Installing github hosted npm dependencies with Docker

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I'm trying to dockerize a project, but I'm having issues in the npm install process with my Gulp 4 dependency. I'm using Gulp 4 because we needed some of the new features, but all the instructions I've seen for using the prerelease version of Gulp 4 is to use the github branch url. Here is the offending dependency:

"gulp": "github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0",

And here is the error I get when I try to run docker build -t user/project .:

npm ERR! Error: No compatible version found: gulp@'github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0'
npm ERR! Valid install targets:
npm ERR! ["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3","0.0.4","0.0.5","0.0.7","0.0.8","0.0.9","0.1.0","0.2.0","1.0.0","1.1.0","1.2.0","1.2.1","2.0.0","2.0.1","2.1.0","2.2.0","2.3.0","2.4.0","2.4.1","2.6.0","2.6.1","2.7.0","3.0.0","3.1.1","3.1.2","3.1.3","3.1.4","3.2.0","3.2.1","3.2.2","3.2.3","3.2.4","3.2.5","3.3.0","3.3.1","3.3.2","3.3.4","3.4.0","3.5.0","3.5.1","3.5.2","3.5.5","3.5.6","3.6.0","3.6.1","3.6.2","3.7.0","3.8.0","3.8.1","3.8.2","3.8.3","3.8.4","3.8.5","3.8.6","3.8.7","3.8.8","3.8.9","3.8.10","3.8.11","3.9.0","3.9.1"]
npm ERR!     at installTargetsError (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:719:10)
npm ERR!     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:638:10
npm ERR!     at saved (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:148:7)
npm ERR!     at /usr/lib/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7
npm ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:108:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

npm ERR! System Linux 3.19.0-51-generic
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /src
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.42
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.6

This is the Dockerfile I'm currently using:

# Using CentOS
FROM    centos:centos6

# Enable Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) for CentOS
RUN     yum install -y epel-release

# Install Node.js and npm
RUN     yum install -y nodejs npm
COPY    package.json /src/package.json

# Install app dependencies
RUN     cd /src; npm install

# Bundle app source
COPY    . /src

# Run server
EXPOSE  8080
CMD     ["npm", "start"]

Is there a way to get Docker to be ok with the github url? Or is there an alternate way to include the dependency that Docker would be happy with?

Can you echo the node version in docker file? Confirm which version of node is available in the container? — Shibashis
– Shibashis, Commented May 23, 2016 at 18:46
Good call! I stupidly assumed the version would be somewhat recent, but it was 0.10. Grabbing a docker dependency with a newer version fixed it. — TimE
– TimE, Commented May 25, 2016 at 2:42

Shibashis · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-25 21:29:54Z

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The issue was caused by older version of node available on the base image. The version of node was not compatible with gulp version.

A base image with newer version of node resolved the issue.

answered May 25, 2016 at 21:29

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