I deployed a project that uses rsync to perform some syncing tasks on project build and dev. The script is configured to run on prepare.

On deployment, I got an error stating rsync is not supported.

Here is the error log:

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. prepare: sh: line 1: rsync: command not found
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. prepare: ELIFECYCLE Command failed.
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. prepare: Failed
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ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.
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Error: Command "pnpm install" exited with 1
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My question is, is there a way for us to install the rsync utility during installation time i.e. when the pnpm install command is run? I tried configuring the buildCommand in the vercel.json file to run the installation command during build but the error still remains as i got it during installation way before the buildCommand can be executed. I also tried making an sh file with a bash script and running that during installation.

Script:

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#!/bin/bash
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echo "Installing rsync..."
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apt-get update && apt-get install -y rsync
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echo "rsync installed successfully!"

This also gives errors and does not work.

Any help on how to resolve this would be appreciated!!