Saleor: Error when execute ´npm run build-assets´

[btenaglia]

I try to install de application and I have a problem when execute

npm run build-assets

Server Info:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

node -v
v9.3.0

npm -v
5.5.1

The error is:
npm run build-assets

[email protected] build-assets /home/ubuntu/ecommerce_project/ecommerce
node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js -p

events.js:136
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: write EPIPE
at _errnoException (util.js:999:13)
at WriteWrap.afterWrite [as oncomplete] (net.js:883:14)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] build-assets: node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js -p
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] build-assets script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2018-01-04T21_30_43_099Z-debug.log

Any Idea?
Thanks!

[dominik-zeglen]

It looks like you didn't run npm install before npm run build-assets.

[btenaglia]

@dominik-zeglen
Yes, I run it before but the error is when run run build-assets

[dominik-zeglen]

I was unable to reproduce this bug - but I encountered another, strictly linked to node 9.3.0. One of webpack plugins, node sass, is not working yet with 9.3.0, so I would recommend you to use tested 8.x, preferably 8.9.4 version.

[primal100]

I had this issue with centos and fixed it by installing fontconfig-devel with yum. I believe the apt-get equivalent is libfontconfig1-dev or try one of these:

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/search/?q=fontconfig&op=

You might need to rerun npm install after

[btenaglia]

@primal100 Thanks so much! Your solution was ok! I fixed the problem!

[resourceldg]

UBUNTU 16.04 Xenial core 32 bits
hi!!

help...I have a problem whit similar output like initial thread
try
inside venv
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
also sudo apt-get install libfontconfig
I tried with rerun npm install
I even stopped the apache server before executing it
but this did not work
returns the error output after a long delay and S.O disconnect browser

below I leave the complete output

venvsaleor) lucas@lucas-HP-530-Notebook-PC:~/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor$ npm run build-assets

[email protected] build-assets /home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor
node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js -p

Error: Module build failed: Error: Command failed: /home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/phantomjs-prebuilt/lib/phantom/bin/phantomjs /home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/svg2png/lib/converter.js {"height":1294,"width":750}

at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:275:12)
at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
at Socket.stream.socket.on (internal/child_process.js:346:11)
at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:211:7)
at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:554:12)
at Object.eval (eval at <anonymous> (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/favicons-webpack-plugin/lib/compiler.js:48:22), <anonymous>:70:7)
at __webpack_require__ (eval at <anonymous> (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/favicons-webpack-plugin/lib/compiler.js:48:22), <anonymous>:20:30)
at eval (eval at <anonymous> (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/favicons-webpack-plugin/lib/compiler.js:48:22), <anonymous>:63:18)
at eval (eval at <anonymous> (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/favicons-webpack-plugin/lib/compiler.js:48:22), <anonymous>:66:10)
at Compilation.<anonymous> (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/favicons-webpack-plugin/lib/compiler.js:48:22)
at next (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:204:14)
at Compilation.<anonymous> (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin/dist/index.js:244:6)
at Compilation.applyPluginsAsyncSeries (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:206:13)
at self.applyPluginsAsync.err (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:664:10)
at Compilation.applyPluginsAsyncSeries (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:195:46)
at sealPart2 (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:660:9)
at Compilation.applyPluginsAsyncSeries (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:195:46)
at Compilation.seal (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:603:8)
at applyPluginsParallel.err (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:508:17)
at /home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:289:11
at _addModuleChain (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:505:11)
at processModuleDependencies.err (/home/lucas/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:475:14)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] build-assets: node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js -p
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] build-assets script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/lucas/.npm/_logs/2018-01-12T04_37_21_967Z-debug.log
(venvsaleor) lucas@lucas-HP-530-Notebook-PC:~/Desktop/ecommerce/venvsaleor/saleor$

[r0hi7]

Me too getting the same issue.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 137
npm ERR! [email protected] build-assets: `webpack -p --progress`
npm ERR! Exit status 137
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] build-assets script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/vagrant/.npm/_logs/2018-06-14T07_05_40_468Z-debug.log

I have libfontconfig-dev installed and npm install before this step.

node --version v10.4.1
npm --version 6.1.0

[NyanKiyoshi]

Does installing those packages help?

apt install libffi-dev libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev python-cairocffi libcairo2-dev gir1.2-pango

[Korred]

For anyone still trying to figure this out – the solution for me was to increase the memory size.
I was running a 1GB RAM DigitalOcean Ubuntu 16.04.4 x64 Droplet. After increasing the memory size to 8GB (not sure how much is actually needed) everything ran and completed without error.

@maarcingebala
Maybe splitting “npm run build-assets” into smaller steps would solve the problem for low-memory systems (if that's even possible).

Good luck! 🍀

[bdferguson]

I'm getting a similar error with webpack on Ubuntu 18.04 with libfontconfig-dev and the other packages suggested by @NyanKiyoshi installed:

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 2
npm ERR! [email protected] build-assets: `webpack -p`
npm ERR! Exit status 2
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] build-assets script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

node --version 8.10.0
npm --version 5.6.0

[NyanKiyoshi]

@bdferguson as of today, Saleor is requiring to have nodejs 10+. Try upgrading it first. Then if the issue is still there, could you show the full stack, I'm guessing this was not the full output? (may be wrong)

[aceinthedeck]

As @Korred suggested. It seems this is related to RAM. I increased the server memory to 3GB from 1GB and it worked just fine.