MSDF fonts are not generating and error shown in Ubuntu 18.04

[sandeep-vedam]

Issue:
MSDF fonts are not getting generated and error is shown

Environment:
OS : Ubuntu 18.04
Node Version : 16.20

Error

> @lightningjs/msdf-generator@1.0.2 start /msdf-generator
> tsc && node dist/index.js

Lightning 3 SDF Font Generator
Generating msdf font from Kalam-Regular.ttf...
Use font-face as filename : Kalam-Regular
dfgen.linux" msdf -format text -stdout -size 4 4 -translate 2 2 -pxrange 4 -stdinailed: "/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/ms
/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/msdfgen.linux)/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:402:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1100:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5) {
  code: 1,
  killed: false,
  signal: null,
n'cmd: '/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/msdfgen.linux" msdf -format text -stdout -size 4 4 -translate 2 2 -pxrange 4 -stdi
}
Error generating fonts: Error: Command failed: "/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/msdfgen.linux" msdf -format text -stdout -size 4 4 -translate 2 2 -pxrange 4 -stdin
/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/msdfgen.linux: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /home/sandeepv/Desktop/TestingApps/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/msdfgen.linux)

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:402:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1100:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5) {
  code: 1,
  killed: false,
  signal: null,
  cmd: '"/msdf-generator/node_modules/msdf-bmfont-xml/bin/linux/msdfgen.linux" msdf -format text -stdout -size 4 4 -translate 2 2 -pxrange 4 -stdin'
}
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

[michielvandergeest]

The minimal node version (specified in the package.json seems to be v18) - maybe that could be related?

[sandeep-vedam]

Yes @michielvandergeest . The minimal node version to be required is v18.

But Ubuntu 18.04 does not support node with version 18. So the issue occurs. I have verified on Ubuntu 20.04 which supports node version 18 and it worked.