Can't start on macOS

[ziodave]

Describe the bug

I followed the Quick Start but it doesn't work for me, I get the following error:

Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Debug/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/out/Debug/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/Debug/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/out/Release/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/Release/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/default/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/compiled/23.3.0/darwin/arm64/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/addon-build/release/install-root/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/addon-build/debug/install-root/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/addon-build/default/install-root/better_sqlite3.node
 → ./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v131-darwin-arm64/better_sqlite3.node
    at bindings (./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:126:9)
    at new Database (./eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:48:64)
    at initializeDatabase (file://./eliza-starter/src/database/index.ts:15:46)
    at startAgent (file://./eliza-starter/src/index.ts:53:20)
    at startAgents (file://./eliza-starter/src/index.ts:98:19)
    at file://./eliza-starter/src/index.ts:124:1 {
  tries: [
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Debug/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/out/Debug/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/Debug/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/out/Release/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/Release/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/default/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/compiled/23.3.0/darwin/arm64/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/addon-build/release/install-root/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/addon-build/debug/install-root/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/addon-build/default/install-root/better_sqlite3.node',
    './eliza-starter/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v131-darwin-arm64/better_sqlite3.node'
  ]
}

To Reproduce

Follow the Quick Start on macOS 15.2.

Expected behavior

Things to work nicely.

[github-actions]

Hello @ziodave! Welcome to the elizaOS community. Thank you for opening your first issue; we appreciate your contribution. You are now an elizaOS contributor!

[lincheoll]

you tried this??

[ziodave]

Hello,

Yes, pnpm rebuild better-sqlite3 doesn't yield anything. Removing node_modules and pruning the pnpm store doesn't solve.

I am using:

• node v23.3.0
• pnpm v10.0.0 (using node v23.3.0)

I am not getting any error about the NODE_MODULE_VERSION.

[bckcolin]

I have the same problem.

[bckcolin]

I try to run pnpm add better-sqlite3@latest --force and npm rebuild better-sqlite3. It is ok now.

[AIFlowML]

@ziodave @bckcolin

I can run on apple silicon so we can debug this.
better-sqlite library is sensitive to some injected permissions at the install.
The add + force rebuild can help for sure.
Let me know if you solved.