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node-v26.13.0 issue on AIX 7.2 TL5 #67234
Description
Version
26.13.0
Platform
AIX 7.2 TL5
Subsystem
No response
What steps will reproduce the bug?
I download and install node-26.13.0.tar.gz for AIX 7.2 TL5
#node -v
Could not load program ./node:
Dependent module /usr/lib/libc++.a(shr2_64.o) could not be loaded.
Member shr2_64.o is not found in archive
Only libgcc and libstdc++ were the pre requisites for node. So not sure why this error is showing up. node 24 worked okay.
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
Always
What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?
Should show the node version.
What do you see instead?
#node -v
Could not load program ./node:
Dependent module /usr/lib/libc++.a(shr2_64.o) could not be loaded.
Member shr2_64.o is not found in archive
Additional information
No response
Reacted by Mohammad TRABELSI
Activity
MikeMcC399 commentedon Nov 4, 2026
Perhaps one of the team members or community members using IBM systems will be able to help? The general suggestion would be to check if you can install the dependencies that Node.js says are missing.
Major version changes can introduce different requirements. For instance, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v26.13.0 says:
Although this doesn't sound like it is your problem, it's an indication that dependencies can and do change between major version releases.
MikeMcC399 commentedon Nov 4, 2026
Check if https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/fix-list-xl-cc-aix applies to your installation.
MikeMcC399 commentedon Nov 4, 2026
Please let us know if you have been able to update the C++ software on your AIX system!
richardlau commentedon Nov 4, 2026
@abmusse @sxa Given that we had to install prereqs onto the AIX machines for clang, I'm assuming this is an extra requirement from one of those now that we switched to building releases with clang for Node.js 26.
vandysn commentedon Nov 4, 2026
Since this is a fileset and not an RPM, I have to reach out to an admin to do it which would take some time. I have another AIX 7.3 TL3 which works okay. It has below
$ lslpp -l | grep libc++
libc++.rte 17.1.1.4
But the default set with AIX 7.2 is version 16 and that's not working.