/node-v20.11.1-headers.tar.gz failed, reason: read ECONNRESET
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/opt/node/lib/node_modules/renovate/node_modules/minipass-fetch/lib/index.js:130:14)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:518:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at _destroy (node:_http_client:875:13)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at onSocketNT (node:_http_client:895:5)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.10.210-201.852.amzn2.x86_64
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/opt/node/bin/node" "/opt/node/lib/node_modules/renovate/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild" "--release"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /opt/node/lib/node_modules/renovate/node_modules/better-sqlite3
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.11.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm verb exit 1
npm verb unfinished npm timer reify 1710906645648
npm verb unfinished npm timer reify:build 1710906694045
npm verb unfinished npm timer build 1710906694048
npm verb unfinished npm timer build:deps 1710906694049
npm verb unfinished npm timer build:run:install 1710906694137
npm verb unfinished npm timer build:run:install:node_modules/renovate/node_modules/better-sqlite3 1710906694138
npm verb code 1

[chonz0]

What worked for me was:

1. Manually downloaded the .tar.gz (eg: https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/node-v16.14.2-headers.tar.gz)
2. Run npm i --tarball=/path/to/your/downloaded/file

[cclauss]

npm ERR! gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed