failed to install lua-language-server

[foxyseta]

I've searched open issues for similar requests

Yes

I've recently downloaded the latest plugin version of mason.nvim

• Yes

Problem description

1. When I use :MasonInstall lua-language-server, I get: Could not find which release file to download. Most likely the current operating system or architecture is not supported. (Linux_x64).. Possibly related to Package does not run on NixOS #428? Something different altogether?
2. Pretty sure there is a valid release for this.

Expected behavior

I'd expect the package to be successfully installed.

Affected packages

lua-language-server

Mason output

Could not find which release file to download.
Most likely the current operating system or architecture is not supported. (Linux_x64).

### Installation log

```Text
[INFO  Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...ck/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:120: Executing installer for Package(name=lua-language-server)
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...nvim/site/pack/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/fs.lua:71: fs: mkdirp /home/foxy/.local/share/nvim/mason/.packages/lua-language-server
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...m/site/pack/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/fetch.lua:34: Fetching URL "https://api.mason-registry.dev/api/github/LuaLS/lua-language-server/releases/latest"
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...site/pack/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/process.lua:116: Spawning cmd="curl", spawn_opts={
  args = { "-H", "Accept: application/vnd.mason-registry.v1+json; q=1.0, application/json; q=0.8", "-H", "User-Agent: mason.nvim (+https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim)", "-fsSL", "-X", "GET", "https://api.mason-registry.dev/api/github/LuaLS/lua-language-server/releases/latest" }
}
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...site/pack/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/process.lua:162: Spawned with pid 9010
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...site/pack/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/process.lua:148: Job pid=9010 exited with exit_code=0, signal=0
[ERROR Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...ck/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:159: Installation failed for Package(name=lua-language-server) error="Could not find which release file to download.\nMost likely the current operating system or architecture is not supported (Linux_x64)."
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] ...nvim/site/pack/paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/fs.lua:47: fs: rmrf /home/foxy/.local/share/nvim/mason/.packages/lua-language-server
[DEBUG Wed Feb 15 12:36:15 2023] .../paks/opt/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/linker.lua:21: Unlinking Package(name=lua-language-server)

### Neovim version (>= 0.7)

NVIM v0.8.3
Build type: MinSizeRel
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
Compiled by buildozer@build-edge-x86_64

Features: +acl +iconv +tui
See ":help feature-compile"

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

### Operating system/version

Linux foxy-thinkpad 6.1.11-0-lts #1-Alpine SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:21:13 +0000 x86_64 Linux

### Healthcheck

```Text
mason: require("mason.health").check()
========================================================================
## mason.nvim report
  - OK: neovim version >= 0.7.0
  - OK: **Go**: `go version go1.20 linux/amd64`
  - WARNING: **cargo**: not available
  - WARNING: **luarocks**: not available
  - WARNING: **Ruby**: not available
  - WARNING: **RubyGem**: not available
  - WARNING: **Composer**: not available
  - WARNING: **PHP**: not available
  - OK: **npm**: `9.4.2`
  - OK: **node**: `v18.14.0`
  - OK: **python3**: `Python 3.11.2`
  - WARNING: **pip3**: not available
  - WARNING: **javac**: not available
  - WARNING: **java**: not available
  - WARNING: **julia**: not available
  - OK: **wget**: `GNU Wget 1.21.3 built on linux-musl.`
  - OK: **curl**: `curl 7.87.0 (x86_64-alpine-linux-musl) libcurl/7.87.0 OpenSSL/3.0.8 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 nghttp2/1.51.0`
  - OK: **gzip**: `gzip 1.12`
  - OK: **tar**: `tar (busybox) 1.36.0`
  - WARNING: **pwsh**: not available
  - OK: **bash**: `GNU bash, version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64-alpine-linux-musl)`
  - OK: **sh**: `Ok`
  - OK: GitHub API rate limit. Used: 0. Remaining: 60. Limit: 60. Reset: Wed Feb 15 13:41:41 2023.

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[bogue1979]

I had the same problem on my GNU Guix system.
Basically one of the ways how mason tries to find the current platform is to run getconf "GNU_LIBC_VERSION".
I don't know how exactly you configured your system but adding the glibc package to your home-environment in order to have getconf in your $PATH should do the trick.

Maybe mason could provide a configuration option to set the desired platform and only run the discovery when this setting is empty?

[foxyseta]

Makes total sense. As I have a plain Alpine Linux setup, I only have muslc installed at the moment. glibc isn't packaged on Alpine, so I should really build it from source. Will see if I'm up for the task.

By the way, the gcompat compatibility layer (which is currently not installed on my system, but is available for several muslc-based distros) may not set the GNU_LIBC_VERSION, but it does make gnu_get_libc_version return a plausible value. Maybe that could be used as a fallback if no configuration option is set for mason and GNU_LIBC_VERSION is not set?

[ericwq]

I have the similar problem. Mason report error message: "The current platform is unsupported." for lua-language-server on alpine linux.

After some research, found that platform.lua use /etc/os-release file to determine the supported platform. Currently, only ubuntu and centos is supported.

For alpine linux, the /etc/os-release file is very similar with the one in centos. Here is the sample content of mine.

% cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.18_alpha20230208
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux edge"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues"

Compare it with the centos one:

NAME="CentOS Linux"
VERSION="7 (Core)"
ID="centos"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="7"
PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (Core)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:7"
HOME_URL="https://www.centos.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.centos.org/"

Is that possible to enhance the logic to support more linux distribution?

[foxyseta]

After 210865d, same thing happens to me (still using Alpine Linux).

[williamboman]

Hm I think I closed the wrong issue before. So the reason it's not installing is because the binaries installed are built for GNU systems (i.e. ld & glibc). Alpine Linux is, by default, not compatible. I believe there's a package called gcompat which makes the system GNU-compatible (ish?). You can "force" installation by providing which target to install:

:MasonInstall --target=linux_x64_gnu lua-language-server

local pkg = registry.get_package("lua-language-server")

pkg:install {
  target = "linux_x64_gnu"
}

[williamboman]

After 210865d, same thing happens to me (still using Alpine Linux).

Hm so this was working fine before? Nothing should've changed.

[foxyseta]

Hm so this was working fine before? Nothing should've changed.

It wasn't before either. Sorry for not explaining myself clearly.
Before said commit, the ecountered behavior was describe in OP.
After the commit, the encountered behavior is explained by @ericwq and in my last message as well.

I believe there's a package called gcompat which makes the system GNU-compatible (ish?).

Yes, when it comes to glibc applications, gcompat is the "go-to compatibility layer for Alpine users". As described here, it does not set GNU_LIBC_VERSION, so it was of no use to me.

You can "force" installation by providing which target to install [...].

Thanks! That was it. Any chance we could enhance platform.lua so that the platform gets automatically recognized like @ericwq suggested?

[ericwq]

@williamboman thanks for the explanation. I will try it with your suggestion.

[ericwq]

Hm I think I closed the wrong issue before. So the reason it's not installing is because the binaries installed are built for GNU systems (i.e. ld & glibc). Alpine Linux is, by default, not compatible. I believe there's a package called gcompat which makes the system GNU-compatible (ish?). You can "force" installation by providing which target to install:

:MasonInstall --target=linux_x64_gnu lua-language-server

local pkg = registry.get_package("lua-language-server")

pkg:install {
  target = "linux_x64_gnu"
}

@williamboman I tried your suggestion. mason reports "The current platform is unsupported."

#28 45.58 [mason] [INFO  00:11:04] ...e/nvim/lazy/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:166: Executing installer for Package(name=lua-language-server) version="latest"
#28 45.59 [mason] [INFO  00:11:04] ...e/nvim/lazy/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:166: Executing installer for Package(name=prettier) version="latest"
#28 45.61 [mason] [ERROR 00:11:04] ...e/nvim/lazy/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:200: Installation failed for Package(name=lua-language-server) error="The current platform is unsupported."

[ericwq]

Hm I think I closed the wrong issue before. So the reason it's not installing is because the binaries installed are built for GNU systems (i.e. ld & glibc). Alpine Linux is, by default, not compatible. I believe there's a package called gcompat which makes the system GNU-compatible (ish?). You can "force" installation by providing which target to install:

:MasonInstall --target=linux_x64_gnu lua-language-server

local pkg = registry.get_package("lua-language-server")

pkg:install {
  target = "linux_x64_gnu"
}

@williamboman I tried your suggestion. mason reports "The current platform is unsupported."

#28 45.58 [mason] [INFO  00:11:04] ...e/nvim/lazy/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:166: Executing installer for Package(name=lua-language-server) version="latest"
#28 45.59 [mason] [INFO  00:11:04] ...e/nvim/lazy/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:166: Executing installer for Package(name=prettier) version="latest"
#28 45.61 [mason] [ERROR 00:11:04] ...e/nvim/lazy/mason.nvim/lua/mason-core/installer/init.lua:200: Installation failed for Package(name=lua-language-server) error="The current platform is unsupported."

If I use the :MasonInstrall command, it works. The previous post is the result with the standard mason install method.

[williamboman]

If I use the :MasonInstrall command, it works. The previous post is the result with the standard mason install method.

What do you mean by standard mason install method? You'll have to do it manually via :MasonInstall --target=linux_x64_gnu for now. Installing via the UI won't apply this flag, so installation will fail if you start it via the UI.

Note that you will also not receive new update notification for packages installed with a custom target, so the version will essentially become pinned and you'll have to "update" manually by calling :MasonInstall --target=<target> again.