Docker buildx doesn't work until after npm modules locally installed

[boyestrous]

I was trying to use the instructions to run the app as a local docker container. When trying to run this command:
docker buildx build --build-context data=../coriolis-data --tag coriolis .

I tried this on windows and also on WSL (version 2):
Windows version: 10.0.19045 Build 19045

I get an error:

#0 23.00 npm notice New minor version of npm available! 10.7.0 -> 10.8.2
#0 23.00 npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.8.2
#0 23.00 npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@10.8.2
#0 23.00 npm notice
#0 23.01 npm error code 1
#0 23.01 npm error path /coriolis-data
#0 23.01 npm error command failed
#0 23.01 npm error command sh -c node generate_distribution.js
#0 23.01 npm error node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143
#0 23.01 npm error   throw err;
#0 23.01 npm error   ^
#0 23.01 npm error
#0 23.01 npm error Error: Cannot find module 'uglify-js'
#0 23.01 npm error Require stack:
#0 23.01 npm error - /coriolis-data/generate_distribution.js
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1140:15)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:27)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:19)
#0 23.01 npm error     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Object.<anonymous> (/coriolis-data/generate_distribution.js:2:16)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1364:14)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1422:10)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1203:32)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1019:12)
#0 23.01 npm error     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:128:12) {
#0 23.01 npm error   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
#0 23.01 npm error   requireStack: [ '/coriolis-data/generate_distribution.js' ]
#0 23.01 npm error }
#0 23.01 npm error
#0 23.01 npm error Node.js v18.20.4
#0 23.01
#0 23.01 npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2024-08-12T14_36_08_708Z-debug-0.log
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Dockerfile:17
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  15 |
  16 |     WORKDIR /app/coriolis-data
  17 | >>> RUN npm install
  18 |     WORKDIR /app
  19 |     RUN npm install
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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c npm install" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

My Workaround

I followed the instructions to run the instance without Docker desktop (running npm install locally) and then re-ran the docker buildx ...etc. command. It worked without errors and I was able to launch the docker container without issues. I don't know enough about docker to know what's going on here, so I could be doing something wrong!

[alex-williams]

This has been resolved