From 068f76efdf29c195bc0c21c580d1531aa14f8d85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:40:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(akaunting): downgrade Node to 20 and add python3 for
 node-sass

node-sass requires node-gyp which needs python3, and has no
prebuilt binaries for Node 22. Downgrade to Node 20 and add
python3 dependency to fix npm install failure.
---
 install/akaunting-install.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/akaunting-install.sh b/install/akaunting-install.sh
index bbe17d0f..3edfa1b9 100644
--- a/install/akaunting-install.sh
+++ b/install/akaunting-install.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ update_os
 msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
 $STD apt install -y \
   caddy \
-  build-essential
+  build-essential \
+  python3
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 PHP_VERSION="8.3" PHP_FPM="YES" PHP_MODULES="bcmath,gd,intl,xml,zip,pdo_mysql,mbstring,curl" setup_php
 setup_composer
 setup_mariadb
-NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="20" setup_nodejs
 MARIADB_DB_NAME="akaunting" MARIADB_DB_USER="akaunting" setup_mariadb_db
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "akaunting" "akaunting/akaunting" "tarball"