Failed to launch the browser process

after installing "node-red-contrib-whatsapp-link" node red won't start anymore. Can anybody help me with this problem? i can't disable the node on the normal way because NR won't start.
this is the log:


Add-on version: 14.0.1
You are running the latest version of this add-on.
System: Home Assistant OS 9.4 (amd64 / qemux86-64)
Home Assistant Core: 2023.1.2
Home Assistant Supervisor: 2022.12.1

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s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations: starting
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered: starting
patching file nodes/ui_base.html
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1164 (offset 633 lines).
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx successfully started
changed 1 package, and audited 145 packages in 530ms
10 packages are looking for funding
run npm fund for details
found 0 vulnerabilities
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nodered: starting
s6-rc: info: service nodered successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nginx: starting
s6-rc: info: service nginx successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
[11:58:03] INFO: Starting Node-RED...

start
node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js --settings /etc/node-red/config.js
10 Jan 11:58:03 - [info]
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
10 Jan 11:58:03 - [info] Node-RED version: v3.0.2
10 Jan 11:58:03 - [info] Node.js version: v18.12.1
10 Jan 11:58:03 - [info] Linux 5.15.80 x64 LE
10 Jan 11:58:04 - [info] Loading palette nodes
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Dashboard version 3.3.0 started at /endpoint/ui
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Settings file : /etc/node-red/config.js
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=memory]
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] User directory : /config/node-red/
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Flows file : /config/node-red/flows.json
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:46836/
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Starting flows
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] [whatsappLink:Web] Status : Initializing Whatsapp..
[11:58:05] INFO: Starting NGinx...
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [info] Started flows
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [red] Uncaught Exception:
10 Jan 11:58:05 - [error] Error: Failed to launch the browser process! spawn /config/node-red/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium/linux-982053/chrome-linux/chrome ENOENT
TROUBLESHOOTING: puppeteer/docs/troubleshooting.md at main · puppeteer/puppeteer · GitHub
at onClose (/config/node-red/node_modules/puppeteer/src/node/BrowserRunner.ts:268:9)
at ChildProcess. (/config/node-red/node_modules/puppeteer/src/node/BrowserRunner.ts:257:9)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:289:12)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
[11:58:05] INFO: Service Node-RED exited with code 1 (by signal 0)
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service nginx: stopping
[11:58:05] INFO: Service NGINX exited with code 256 (by signal 15)
s6-rc: info: service nginx successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx: stopping
s6-rc: info: service nodered: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-nginx successfully stopped
[11:58:05] INFO: Service Node-RED exited with code 256 (by signal 15)
s6-rc: info: service nodered successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-nodered successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-customizations successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: stopping
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped

This looks like a Home Assistant install.

It would probably be best to take this to the Home Assistant Forum as not many people in here that are familiar with Home Assistant and it's own install method for NR.

thanks for your reply
ok, i will....

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I have the same problem, did you find a solution? Thx.

i manually removed the whatsapp-link by editing the config files in node-red.
after that, it started normally again

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