[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1135146: emscripten: emcc: error: babel was not found!

[Jérémy Lal]

Hi,

Le mar. 28 avr. 2026 à 11:23, Frank Heckenbach <f.heckenbach at fh-soft.de> a
écrit :

> Package: emscripten
> Version: 3.1.69+dfsg-3
> Severity: normal
>
> I don't know much about emscripten. I was just trying to build the
> web version of sgt-puzzles. This worked under bookworm.
>
> The message tells me to report a bug, so that's what I'm doing.
>
> If I need to install some package (which? There are many packages
> with "babel" in their name) or need to do something differently,
> please let me know (or better, include it in the message).
>
> Here's how to reproduce:
>
> mkdir emscripten-test
> cd emscripten-test
> apt-get source sgt-puzzles/forky
> cd */.
> emcmake cmake .
> cmake  --build .
>

it seems you are not trying to build a Debian package at all.
Right ? If so, your problem is not a problem in the emscripten debian
package.

If you need babel, you can "apt install node-babel7", but it might install
a version that sgt-puzzles doesn't expect.


> [...]
> emcc: error: babel was not found! Please report this as a bug against
> emscripten - more info at https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 13.4
>   APT prefers stable-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
> 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'), (500,
> 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1), LANGUAGE not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>
> Versions of packages emscripten depends on:
> ii  binaryen    120-4
> ii  ccache      4.11.2-2
> ii  clang-19    1:19.1.7-3+b1
> ii  lld-19      1:19.1.7-3+b1
> ii  llvm-19     1:19.1.7-3+b1
> ii  node-acorn  8.8.1+ds+~cs25.17.7-2
> ii  nodejs      20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u2
> ii  python3     3.13.5-1
>
> Versions of packages emscripten recommends:
> ii  libjs-d3       3.5.17-4
> ii  python3-numpy  1:2.2.4+ds-1
>
> Versions of packages emscripten suggests:
> ii  adb               1:34.0.5-12
> ii  automake          1:1.17-4
> pn  closure-compiler  <none>
> ii  cmake             3.31.6-2
> pn  emscripten-doc    <none>
> ii  make              4.4.1-2
> ii  python3-ply       3.11-9
> pn  scons             <none>
> pn  wabt              <none>
>
> -- no debconf information
>
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