documentation: missing prerequisite causes build failure #7255

kharazit · 2020-03-02T20:46:40Z

Description

The process of installing theia is horrible. I have been working for hours to get a working install of the software to no avail. Earlier, I had a working docker image, but for some reason I didn't have a full terminal, nor access to the entire filesystem. I have never had so much trouble trying to install an IDE/editor in my life. It is unfortunately my only other option for a web hosted ide.

Trying to correct the docker/terminal issue I decided to have another go at install theia from source. Beginning from the documentation, and following the directions exactly leads to failed builds. Can someone please work out a more complete documentaion? I have been surrounded by issues regarding npm, node, yarn, etc, which is all black magic for us outside of the javascript universe.

The current error I am dealing with is the following:

cades@kharazi-cades-dev:~/theia$ nano package.json
cades@kharazi-cades-dev:~/theia$ yarn
yarn install v1.22.0
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
warning @theia/callhierarchy > @theia/languages > @theia/application-package > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
warning @theia/callhierarchy > @theia/core > react-virtualized > babel-runtime > core-js@2.6.11: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
warning @theia/callhierarchy > @theia/monaco > @theia/filesystem > trash > xdg-trashdir > @sindresorhus/df > execa > cross-spawn-async@2.2.5: cross-spawn no longer requires a build toolchain, use it instead
warning @theia/git > @theia/scm > @types/p-debounce@1.0.1: This is a stub types definition. p-debounce provides its own type definitions, so you do not need this installed.
warning @theia/git > dugite-extra > dugite-no-gpl > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
warning @theia/plugin-ext-vscode > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
warning @theia/plugin-ext-vscode > @theia/plugin-ext > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
warning @theia/plugin-ext-vscode > @theia/plugin-ext > @theia/debug > @types/p-debounce@1.0.1: This is a stub types definition. p-debounce provides its own type definitions, so you do not need this installed.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > less > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > electron-rebuild > node-gyp > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > webpack-cli > webpack-addons > jscodeshift > recast > core-js@2.6.11: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > css-loader > cssnano > autoprefixer > browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > css-loader > cssnano > postcss-merge-rules > browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > webpack-cli > jscodeshift > babel-preset-es2015@6.24.1: 🙌  Thanks for using Babel: we recommend using babel-preset-env now: please read https://babeljs.io/env to update!
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > webpack-cli > webpack-addons > jscodeshift > babel-preset-es2015@6.24.1: 🙌  Thanks for using Babel: we recommend using babel-preset-env now: please read https://babeljs.io/env to update!
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > webpack-cli > jscodeshift > babel-register > core-js@2.6.11: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > webpack-cli > jscodeshift > nomnom@1.8.1: Package no longer supported. Contact support@npmjs.com for more info.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > webpack-cli > webpack-addons > jscodeshift > nomnom@1.8.1: Package no longer supported. Contact support@npmjs.com for more info.
warning @theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > css-loader > cssnano > postcss-merge-rules > caniuse-api > browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
[2/4] Fetching packages...
warning monaco-languageclient@0.10.2: The engine "vscode" appears to be invalid.
warning vscode-languageclient@5.3.0-next.9: The engine "vscode" appears to be invalid.
info fsevents@2.1.2: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@2.1.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info fsevents@1.2.11: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@1.2.11" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
warning "@theia/git > @theia/scm > react-autosize-textarea@7.0.0" has unmet peer dependency "react@^0.14.0 || ^15.0.0 || ^16.0.0".
warning "@theia/git > @theia/scm > react-autosize-textarea@7.0.0" has unmet peer dependency "react-dom@^0.14.0 || ^15.0.0 || ^16.0.0".
warning "@theia/messages > react-perfect-scrollbar@1.5.8" has unmet peer dependency "react@>=16.3.3".
warning "@theia/messages > react-perfect-scrollbar@1.5.8" has unmet peer dependency "react-dom@>=16.3.3".
warning "@theia/cli > requestretry@3.1.0" has unmet peer dependency "request@2.*.*".
warning "@theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > font-awesome-webpack@0.0.5-beta.2" has unmet peer dependency "font-awesome@>=4.3.0".
warning "@theia/cli > @theia/application-manager > font-awesome-webpack > less-loader@2.2.3" has incorrect peer dependency "less@^2.3.1".
warning Workspaces can only be enabled in private projects.
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
[1/9] ⠠ nsfw
[6/9] ⠠ vscode-ripgrep
[3/9] ⠠ @theia/node-pty
[4/9] ⠠ drivelist
error /home/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node-gyp rebuild
Arguments:
Directory: /home/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw
Output:
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@5.0.5
gyp info using node@10.19.0 | linux | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 2.7.17 found at "/usr/bin/python"
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python
gyp info spawn args [ '/home/cades/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/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/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/cades/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/cades/.cache/node-gyp/10.19.0/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/cades/.cache/node-gyp/10.19.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/cades/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/cades/.cache/node-gyp/10.19.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw',
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 make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory '/home/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nsfw/src/NSFW.o
make: g++: Command not found
nsfw.target.mk:120: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/nsfw/src/NSFW.o' failed
make: *** [Release/obj.target/nsfw/src/NSFW.o] Error 127
make: Leaving directory '/home/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/cades/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:191:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-74-generic
gyp ERR! command "/home/cades/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/bin/node" "/home/cades/.nvm/versions/node/v10.19.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/cades/theia/node_modules/nsfw

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Reproduction Steps

To recreate this issue just try and install from ubuntu following the exact steps in the git. It won't work, promise.

OS and Theia version:
Ubuntu 18.03
Theia latest

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vince-fugnitto · 2020-03-02T20:47:12Z

@kharazit which steps were you explicitly following?

kharazit · 2020-03-02T20:47:36Z

https://theia-ide.org/docs/composing_applications

vince-fugnitto · 2020-03-02T20:48:28Z

https://theia-ide.org/docs/composing_applications

@kharazit which step or at what point did it fail for you?

kharazit · 2020-03-02T20:49:11Z

The $yarn step, I get the above errors, the errors for that can be found at #5184

vince-fugnitto · 2020-03-02T20:50:45Z

The $yarn step, I get the above errors

I see you've updated the description so it's clearer thank you.
Have you satisfied the prerequisites?

kharazit · 2020-03-02T20:51:20Z

Yes

vince-fugnitto · 2020-03-02T20:54:47Z

Yes

Please try (as described in #2174):

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Update:

If the command works for you I will update the prerequisites (it looks like it might have been missed last time around).

kharazit · 2020-03-02T21:02:13Z

Okay. That seemed to work. I suppose it's pretty normal to assume people have that installed, haha. Thank you.

However, I still feel the documentation could be improved. The documentation could be centralized into one location, common build errors, etc. Because I am clearly not the only struggling to figure out how to get this to work.

vince-fugnitto · 2020-03-02T21:04:29Z

Okay. That seemed to work. I suppose it's pretty normal to assume people have that installed, haha. Thank you.

However, I still feel the documentation could be improved. The documentation could be centralized into one location, common build errors, etc. Because I am clearly not the only struggling to figure out how to get this to work.

I'll update the prerequisites docs :) glad it worked for you.
Thank you for your contribution, and sorry for the frustration. We are currently in the process of updating documentation so please bear with us. The main source of documentation is this repo itself, the website needs to be updated.

kharazit · 2020-03-02T21:04:58Z

Awesome. I will know where to look to point myself and others when we get stuck. I appreciate it!

The following commit updates the `prerequisites` for Linux to include `sudo apt-get install build-essential`. The change was first described in the following comment #2174 (comment) but was never included. It was also useful in resolving the issue #7255. Signed-off-by: vince-fugnitto <vincent.fugnitto@ericsson.com>

The following commit updates the `prerequisites` for Linux to include `sudo apt-get install build-essential`. The change was first described in the following comment eclipse-theia#2174 (comment) but was never included. It was also useful in resolving the issue eclipse-theia#7255. Signed-off-by: vince-fugnitto <vincent.fugnitto@ericsson.com>

vince-fugnitto added documentation issues related to documentation question user / developer questions labels Mar 2, 2020

vince-fugnitto changed the title ~~installing theia is horrible, better documentation is needed~~ documentation: missing prerequisite causes build failure Mar 2, 2020

kharazit closed this as completed Mar 2, 2020

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