Unknown error installing core packages

[earldouglas]

When I run heroku, I see the following message:

$ heroku
heroku-cli: Installing core plugins...
 ▸    Error installing package. 
 ▸    
 ▸    Try running again with GODE_DEBUG=info to see more output.

I tried running $ GODE_DEBUG=info heroku to see more output, but it had no effect.

So far, this error appears to be benign for my use cases.

I am running heroku-toolbelt 3.42.21 on NixOS 15.09:

$ heroku --version
heroku-cli: Installing core plugins...
 ▸    Error installing package. 
 ▸    
 ▸    Try running again with GODE_DEBUG=info to see more output.
heroku-toolbelt/3.42.21 (i686-linux) ruby/2.2.2
heroku-cli: Installing core plugins...
 ▸    Error installing package. 
 ▸    
 ▸    Try running again with GODE_DEBUG=info to see more output.
heroku-cli/4.27.2-eb1b3ca (386-linux) go1.5.1
heroku-cli: Installing core plugins...
 ▸    Error installing package. 
 ▸    
 ▸    Try running again with GODE_DEBUG=info to see more output.
You have no installed plugins.

[ransombriggs]

Replicated your problem and am working on a fix.

[ransombriggs]

The nodejs binary does not work with NixOS (you can see reasons in in #72). In order to get the node plugins to work, you should install node manually and set HEROKU_NODE_PATH to the node executable. This is not a benign error and will cause you problems executing other commands.

[jdx]

Closing due to inactivity. Reply if you are still experiencing this issue.