Error compiling on Lubuntu 18.04 32bit..

So I'd like to get CONTROL running on my older Celeron M 1.6ghz laptop, which is a 32 bit processor. I've installed Lubuntu 18.04 fresh - it seems to be the latest version that still supports 32bit processors.

I tried running the .appImage file but it just creates a blank file in the same directory and exits.

I've followed Peter's instructions of compiling from this thread ( 32bit Linux CONTROL software ) :

git clone OpenBuilds/OpenBuilds-CONTROL
cd OpenBuilds-CONTROL
npm install
./node_modules/bin/electron-builder --linux deb

npm give ssome permission denied errors, so I try running it with sudo and still get errors and at this point I'm definitely in over my head.

119 warn [email protected] requires a peer of jscs@^3.0.3 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
120 warn The package ncp is included as both a dev and production dependency.
121 verbose stack Error: @serialport/[email protected] install: `prebuild-install --tag-prefix @serialport/bindings@ || node-gyp rebuild`
121 verbose stack Exit status 1
121 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:332:16)
121 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
121 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:214:7)
121 verbose stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
121 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
121 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
121 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
121 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
122 verbose pkgid @serialport/[email protected]
123 verbose cwd /home/mike/OpenBuilds-CONTROL
124 verbose Linux 5.4.0-58-generic
125 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
126 verbose node v8.10.0
127 verbose npm v6.14.9
128 error code ELIFECYCLE
129 error errno 1
130 error @serialport/[email protected] install: `prebuild-install --tag-prefix @serialport/bindings@ || node-gyp rebuild`
130 error Exit status 1
131 error Failed at the @serialport/[email protected] install script.
131 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
132 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

 

Thanks Peter, but I get additional errors when trying to install these as well. I actually tried to install several different distros, hoping one would work with the .appImage (easiest route!) but all of them failed in the same way - creating a junk-named empty file ( �F@@��@8@ (invalid encoding) ). I'm wondering if it's because all of the distros I tried were 32bit?

If the .appImage can't be made to work on 32bit systems, would it be possible to post a step-by-step of what needs to be installed and configured to compile from the github repository on a fresh system that doesn't even have npm (or even git) installed by default.

 

Trying the .deb file, the package installer says "Error: wrong architecture 'amd64' -- Run dpkg --add- architecure to add it and update afterwards"