Express install fails because make is missing for a native Node module

Error recorded 1 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Express. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen1 times
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Why it happens

The Express build reaches npm installation but the eiows dependency runs make to compile native code. The Node build image does not include make, so npm exits with code 127. The deprecation warnings are not the cause.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
npm error code 127npm error path /app/node_modules/eiowsnpm error command failednpm error command sh -c makenpm error sh: 1: make: not found

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