Instruction to install languages on Alpine don't work about liberica

[voitylov]

We fixed this in the forthcoming release due together with April CPU. Meanwhile, please try this workaround:

apk add libstdc++

[voitylov]

thank you Nicolas! The instructions are updated to reflect the required packages for various language plugins: https://bell-sw.com/pages/liberica_install_guide-native-image-kit-21.1.0/

[nfrankel]

Thanks for the quick feedback

[voitylov]

Note that on Alpine libstdc++ is not installed by default. To build a mostly static image and avoid this (and other) dependencies in the generated native images a user can provide -H:+StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC during build time.

[nfrankel]

You might have closed the bug a bit fast.

You also need to install bash since the Ruby post_install_hook.sh requires bash.

Running it causes another issue related to missing development tools. The current documentation doesn't mention anything of the sort.

[voitylov]

I guess that should complain about openssl. We definitely need a doc revamp in the area of dependencies on Alpine Linux for the various components installed through tar.gz and gu mechanism. Despite the fact we are working on packaging things into apk, there always is going to be a fraction of users who prefer tar.gz. Let's assume this issue is about that.

[nfrankel]

I'm trying to make things work right now. When they have, I'll publish the Dockerfile and will let you know about it.

[nfrankel]

Here it is:

FROM alpine:3

ENV GRAAL_VERSION=21.0.0.2
ENV SUFFIX=linux-x64-musl
ENV GRAAL_FOLDER=bellsoft-liberica-vm-openjdk11-${GRAAL_VERSION}
ENV GRAAL_ARCHIVE=${GRAAL_FOLDER}-${SUFFIX}
ENV TRUFFLERUBY_RECOMPILE_OPENSSL=false
ENV NIK_FOLDER=/opt/nik
ENV PATH=$PATH:${NIK_FOLDER}/languages/ruby/bin

RUN wget https://download.bell-sw.com/vm/${GRAAL_VERSION}/${GRAAL_ARCHIVE}.tar.gz \
 && tar -C / -xzf ${GRAAL_ARCHIVE}.tar.gz \
 && rm ${GRAAL_ARCHIVE}.tar.gz \
 && apk add libstdc++ bash --no-cache \
 && mv ${GRAAL_FOLDER} ${NIK_FOLDER} \
 && export PATH=$PATH:${NIK_FOLDER}/bin \
 && gu install ruby \
 && ${NIK_FOLDER}/languages/ruby/lib/truffle/post_install_hook.sh

1. The resulting image is 1.26GB
2. I skip the recompilation of Open SSL

[nfrankel]

Thanks, I'll retry with these instructions and let you know.

[nfrankel]

It works! I don't know your workflow, do you want me to close the issue or do you want to do it?

[voitylov]

thanks Nikolas, please let us know if you bump into something else :)