better-sqlite3: invalid ELF header

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While attempting to use the better-sqlite3 package from NPM, I get an error saying “invalid ELF header”. I looked on the issue tracker for the package, and it said to delete the node_modules folder and install again. I assume using the --nocache option does this, so I tried using that option and once it finished building successfully I still got the error. Another possible cause is that the better-sqlite3 package being built using balena push is another architecture that makes it not work with my Raspberry Pi 400.

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Hi there, could you share your dockerfile for this container? It might give us some clues as to what is happening.

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Hi @jacob1, let us know if you managed to resolve this issue or not. If you could share a minimal version of your dockerfile that produces this error, we will take a further look.

I found another forum post where a user reported the same error and we resolved it after some back and forth discussion. Sharing in case it helps you with troubleshooting.

Cheers…

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Hi - sorry to jump on this. I’m attempting to build a multicontainer system with sqlite3 container and a nodejs server with mounted volumes for data persistence. I have both containers running great, but when I run the server, it fails with the following error related to sqlite3 package, similar to jacob:

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Error: /app/node_modules/sqlite3/build/Release/node_sqlite3.node: invalid ELF header
    at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1544:18)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1249:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1065:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:123:16)
    at bindings (/app/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:112:48)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/sqlite3-binding.js:1:37)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1434:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1518:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1249:32) {
  code: 'ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED'
}

Node.js v22.2.0

My dockerfile compose file is below:

services:
  # tc04-gateway:
  #   build: ./tc04-gateway
  #   # restart: always

  gateway-server:
    build: ./gateway-server
    # restart: always 
    network_mode: "host"
    volumes:
      - resin-data:/data
    
  sqlite-container:
    build: ./database
    # image: alpine:latest
    volumes:
      - resin-data:/data
    # command: sh -c "apk --no-cache add sqlite && cp /data/initial-db.sqlite /data/db.sqlite && sqlite3 /data/db.sqlite < /data/init.sql && tail -f /dev/null"
    # container_name: sqlite-container
    # restart: always

volumes:
  resin-data:

Could someone suggest a way build for the right target (if that’s what this is?) or just generally debug this?

Thanks, Kristof