Etherpad crashes when installing plugins.

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I'm installing etherpad-lite on Debian 12 with node v20.19.5 and npm 11.6.2. It works fine when installed. I go to the admin panel to install plugins, click install, but it doesn't install. Etherpad doesn't crash through the web panel. Here's the log

Oct 09 02:45:04 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:45:04.973] [INFO] server - Etherpad is running
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.748] [INFO] plugins - Installing plugin ep_font_color...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.751] [INFO] server - Exiting...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.751] [INFO] server - Stopping Etherpad...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.751] [INFO] http - Closing HTTP server...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.752] [INFO] socket.io - Closing socket.io engine...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.753] [INFO] socket.io - All socket.io clients have disconnected
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.754] [INFO] ueberDB - Database closed
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.754] [INFO] http - Waiting for 1 HTTP clients to disconnect...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.756] [INFO] http - HTTP server closed
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.756] [INFO] server - Etherpad stopped
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad pnpm[27875]: [2025-10-09T02:46:50.757] [INFO] server - Waiting for Node.js to exit...
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad systemd[1]: etherpad.service: Deactivated successfully.
Oct 09 02:46:50 pad systemd[1]: etherpad.service: Consumed 15.579s CPU time.
Oct 09 02:46:55 pad systemd[1]: etherpad.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Oct 09 02:46:55 pad systemd[1]: Stopped etherpad.service - Etherpad Lite, collaborative text editor.
Oct 09 02:46:55 pad systemd[1]: etherpad.service: Consumed 15.579s CPU time.
Oct 09 02:46:55 pad systemd[1]: Started etherpad.service - Etherpad Lite, collaborative text editor.
Oct 09 02:46:56 pad pnpm[27906]: > [email protected] prod /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/src
Oct 09 02:46:56 pad pnpm[27906]: > cross-env NODE_ENV=production node --require tsx/cjs node/server.ts
Oct 09 02:46:57 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:57.603] [INFO] settings - settings loaded from: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/settings.json
Oct 09 02:46:57 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:57.608] [INFO] settings - No credentials file found in /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/credentials.json. Ignoring.
Oct 09 02:46:57 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:57.609] [WARN] settings - loglevel: INFO
Oct 09 02:46:57 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:57.609] [WARN] settings - logLayoutType: colored
Oct 09 02:46:57 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:57.610] [INFO] settings - Using skin "colibris" in dir: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/src/static/skins/colibris
Oct 09 02:46:57 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:57.611] [INFO] settings - Random string used for versioning assets: 9c569e28
Oct 09 02:46:59 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:59.429] [INFO] server - Starting Etherpad...
Oct 09 02:46:59 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:59.540] [INFO] plugins - pnpm --version: 10.18.1
Oct 09 02:46:59 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:59.575] [INFO] plugins - check installed plugins for migration
Oct 09 02:46:59 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:59.579] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_etherpad-lite...
Oct 09 02:46:59 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:46:59.580] [INFO] plugins - Loaded 1 plugins
Oct 09 02:47:01 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:01.355] [WARN] settings - oidc-provider WARNING: Unsupported runtime. Use Node.js v22.x LTS, or a later LTS release.
Oct 09 02:47:02 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:02.703] [INFO] server - Installed plugins:
Oct 09 02:47:02 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:02.706] [INFO] settings - Report bugs at https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues
Oct 09 02:47:02 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:02.707] [INFO] settings - Your Etherpad version is 2.5.0 (7d077e1)
Oct 09 02:47:06 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:06.977] [INFO] http - HTTP server listening for connections
Oct 09 02:47:06 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:06.977] [INFO] settings - You can access your Etherpad instance at http://0.0.0.0:9001/
Oct 09 02:47:06 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:06.978] [INFO] settings - The plugin admin page is at http://0.0.0.0:9001/admin/plugins
Oct 09 02:47:06 pad pnpm[27934]: [2025-10-09T02:47:06.978] [INFO] server - Etherpad is running

However, when I try to install it through the console, etherpad crashes, and I have to reinstall from scratch. I don't know what's going on. Here's the log from installing through the console.

pnpm run plugins i ep_align

[email protected] plugins /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite
pnpm --filter bin run plugins i ep_align

[email protected] plugins /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/bin
node --import tsx ./plugins.ts i ep_align

[2025-10-09T02:57:31.142] [INFO] settings - settings loaded from: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/settings.json
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.147] [INFO] settings - No credentials file found in /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/credentials.json. Ignoring.
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.148] [WARN] settings - loglevel: INFO
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.148] [WARN] settings - logLayoutType: colored
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.149] [INFO] settings - Using skin "colibris" in dir: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/src/static/skins/colibris
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.150] [INFO] settings - Random string used for versioning assets: 237f28f8
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.357] [INFO] plugins - check installed plugins for migration
[2025-10-09T02:57:31.363] [INFO] settings - Installing plugin from registry: ep_align
[2025-10-09T02:57:32.201] [INFO] plugins - pnpm --version: 10.18.1

Apparently, it installs. I reboot, and etherpad is crashed, and I can't get it out of there.

Oct 09 02:58:52 pad systemd[1]: Started etherpad.service - Etherpad Lite, collaborative text editor.
Oct 09 02:58:53 pad pnpm[28082]: > [email protected] prod /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/src
Oct 09 02:58:53 pad pnpm[28082]: > cross-env NODE_ENV=production node --require tsx/cjs node/server.ts
Oct 09 02:58:54 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:54.357] [INFO] settings - settings loaded from: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/settings.json
Oct 09 02:58:54 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:54.362] [INFO] settings - No credentials file found in /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/credentials.json. Ignoring.
Oct 09 02:58:54 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:54.363] [WARN] settings - loglevel: INFO
Oct 09 02:58:54 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:54.363] [WARN] settings - logLayoutType: colored
Oct 09 02:58:54 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:54.364] [INFO] settings - Using skin "colibris" in dir: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/src/static/skins/colibris
Oct 09 02:58:54 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:54.365] [INFO] settings - Random string used for versioning assets: 0f79bd7a
Oct 09 02:58:56 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:56.184] [INFO] server - Starting Etherpad...
Oct 09 02:58:56 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:56.291] [INFO] plugins - pnpm --version: 10.18.1
Oct 09 02:58:56 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:56.327] [INFO] plugins - check installed plugins for migration
Oct 09 02:58:56 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:56.331] [ERROR] server - Error occurred while starting Etherpad
Oct 09 02:58:56 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:56.332] [INFO] server - Exiting...
Oct 09 02:58:56 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:58:56.332] [INFO] server - Waiting for Node.js to exit...
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:59:01.333] [ERROR] server - Something that should have been cleaned up during the shutdown hook (such as a timer, worker thread, or open connection) is preventing Node.js from exiting
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:59:01.333] [ERROR] server - Enable dumpOnUncleanExit setting to get a dump of objects preventing a clean exit
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad pnpm[28110]: [2025-10-09T02:59:01.333] [ERROR] server - Forcing an unclean exit...
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad pnpm[28082]: /opt/etherpad/etherpad-lite/src:
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad pnpm[28082]:  ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_RUN_FIRST_FAIL  [email protected] prod: cross-env NODE_ENV=production node --require tsx/cjs node/server.ts
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad pnpm[28082]: Exit status 1
Oct 09 02:59:01 pad systemd[1]: etherpad.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Why can't they be installed from the web? Why does it crash when installing from the console?