Building for Node 18 needs libssl-dev and libkrb5-dev to allow building libgit2 from source

[wiceywkus]

System information

• node version: v16.18.1
• npm or yarn version: npm 8.19.2
• OS/version/architecture: Ubuntu: 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 Comment all code methods #1 SMP Fri Jan 27 02:56:13 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Applicable nodegit version: v0.28.0-alpha.21

I successfully installed v0.28.0-alpha.21 for Node 18.
To the base OS, I had to add:
sudo apt install libssl-dev libkrb5-dev

The install needs to actually build the libgit2 libraries for this work, so it is slower.

Any chance that the 0.28.0 release will be finalized and binary packages created for general use?

[wiceywkus]

Also, install with 0.28.0-alpha.23 does not work with Node v18.19.1. It does work with Node v18.16.1.
My system is Ubuntu on WSL2 on Win10 x64.
I every install scenario installs or build Win32 nodegit.node libraries.
Trying to debug with --update-binary and --build-from-source does not work either.
I did not try git clone and building from there.
I understand the download binary idea, but with Node shouldn't the v18.16.1 stuff work with v18.19.1 stuff?

[wiceywkus]

FYI: I worked around the npm install problem, I think there was something that the install was inheriting from my shell or prior install that was triggering the Win32 path. Somehow I managed to reset it and it builds correctly now. So, nevermind.