Error: Failed to launch the browser process

[koslambrou]

I use NixOS. As relaxed is not packaged in nixpkgs, I attempted to install it using npx with:

npx --package=relaxedjs

That part works. However, when I tried running relaxed document.pug, I got the following error:

Launching ReLaXed...
/home/xxx/.npm/_npx/fe93568e581428cd/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserRunner.js:241
            reject(new Error([
                   ^

Error: Failed to launch the browser process! spawn /home/xxx/.npm/_npx/fe93568e581428cd/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium/linux-982053/chrome-linux/chrome ENOENT


TROUBLESHOOTING: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md

    at onClose (/home/xxx/.npm/_npx/fe93568e581428cd/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserRunner.js:241:20)
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/xxx/.npm/_npx/fe93568e581428cd/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserRunner.js:233:85)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:517:28)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:290:12)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

Node.js v18.18.2

[Flakebi]

You can set PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH to chromium to make it work.
I didn’t run it recently but this package worked some time ago: Flakebi/nixpkgs@8449629

[koslambrou]

Awesome, your Nix config works. Any plans for adding it to nixpkgs?

[Flakebi]

Nice :)
I have on plans to add it myself (not using it much anymore and want to try out typst next). But feel free to take my commit and add it yourself if you want.