converter not working on Amazon Linux 2

[ims-systems-00]

After a successful deployment, when I run the my file conversion script as mentioned in the docs the conversion fails. my conversion script.

the script runs perfectly in local windows 10 machine and ubuntu 20.04 lts

const { convertWordFiles } = require("convert-multiple-files");
const path = require("path");

async function test() {
  try {
    const infoOutput = await convertWordFiles(
      path.resolve(__dirname, `../../temp/test02.docx`),
      "pdf",
      path.resolve(__dirname, `../../temp`)
    );
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
}

test();

The Error I got was this

Jul  5 11:30:02 web: /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/utils/instdir/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libxslt.so.1: cannot open 
shared object file: No such file or directory
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: Error: Error converting the file
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:68:19
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at step (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:33:23)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at Object.next (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:14:53)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:8:71
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at new WrappedPromise (/var/app/current/node_modules/async-listener/es6-wrapped-promise.js:13:18)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at __awaiter (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:4:12)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at convertWordFiles (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:44:75)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at FileHandlerService.preparePreview (/var/app/current/src/services/fileHandler.js:67:9)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at prepareDocumentPreview (/var/app/current/src/subprocess/fileConverter.js:20:60)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at async process.<anonymous> (/var/app/current/src/subprocess/fileConverter.js:27:16)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: Error: Error converting the file
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:68:19
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at step (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:33:23)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at Object.next (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:14:53)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:8:71
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at new WrappedPromise (/var/app/current/node_modules/async-listener/es6-wrapped-promise.js:13:18)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at __awaiter (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:4:12)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at convertWordFiles (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:44:75)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at FileHandlerService.preparePreview (/var/app/current/src/services/fileHandler.js:67:9)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at prepareDocumentPreview (/var/app/current/src/subprocess/fileConverter.js:20:60)
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at async process.<anonymous> (/var/app/current/src/subprocess/fileConverter.js:27:16) null

After that I had to install the two packages libxslt and libSM and this portions was not there anymore

Jul  5 11:30:02 web: /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/utils/instdir/program/soffice.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libxslt.so.1: cannot open 
shared object file: No such file or directory

which means library did load.

but this time i got error without any clue, that came from the following line

Jul  5 11:30:02 web: Error: Error converting the file
Jul  5 11:30:02 web: at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:68:19

i did put a console log in convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:68 and I got the following output

Error: Command failed: /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/utils/instdir/program/soffice.bin --headless --norestore --invisible --nodefault --nofirststartwizard --nolockcheck --nologo --convert-to pdf --outdir /var/app/current/temp '/var/app/current/temp/test02.docx'
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:616:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:652:15)
    at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:61:31
    at step (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:33:23)
    at Object.next (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:14:53)       
    at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:8:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:4:12)
    at convertWordFiles (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:44:75)  
    at test (/var/app/current/src/services/converter.js:6:30)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/app/current/src/services/converter.js:16:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12) {
  status: 77,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, <Buffer >, <Buffer > ],
  pid: 4311,
  stdout: <Buffer >,
  stderr: <Buffer >
}
Error: Error converting the file
    at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:69:19
    at step (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:33:23)
    at Object.next (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:14:53)       
    at /var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:8:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:4:12)
    at convertWordFiles (/var/app/current/node_modules/convert-multiple-files/lib/index.js:44:75)  
    at test (/var/app/current/src/services/converter.js:6:30)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/app/current/src/services/converter.js:16:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47

is there any obvious reason for the problem or am I missing anything ?

[Lars-debitroom]

Running into the same issue. But on heroku instead of aws. Did you manage to solve this?

[ims-systems-00]

@Lars-debitroom I simply avoided this libray and used libreoffice-convert for my usecase. when I saw this library uses mamoth js under the hood i got rid of it, because it fails to convert many complex styles for .doc or .docs.

[Lars-debitroom]

@ims-systems-00 Makes sense. Thanks for the reply 👍