Node module fails to install on Apple M1

[solaris007]

➜ npm install -g @openwhisk/wskdebug
/path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/bin/wskdebug -> /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/wskdebug.js

> [email protected] install /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features
> node-gyp rebuild

  ACTION Configuring dependencies /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features/deps/cpu_features/build/Makefile
-- The C compiler identification is AppleClang 13.0.0.13000029
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Looking for dlfcn.h
-- Looking for dlfcn.h - found
-- Looking for getauxval
-- Looking for getauxval - not found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features/deps/cpu_features/build
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/config_deps.stamp
  ACTION Building dependencies /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features/deps/cpu_features/build/libcpu_features.a
[ 11%] Building C object CMakeFiles/utils.dir/src/filesystem.c.o
[ 22%] Building C object CMakeFiles/utils.dir/src/stack_line_reader.c.o
[ 33%] Building C object CMakeFiles/utils.dir/src/string_view.c.o
[ 33%] Built target utils
[ 44%] Building C object CMakeFiles/unix_based_hardware_detection.dir/src/hwcaps.c.o
[ 55%] Building C object CMakeFiles/unix_based_hardware_detection.dir/src/unix_features_aggregator.c.o
[ 55%] Built target unix_based_hardware_detection
[ 66%] Building C object CMakeFiles/cpu_features.dir/src/cpuinfo_arm.c.o
In file included from /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features/deps/cpu_features/src/cpuinfo_arm.c:15:
/path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features/deps/cpu_features/include/cpuinfo_arm.h:118:2: error: "Including cpuinfo_arm.h from a non-arm target."
#error "Including cpuinfo_arm.h from a non-arm target."
 ^
1 error generated.
make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/cpu_features.dir/src/cpuinfo_arm.c.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/cpu_features.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [/path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features/deps/cpu_features/build/libcpu_features.a] Error 2
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:400:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:282:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 20.6.0
gyp ERR! command "/path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/bin/node" "/path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /path/to/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.0/lib/node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features
gyp ERR! node -v v14.18.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN @openwhisk/[email protected] requires a peer of ngrok@^3.2.7 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/@openwhisk/wskdebug/node_modules/cpu-features):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

[alexkli]

Seems to depend on upstream work: google/cpu_features#150 (see also mscdex/cpu-features#6).

Also there might be more to M1/ARM support and running openwhisk containers locally, as these containers will be x86 vs. ARM locally, but there might be some nodejs modules shared between the two.

I don't have an M1/ARM available at the moment to test any of this, so contributions are welcome :)

[alexkli]

I noticed that you are using node 14.18, but M1 support only reached nodejs starting in v16. Maybe it already solves the issue.

I also don't see how cpu-features comes in as a dependency, I don't see it in my local master checkout. But might be that some dependency changes since last release 1.3 changed/removed it.

You could try install from master (after you switched to node 16+):

npm install apache/openwhisk-wskdebug

Let me know if that helps...

[solaris007]

@alexkli i can confirm that with node LTS (16+) it works fine.