start VS pkg

root@PMX://volume1/web/server# sudo npm i npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Deprecated in favor of https://github.com/deepsweet/start npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3.4 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js. npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path /volume1/web/server/node_modules/canvas npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command sh -c node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! Failed to execute '/volume1/@appstore/Node.js_v14/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/volume1/web/server/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/canvas.node --module_name=canvas --module_path=/volume1/web/server/node_modules/canvas/build/Release --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info check checked for "/volume1/web/server/node_modules/canvas/build/Release/canvas.node" (not found) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp http GET https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/releases/download/v2.8.0/canvas-v2.8.0-node-v83-linux-unknown-x64.tar.gz npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! install response status 404 Not Found on https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/releases/download/v2.8.0/canvas-v2.8.0-node-v83-linux-unknown-x64.tar.gz npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v83 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error response status 404 Not Found on https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/releases/download/v2.8.0/canvas-v2.8.0-node-v83-linux-unknown-x64.tar.gz 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] | linux | x64 npm ERR! gyp info ok 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] | linux | x64 npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.8 found at "/bin/python3" npm ERR! gyp WARN EACCES current user ("pmxitadmin") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.cache/node-gyp/14.16.0" npm ERR! gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/tmp/.node-gyp" npm ERR! gyp info spawn /bin/python3 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/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 '/volume1/web/server/node_modules/canvas/build/config.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/tmp/.node-gyp/14.16.0/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=/tmp/.node-gyp/14.16.0', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/tmp/.node-gyp/14.16.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/volume1/web/server/node_modules/canvas', 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! /bin/sh: pkg-config: command not found npm ERR! gyp: Call to 'pkg-config pixman-1 --libs' returned exit status 127 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error

I don't remember the details, and cannot find my notes on vercel/pkg. But looking at https://github.com/vercel/pkg right now I see the project has been deprecated in favour of single-executable-applications

> Standalone CLI — we haven’t worked on a standalone CLI for the new engine yet, but will absolutely have it before the v4.0 release.

This part is the most exciting to me. Given the rest of the release announcement, I'm assuming this means that it'll be built in Rust rather than embed Node. While I'm not a Rust zealot of anything, I'm very partial to not embedding Node. Particularly when it depends on using Vercel's now-abandoned pkg[1] tool.`

[1] https://github.com/vercel/pkg

The npm package called "pkg" seems to be the standard for packaging NodeJS applications

https://www.npmjs.com/package/pkg

Unfortunately you also need to bundle all your code into a single file for it to work, but you can use any bundler (webpack, parcel, etc) you want at least

Nodejs support for "single executable applications" is getting there - this issue below is preventing wider adoption at the moment:

"The single executable application feature currently only supports running a single embedded script using the CommonJS module system."

https://nodejs.org/api/single-executable-applications.html

Should be an awesome game changer for node.js when the feature gets rounded out.

Also check out vercel's `pkg`: https://github.com/vercel/pkg/issues/1291

Yes, you can. Check out pkg for a fun option, which can package up your project and Node.js into a single executable.

Further, you could experiment with the pkg tool that allows you to package up Node JS, your source, and your dependencies into one single executable for easy distribution.

package the app using https://github.com/vercel/pkg and use a smaller base image like alpine, busybox or even scratch (if possible)

Check this thread: https://github.com/vercel/pkg/issues/1685