NPM error trying to install homebridge on balena

Trying to install homebridge in a container and receiving this error using this homebridge-balena

[homebridge]  npm notice
[homebridge]  npm notice New minor version of npm available! 7.5.3 -> 7.9.0
[homebridge]  npm notice Changelog: <https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v7.9.0>
[homebridge]  npm notice Run `npm install -g npm@7.9.0` to update!
[homebridge]  npm notice
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm ERR! code 1
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm ERR! path /usr/src/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   command failed
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   command sh -c prebuild-install || node scripts/install.js
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp info using node-gyp@7.1.2
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR! gyp info using node@15.10.0 | linux | arm
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python - "python" is not in PATH or produced an error
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python2" can be used
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python - "python2" is not in PATH or produced an error
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR! gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]   ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python.
[homebridge]  npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not,
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR! gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options:
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="/path/to/pythonexecutable"
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python   (accepted by both node-gyp and npm)
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]   ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python:
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python   npm config set python "/path/to/pythonexecutable"
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at:
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python **********************************************************
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! find Python
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! configure error
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.fail (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:302:47)
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.runChecks (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:136:21)
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:179:16)
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]   ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/find-python.js:266:16)
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]   ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at exithandler (node:child_process:333:5)
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.errorhandler (node:child_process:345:5)
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:378:20)
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:288:12)
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! stack     at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:480:16)
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21)
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]   ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-45-generic
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]   ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
[homebridge]  npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /usr/src/app/node_modules/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! node -v v15.10.0
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v7.1.2
[homebridge]  npm
[homebridge]  ERR!
[homebridge]   gyp ERR! not ok
[homebridge]
[homebridge]
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]   A complete log of this run can be found in:
[homebridge]  npm ERR!
[homebridge]       /root/.npm/_logs/2021-04-11T23_51_59_664Z-debug.log
[homebridge]
[homebridge]  Removing intermediate container 2116d5b18998
[homebridge]  The command '/bin/sh -c JOBS=MAX npm ci --production --unsafe-perm   && npm cache clean --force' returned a non-zero code: 1

I was able to get it to run by installing python RUN apt-get update && apt-get install python make g++ -y but once I got in I received a permission error where it couldn’t run the setup.sh file. Any help is appreciated, thank you in advance.

Here is my docker-compose.yml

version: "2.1"

volumes:

  pihole_config:

  dnsmasq_config:

services:

  mybot:

     build: ./mybot

     privileged: true

  homebridge:

     build: ./homebridge

     privileged: true

     

  pihole:

    build: ./pihole

    privileged: true

    volumes:

      - "pihole_config:/etc/pihole"

      - "dnsmasq_config:/etc/dnsmasq.d"

    dns:

      - "127.0.0.1"

      - "1.1.1.1"

    network_mode: host

  # https://github.com/klutchell/unbound-dnscrypt

  unbound:

    build: ./unbound

    privileged: true

    ports:

      - "5053:5053/tcp"

      - "5053:5053/udp"

  # https://github.com/balenablocks/fbcp

  fbcp:

    image: balenablocks/fbcp:1.0.0

    privileged: true

  # prevent plymouth from blocking fbcp

  # https://github.com/klutchell/balena-pihole/issues/25

  # https://github.com/balena-os/meta-balena/issues/1772

  dbus:

    build: dbus

    restart: on-failure

    labels:

        io.balena.features.dbus: "1"

Hi

Can you try something - run just the homebridge application instead of using it along with other services? This should help us to narrow down where this issue is coming from.

The reason I say this is that the maintainer for the homebridge project has stopped updating their project.