Docker not able to run nodejs npm

Question

When I run below commands in a Dockerfile:

FROM ruby:2.3

RUN apt-get update

RUN apt-get install nodejs npm -y

RUN apt-get install vim -y

RUN apt-get install memcached -y

I get below error:

Sending build context to Docker daemon 29.74MB

Step 1/12 : FROM ruby:2.3

---> 09c6ceeef3bc

Step 2/12 : RUN apt-get update

---> Using cache

---> c41c3235c3ba

Step 3/12 : RUN apt-get install nodejs npm -y

---> Running in b0d407900cbd

Reading package lists...

Building dependency tree...

Reading state information...

**E: Unable to locate package npm

The command '/bin/sh -c apt-get install nodejs npm -y' returned a non-zero code: 100**

Please suggest a solution, thank you in advance.

Small hint: when you move all apt-get commands separated by ; or && into one RUN instruction and execute rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* at the end to clean the cache then you will have much smaller result Docker image. — cgrim
– cgrim, Commented Sep 11, 2018 at 11:41

cgrim · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-11 11:19:16Z

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Docker image ruby:2.3 is based on Debian 9 Stretch where is older nodejs package and no npm package.

You can do it like this:

RUN apt-get update; \
    apt-get install -y curl gnupg; \
    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -; \
    apt-get install -y nodejs; \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

At first it installs curl to be able to download setup script and gnupg is needed by that setup script.

You can read more on nodejs official web: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

edited Sep 11, 2018 at 11:19

answered Sep 11, 2018 at 11:14

cgrim

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6 Comments

Josh Over a year ago

Right, or just use the node image.

Sherlock Over a year ago

yes, I tried the steps to install nodejs with curl command, docker image build is successful, thank you very much for pointing that out. but the issue is we have a rube app, that does not run with this image, developers says attached errors are due to improper installation of node. please see this link for error logs drive.google.com/open?id=1gTa4ik0WxkQkiRs3ioflk7iYPj5oI1Bj

Sherlock Over a year ago

couple of months before, below command worked and we were able to build docker images FROM ruby:2.3 RUN apt-get update RUN apt-get install nodejs npm -y

cgrim Over a year ago

Then try it in this way: RUN apt-get update; apt-get install -y nodejs; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* It will install older nodejs which is packaged with Debian. Notice that npm is not in the install command. And you can also try to add this instruction into Dockerfile: ENV EXECJS_RUNTIME=Node.

Sherlock Over a year ago

please see the output, wont install drive.google.com/open?id=1VS4pooBSSB9UPWEPPvTSxKarh0PlsHou

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Nilesh Attarde · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-11 12:27:11Z

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First you will have to install nodesetup from https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x add code like in your docker file after RUN apt-get update statement.

RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -;

Note: You are creating unnecessarily layers in Docker Image with RUN statement you can combine those statements

answered Sep 11, 2018 at 12:27

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