Python runner unavailable in n8n (Python 3 is missing from this system) – Docker / Alpine container

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Hi,

the apk package manager has been removed from the official n8n Docker images. However, you can find a solution to copy it from Alpine Linux in the following community thread:

Latest and 2.3.1 docker images do not include package manager (apk)

This is an issue that many of us have run into recently especially if you rely on tools like ffmpeg or use custom images in general, So far, the easiest solution is to restore apk without hard-coding URLs, as discussed here: FROM alpine:latest AS alpine FROM n8nio/n8n:latest # Copy apk and its deps from Alpine COPY --from=alpine /sbin/apk /sbin/apk COPY --from=alpine /usr/lib/libapk.so* /usr/lib/ USER root RUN apk add --no-cache ffmpeg USER node This solution is for the main n8n insta…