install libvips-cpp.so.42: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[imkane]

This just started happening in our Test job running on a shared Gitlab runner. It's been working fine for months previously.

Any ideas?

> sharp@0.22.1 install /builds/imkane/project/node_modules/sharp
> (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)

info sharp Downloading https://github.com/lovell/sharp-libvips/releases/download/v8.7.4/libvips-8.7.4-linux-x64.tar.gz
prebuild-install WARN install libvips-cpp.so.42: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
make: Entering directory '/builds/imkane/project/node_modules/sharp/build'
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/libvips-cpp.stamp
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o
../src/common.cc:25:22: fatal error: vips/vips8: No such file or directory
 #include <vips/vips8>
                      ^
compilation terminated.
sharp.target.mk:122: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o' failed
make: *** [Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/builds/imkane/project/node_modules/sharp/build'
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2

[lovell]

Please see lovell/sharp#1882