Couldn't get Nora to run in linux - deb & AppImage

[the-root-user]

Describe the bug

With both the deb and AppImage (on my debian-derived distro), the GUI wouldn't show and the terminal showed errors.
I ended up pulling the source and npm start did work but again the buillds I made myself, had same issues.

• And this (issue) is just in hope to help someone facing same issue.

Expected behavior in terminal:

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: 
Something went wrong installing the "sharp" module

libvips-cpp.so.42: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Possible solutions:
- Install with verbose logging and look for errors: "npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose sharp"
- Install for the current linux-x64 runtime: "npm install --platform=linux --arch=x64 sharp"
- Consult the installation documentation: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tmp/.mount_Nora SNImj3Q/resources/app.asar/node_modules/sharp/lib/sharp.js:37:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
    at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
    at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13377)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tmp/.mount_Nora SNImj3Q/resources/app.asar/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js:11:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)

System Information:

• Parrot OS v5.3

Solution

Did sudo apt install libvips (or to be specific libvips42).
And after that, both .deb installed pkg as well as the AppImage worked fine!

[the-root-user]

By the way, the app is more than lovely! Couldn't ask for more.
I also am a Otto user, was when found Nora <3

[Sandakan]

Thanks for finding a solution to that problem.
I too faced this problem in my ubuntu PC.

[IkelAtomig]

Use vips package from dnf for Fedora.