[ERROR] Setup_16.x on Debian 12 Bookworm installs v18.13.0

[o1y]

Describe your bug
When installing node 16.x, the setup script installs node v18.13.0 without any npm package.

Distribution Information:

• OS: Debian
• Version 12 Bookworm
• Docker Base Image: php:8.2-apache

Node Version:

• Node: v16.x

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Use this Dockerfile:

FROM php:8.2-apache

RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - \
&& apt-get install -y nodejs

Expected behavior
Installation of node v16.x and npm package.

[alexk2000]

The same issue. As workaround decided to use image base on Debian 11 (bullseye): php:8.1-fpm-bullseye

[gaurangblaze]

Same issue with python docker image. Switched to python:3.11-slim-bullseye to solve this issue (previous image was python:3.11-slim).

[amirredouane]

You can add 'npm' after nodejs "&& apt-get install -y nodejs npm" in order to solve the problem

[alexk2000]

No problem to install npm but I expect to install nodejs version 14 but get 18.

[amirredouane]

I mean the other half of your problem "the setup script installs node v18.13.0 without any npm package"

[riosje]

Hi guys this is an issue with the repositories configuration on your OS, I was not even able to re-produce this behavior.
this resource may help you
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/448135/specify-specific-source-apt-repository-for-package

[o1y]

Sorry @riosje, you are right. The script is working correctly.

The challenge is that Debian Bookworm provides a newer Node.js package 18.13.0 from the deb.debian.org repository. On previous Buster, the available version was 10.24.0. The curl script can be a bit misleading, as it suggests that you can install Node.js 16.x and npm by just installing the nodejs package:

## Run `sudo apt-get install -y nodejs` to install Node.js 16.x and npm

But as you already mentioned the solution is to pin the deb.nodesource.com repo first, before installing the nodejs package. Thanks! :)

[gaurangblaze]

Thanks for the clarification. How can we pin deb.nodesource.com repo in the Dockerfile? Based on the linked StackExchange answer, does this suffice:

RUN echo "Package: *
Pin: origin deb.nodesource.com
Pin-Priority: 1001" >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences

[o1y]

@gaurangblaze You could use the following Dockerfile as an example:

FROM php:8.2-apache-bookworm

RUN echo 'Package: nodejs\nPin: origin deb.nodesource.com\nPin-Priority: 600' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/nodesource \
    && curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - \
    && apt-get install -y nodejs

[liang611zh]

@gaurangblaze You could use the following Dockerfile as an example:

FROM php:8.2-apache-bookworm

RUN echo 'Package: nodejs\nPin: origin deb.nodesource.com\nPin-Priority: 600' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/nodesource \
    && curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - \
    && apt-get install -y nodejs

Hi o1y,
When I use this resource, I got a wrong version v18.x, did u figure out how to get the correct version of it?

[BatmanAoD]

Right now, it appears to me that every script with the following conditions is broken:

• It uses a Docker image based on Bookworm
• It uses the nodesource setup-script
• It uses the command suggested by the setup script for installing Node & npm: apt-get install -y nodejs
• It requires a version of NodeJS prior to 18, and/or it requires npm

This seems like a fairly common situation, which is why there are already multiple comments in this thread even though Bookworm was released under two weeks ago. Note that prior to this, running the nodesource setup script and then installing nodejs "just worked."

Can the pin command be added to the setup script itself? Alternatively, can the suggested installation command printed by the setup script be updated to explicitly use the newly-added source (i.e. using apt install -t ...)?

[beijaflor]

@liang611zh

Hi o1y,
When I use this resource, I got a wrong version v18.x, did u figure out how to get the correct version of it?

it works for me

RUN echo "Package: nodejs" >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences && \
    echo "Pin: origin deb.nodesource.com" >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences && \
    echo "Pin-Priority: 1001" >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences

RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash - \
    && apt-get install -y nodejs

[BatmanAoD]

@riosje Can the Pin be added to the nodesource script itself? Without it, the script is effectively broken (as I explained in my comment above).