# Node-red-contrib-gc - Exec format error on AMD EPYC Processor

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 April 2025 10:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741 "2025-04-24T10:31:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![YEUAM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/yeuam/32/100377_2.png) [@YEUAM](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/YEUAM)\
**Post date:** [24 April 2025 10:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/1 "2025-04-24T10:31:52Z")

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Hy ,

somehow , i can't run the flows on the customers AMD EPYC Processor machine.  
How to find the problem / cause ?  
( there is no internet access on that machine, so we develop it inHouse and transfering it onto the customer site ).

So reload from the web is not an Option .. at least not an easy one ....

I looks , but there is no other node for the gc information , or ?

docker container startup Log:

```auto
24 Apr 11:31:21 - [info] Node.js version: v22.14.0
24 Apr 11:31:21 - [info] Linux 6.8.0-58-generic x64 LE
24 Apr 11:31:21 - [info] Loading palette nodes
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [info] Dashboard version 3.6.5 started at /ui
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] [node-red-contrib-gc/gc] Error: Error loading shared library /data/node_modules/gc-stats/build/Release/gcstats.node: Exec format error
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] [node-red-contrib-heap-dump/heap-dump] Error: Error loading shared library /data/node_modules/heapdump/build/Release/addon.node: Exec format error
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] [node-red-contrib-msg-queue/queue] Error: Error loading shared library /data/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v127-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node: Exec format error
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] [node-red-contrib-msg-queue/retry-queue] Error: Error loading shared library /data/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v127-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node: Exec format error
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [info] Settings file : /data/settings.js
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=memory]
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [info] User directory : /data
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [info] Flows file : /data/flows.json
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
24 Apr 11:31:22 - [warn]

```

lscpu info :

```auto
Architecture: x86_64
  CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
  Address sizes: 45 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
  Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 4
  On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
  Model name: AMD EPYC 9174F 16-Core Processor
    CPU family: 25
    Model: 17
    Thread(s) per core: 1
    Core(s) per socket: 4

```

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [24 April 2025 12:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/2 "2025-04-24T12:20:23Z")

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I am not certain, but that sounds as if the nodes have been built for the wrong processor architecture. If this were not a Docker install I would say to go into the .node-red folder and run  
`npm rebuild`  
which will rebuild any nodes that need building.  
I don't know what the equivalent is in a Docker environment.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [24 April 2025 20:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/3 "2025-04-24T20:53:40Z")

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Yes but npm rebuild would need the machine to have internet access - which it doesn’t. So the rebuild will need to be done on a machine with the correct architecture that does has access and then transferred across.

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**Post date:** [24 April 2025 20:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/4 "2025-04-24T20:55:40Z")

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> [@dceejay](#):
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> npm rebuild would need the machine to have internet access

Why does rebuild need internet access?

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**Post date:** [24 April 2025 21:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/5 "2025-04-24T21:05:26Z")

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Most times nodes try to pull down a precompiled binary for the correct architecture - they don’t usually have them all predownloaded.

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**Post date:** [25 April 2025 08:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/6 "2025-04-25T08:22:23Z")

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Yes, you are right. A rebuild on an already built system works, but if the architecture has changed, so that it actually needs to do something, then it fails if the network is not connected. I wondered whether it might fall back to re-compiling but apparently not.

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**Post date:** [25 April 2025 08:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/7 "2025-04-25T08:24:17Z")

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@YEUAM I think you will have either have to provide internet access during the rebuild, or build it on another identical system that does have access, before moving it across to the target.

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**Post date:** [25 April 2025 10:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/8 "2025-04-25T10:10:15Z")

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I am still on your first suggestion with local, on site `npm rebuild`.  
but that leads into another `build-dep` spiral .

Like:

```auto
gyp ERR! stack FetchError: request to https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/v22.14.0/node-v22.14.0-headers.tar.gz failed, reason: connect ECONNREFUSED 45.55.98.129:443
solution >> npm rebuild --nodedir=/data/lib/node-v22.14.0/

```

```auto
verbose shrinkwrap failed to load node_modules/.package-lock.json out of date, updated: node_modules/gc-stats
verbose stack Error: `npm rebuild` only supports SemVer version/range specifiers

```

python `py3-setuptools` are missing , but `pip` is also missing.  
local installation are depreciated, so python packages dont provide the `setup.py` script anymore.

Right now its a back and forth with the (now) customized `nodered` docker image.

I stop yesterday at that point:

```auto
24 Apr 20:25:45 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------
24 Apr 20:25:45 - [warn] [node-red-contrib-msg-queue/queue] Error: Error loading shared library /data/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v127-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node: Exec format error
24 Apr 20:25:45 - [warn] [node-red-contrib-msg-queue/retry-queue] Error: Error loading shared library /data/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v127-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node: Exec format error
24 Apr 20:25:45 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------

```

nextup:  
i will provide all the packages for a local npm install of these packages as well .

* * *

You are Right, the easiest way would be a clone with the same Hardware,  
but the AMD EPYC 9174F 16-Core Processor alone would cost around 2 - 2.5k Euro.

- it will take time to get the Hardware up & running.

Beside the attempt to fix the urgent problem , would be Interesting,  
why the compiler things that the INTEL x64 Libs/Moduls have to be recompiled  
on the AMD x64 system at the first place ...

booth are x64 architecture .. but something else may bother the compiler

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**Post date:** [24 July 2025 10:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-gc-exec-format-error-on-amd-epyc-processor/96741/9 "2025-07-24T10:10:50Z")

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