[Q/A] plasmo init fails for "sharp" module

[andrew-x]

What happened?

When running npm x plasmo init or installing plasmo globally and simply running plasmo init, I get the same error:

.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/plasmo/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js:34
  throw new Error(help.join('\n'));
        ^

Error:
Something went wrong installing the "sharp" module

Cannot find module '../build/Release/sharp-darwin-x64.node'

I am on Macbook Pro - Monterey v12.4
My node version is v16.14.0

Please let me know if there's something I'm missing, thank you!

Version

Latest

What OS are you seeing the problem on?

MacOSX

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

No response

Relevant log output

.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/plasmo/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js:34
  throw new Error(help.join('\n'));
        ^

Error:
Something went wrong installing the "sharp" module

Cannot find module '../build/Release/sharp-darwin-x64.node'

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[louisgv]

Can you try to init an empty node project and add the sharp library as a dependency, and see if you can reproduce it there?

[andrew-x]

Oh yup, forgot to add that in the original description but yes I tried it, still got the same error unfortunately.

[andrew-x]

To be more clear, I didn't get any error when just running npm i sharp or even npm i -g sharp. But I got the error when running plasmo init even in the same directory with sharp already installed

[louisgv]

Can you try using npm create plasmo --verbose, seems like the issue happens during deps install :d...

[andrew-x]

running npm create plasmo or yarn create plasmo works! Weird that it only fails for npm x plasmo init

[louisgv]

running npm create plasmo or yarn create plasmo works! Weird that it only fails for npm x plasmo init

We will likely deprecate that method since npm x runs npm exec, which might botch some of the native linkage ;d...

[xmsz]

pnpm seems didn't work too

[louisgv]

pnpm dlx plasmo init also fail?

[xmsz]

I didn't try. but i was successfully install by manually.

[MatteoGauthier]

Got the same issue on a M1Pro with pnpm

pnpm dev           

> [email protected] dev /Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext
> plasmo dev

/Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js:34
  throw new Error(help.join('\n'));
        ^

Error: 
Something went wrong installing the "sharp" module

Cannot find module '../build/Release/sharp-darwin-arm64v8.node'
Require stack:
- /Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js
- /Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js
- /Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/sharp/lib/index.js

Possible solutions:
- Install with verbose logging and look for errors: "npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose sharp"
- Install for the current darwin-arm64v8 runtime: "npm install --platform=darwin --arch=arm64v8 sharp"
- Consult the installation documentation: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js:34:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1209:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1033:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:868:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1057:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/matteogauthier/dotmind/blink-webext/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js:8:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1209:10)
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

[gillien]

I have the same problem here. @MatteoGauthier did you figure out how to fix it?

[chas-bean]

Had this exact same problem when trying to use the pnpm-setup GitHub action with [email protected]

My action was failing with above sharp error, turns out the bug was in the action somewhere, the sharp installation code which downloads and installs the sharp binary for the current PC architecture / OS was not running when using run_install: true for that action

I fixed my action by running pnpm install directly in the GH action instead of having the action run the install:

      - uses: pnpm/[email protected]
        with:
          version: 8
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install

Hope that helps someone in future 👍

[thisislvca]

Hey! Error happens when running bun x as well. Same as above. I'm on ubuntu tho... Tried both node v21 (latest) and node v20 (latest).

Installing the module with the suggested possible solution command gets rid of the error strangely (npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose sharp).

[stoplion]

ran into same issue, lib not working for me

[jackmcintire]

running into same issue with bun

[ollieLiu1988]

This error is caused by "sharp module doesn't have build directory". Type "pnpm rebuild [email protected] -r" in your terminal will solve this issue.