alpine linux do not execute compiled nodejs - docker

Question

I'm trying to set up my docker file without success.
This is what i'm trying to do:
FROM alpine:3.5
ENV VERSION=4.8.1
RUN apk add --no-cache curl make gcc g++ python linux-headers binutils-gold gnupg libstdc++ tar xz && \
curl -sSL -o node.tar.xz https://nodejs.org/download/release/v${VERSION}/node-v${VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz && \
tar xJf node.tar.xz -C /usr/local --strip-components 1
CMD ["node", "--version"]
what I get as response is this:
Step 1 : FROM alpine:3.5
---> 4a415e366388
Step 2 : ENV VERSION 4.8.1
---> Using cache
---> 69c1a9ea15a9
Step 3 : RUN apk add --no-cache curl make gcc g++ python linux-headers binutils-gold gnupg libstdc++ tar xz && curl -sSL -o node.tar.xz https://nodejs.org/download/release/v${VERSION}/node-v${VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz && tar xJf node.tar.xz -C /usr/local --strip-components 1
---> Using cache
---> 7f508d49e0bc
Step 4 : CMD node --version
---> Running in 196a2ed982fd
---> c0e1fbc1fe23
Removing intermediate container 196a2ed982fd
Successfully built c0e1fbc1fe23
+ docker -H tcp://tjsu250n:2375 run --restart=always --name=barcode -d -p 9002:9001 tjdft_gesirh/barcode:194
c8483a53359d8a26b2f7e3e3bd01b3185a235f7722687f3aadf9c4ff6d4ac540
+ docker -H tcp://tjsu250n:2375 images -a
+ grep tjdft_gesirh/barcode
+ expr 194 - 1
+ awk {print $1}
+ grep 193
+ [ != ]
/tmp/hudson6046350871523920710.sh: 14: [: !=: unexpected operator
Finished: SUCCESS
But despite of that message, the command docker logs xpto returns:
standard_init_linux.go:175: exec user process caused "no such file or directory"
if I use RUN command to run this:
RUN ls -la /usr/local/bin/ && \
echo $PATH && \
npm --version
I get this as response:
Step 4 : RUN ls -la /usr/local/bin/ && echo $PATH && npm --version && ./usr/local/bin/node --version
---> Running in 1b6bd429d169
total 24244
drwxrwxr-x 2 500 500 27 Mar 21 19:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 101 Mar 23 21:02 ..
-rwxrwxr-x 1 500 500 24825844 Mar 21 19:14 node
lrwxrwxrwx 1 500 500 38 Mar 21 19:14 npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
[91m/usr/local/bin/npm: exec: line 2: /usr/local/bin/node: not found
[0mtime="2017-03-23T18:12:59-03:00" level=info msg="The command '/bin/sh -c ls -la /usr/local/bin/ && \techo $PATH && \tnpm --version && \t./usr/local/bin/node --version' returned a non-zero code: 127"
Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure
Finished: FAILURE
I need some help.
## Edit ##
The error /usr/local/bin/node: not found occurred with oracle java too. Don't know why it is not executable from alpine.

Answer 1

I think you need to build node on alpine due to musl-libc.
See the official 7.7 alpine Dockerfile that does a build compared to the 7.7 Debian Dockerfile which uses the pre built package.
Alpine also do nodejs apk packages but they won't be as up to date as the release on nodejs.org.

Answer 2

It is possible to use apk to download nodejs. Package details can be found here
apk add nodejs
should install nodejs 6.10.1-r0.
Although building from source can be fun and challenging! Examples can be found here and here
Hope that helps!