Node install failure in start.sh

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Hello,
During the install process on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, I got this error :

photostructure@uwu:~/photostructure-for-servers$ ./start.sh
No local changes to save
Already up to date.
yarn install v1.22.21
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
[1/2] ⠄ better-sqlite3
error /home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: prebuild-install || npm run build-release
Arguments:
Directory: /home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3
Output:
prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=20.10.0 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=linux)

> better-sqlite3@7.4.3 build-release
> node-gyp rebuild --release

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@10.0.1
gyp info using node@20.10.0 | linux | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.10.12 found at "/usr/bin/python3"

gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-f',
gyp info spawn args 'make',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args '/home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args '/home/photostructure/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/photostructure/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/photostructure/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args 'build',
gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory '/home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build'
  TOUCH b857c92884e9598d609f6be182a2595df7a8e00f.intermediate
  ACTION deps_sqlite3_gyp_locate_sqlite3_target_extract_sqlite3 b857c92884e9598d609f6be182a2595df7a8e00f.intermediate
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/deps/locate_sqlite3.stamp
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite3/sqlite3.o
rm -f Release/obj.target/deps/sqlite3.a Release/obj.target/deps/sqlite3.a.ar-file-list; mkdir -p `dirname Release/obj.target/deps/sqlite3.a`
ar crs Release/obj.target/deps/sqlite3.a @Release/obj.target/deps/sqlite3.a.ar-file-list
  COPY Release/sqlite3.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/better_sqlite3/src/better_sqlite3.o
In file included from ./src/better_sqlite3.lzz:11,
                 from ../src/better_sqlite3.cpp:4:
/home/photostructure/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/include/node/node.h:1192:7: warning: cast between incompatible function types from ‘void (*)(v8::Local<v8::Object>, v8::Local<v8::Value>, v8::Local<v8::Context>)’ to ‘node::addon_context_register_func’ {aka ‘void (*)(v8::Local<v8::Object>, v8::Local<v8::Value>, v8::Local<v8::Context>, void*)’} [-Wcast-function-type]
 1192 |       (node::addon_context_register_func) (regfunc),                  \
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/photostructure/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/include/node/node.h:1210:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_X’
 1210 |   NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_X(modname, regfunc, NULL, 0)
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/photostructure/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/include/node/node.h:1241:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE’
 1241 |   NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE(NODE_GYP_MODULE_NAME,                     \
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./src/better_sqlite3.lzz:67:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘NODE_MODULE_INIT’
./src/util/macros.lzz: In function ‘void SetPrototypeGetter(v8::Isolate*, v8::Local<v8::External>, v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>, const char*, v8::AccessorGetterCallback)’:
./src/util/macros.lzz:157:21: error: ‘v8::AccessorSignature’ has not been declared
./src/util/binder.lzz: In static member function ‘static bool Binder::IsPlainObject(v8::Isolate*, v8::Local<v8::Object>)’:
./src/util/binder.lzz:37:51: error: ‘class v8::Object’ has no member named ‘CreationContext’; did you mean ‘GetCreationContext’?
./src/util/data.lzz: In function ‘v8::Local<v8::Value> Data::GetValueJS(v8::Isolate*, sqlite3_stmt*, int, bool)’:
./src/util/data.lzz:73:92: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
./src/util/data.lzz:73:197: note: here
./src/util/data.lzz: In function ‘v8::Local<v8::Value> Data::GetValueJS(v8::Isolate*, sqlite3_value*, bool)’:
./src/util/data.lzz:77:81: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
./src/util/data.lzz:77:175: note: here
make: *** [better_sqlite3.target.mk:125: Release/obj.target/better_sqlite3/src/better_sqlite3.o] Error 1
rm b857c92884e9598d609f6be182a2595df7a8e00f.intermediate
make: Leaving directory '/home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:209:23)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.15.0-91-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--release"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/photostructure/photostructure-for-servers/node_modules/better-sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v20.10.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok

Dependency installation failed.
Please refer to <https://photostructure.com/server/photostructure-for-node/>.
You can also visit <https://forum.photostructure.com> for help.

Any idea what’s wrong ?

Many thanks,
Kevin

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Welcome to PhotoStructure, @bookeurz !

That version of node is too new for v1.1. Follow these steps:

https://photostructure.com/server/photostructure-for-node/#step-5-download-and-start-photostructure

Specifically, you’ll need to switch to the alpha branch (which should be fairly stable on linux, docker, and windows, but updates are pending to fix the macOS Desktop release, which is why we’re stuck on “alpha” instead of stable):

cd photostructure-for-servers # < wherever you happened to clone the repository
git checkout alpha
./start.sh

(Note that I had those instructions for the other platforms, but goofed and forget that step for the Ubuntu instructions. I just updated that page. Apologies for the glitch!)

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Hello,
I managed to install it !
Many thanks for your help and commitment to this software !

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