How to set up Truffle and Ganache with Docker on Apple Silicon - node.js

Question

error - node-gyp-build: Permission denied while setting up truffle and ganache with docker on Apple Silicon
npm ERR! code 127
npm ERR! path /root/.nvm/versions/node/v17.9.0/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/leveldown
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp-build
npm ERR! sh: 1: node-gyp-build: Permission denied

Answer 1

These are some steps i followed to install truffle with docker on my m1 Macbook.
I'll be doing it for ubuntu image container
docker run -it ubuntu
on your container execute below:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install sudo build-essential python3 wget curl
Then install nvm from https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#install--update-script
On above link there must be these two commands but with updated versions
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
then install node and npm with:
nvm install node
node install npm
npm install npm
after executing
nvm install-latest-npm
you'll find a statement to update npm to the latest version, execute that command, which should look like, npm install -g npm#8.6.0, after that install truffle
npm install -g truffle
there will be a permission issue in executing above command for which you've to execute
sudo chown -R $(whoami) <path to node_modules directory>
Note: the above command has path to node_modules you need to find the path to your node_modules from your error. in my case it was /root/.nvm/versions/node/v17.9.0/lib/node_modules/ so i executed, sudo chown -R $(whoami) /root/.nvm/versions/node/v17.9.0/lib/node_modules/
retry npm install -g truffle
after this you should be done with installation, but you would face problems where you couldn't execute the truffle file.
for this just allow your truffle file to be executed by running:
chmod u+x <path to truffle> you may find the path to truffle with which truffle, execute as below.
chmod u+x /root/.nvm/versions/node/v17.9.0/bin/truffle
For Ganache installation:
npm install ganache --global
To your package.json add,
"scripts": {
"ganache": "ganache --wallet.seed myCustomSeed"
}
Then execute,
npm run ganache
you should be able to see output something like RPC Listening on 127.0.0.1:8545
now execute truffle console, make sure you add correct port number like above 8545 in file truffle-config.js of your code, when you use it.
now execute truffle console