Unresolveable dependencies for Node.js 18 installation at CentOS 7

[alexgit2k]

When installing Node.js with:

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo bash -
yum install nodejs

it fails with:

Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package nodejs.x86_64 2:18.0.0-1nodesource will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.21)(64bit) for package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.28)(64bit) for package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.27)(64bit) for package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.9)(64bit) for package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.20)(64bit) for package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64 (nodesource)
           Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.28)(64bit)
Error: Package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64 (nodesource)
           Requires: libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.9)(64bit)
Error: Package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64 (nodesource)
           Requires: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.21)(64bit)
Error: Package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64 (nodesource)
           Requires: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.20)(64bit)
Error: Package: 2:nodejs-18.0.0-1nodesource.x86_64 (nodesource)
           Requires: libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.27)(64bit)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

Required libraries are installed:

# locate libc.so.6 libstdc++.so.6 libm.so.6
/usr/lib64/libc.so.6
/usr/lib64/libm.so.6
/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.19

Packages:

# yum whatprovides /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 /usr/lib64/libm.so.6 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.x86_64 : GNU Standard C++ Library
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6

glibc-2.17-325.el7_9.x86_64 : The GNU libc libraries
Repo        : @updates
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib64/libc.so.6

glibc-2.17-325.el7_9.x86_64 : The GNU libc libraries
Repo        : @updates
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib64/libm.so.6

libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.x86_64 : GNU Standard C++ Library
Repo        : @base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6

[JesusPaz]

Node.js 18 is compatible with Linux distributions based on glibc 2.28 or later, for example, Debian 10, RHEL 8, and Ubuntu 20.04.

You can find more information in the release notes.

[alexgit2k]

@JesusPaz Thanks for the information, but why is then there a repository for RHEL 7? https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_18.x/el/7/x86_64/
And why does the setup-script https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x not inform about this?

[ylluminate]

I was just hit with this as well on Ubuntu 18.04. I'm using a nodejs based app that is still working on resolving issues that arise when using Ubuntu 20.04+. Consequently retaining support for older Ubuntu releases and other enterprise releases such as the above is highly desirable...

[cobalt2727]

see #1392 (comment) - the build system needs to be fixed.