Installation fails on Jetson AGX (aarch64) – npm errors + OpenShell/k3s networking issues

[rmegi]

Description

I’m trying to install and run NemoClaw on a Jetson AGX device. The installation and onboarding process fails in multiple stages:

npm installation issues
OpenShell gateway (k3s) fails to initialize due to networking/iptables errors

Reproduction Steps

1. npm installation errors

During installation:

ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename '/usr/lib/node_modules/nemoclaw'

Multiple TAR_ENTRY_ERROR ENOENT warnings related to missing files:

openclaw/dist

openclaw/extensions

Eventually:

npm ERR! enoent spawn sh ENOENT
2. OpenShell / Gateway failure

Even when installation partially succeeds, onboarding fails:

Gateway failed: nemoclaw
Docker is not running

(However docker info works correctly)

3. Kubernetes (k3s) errors

The gateway fails to initialize:

K8s namespace not ready
timed out waiting for namespace 'openshell'

Container logs show:

RULE_APPEND failed (No such file or directory)
iptables v1.8.10 (nf_tables)
Warning: Extension conntrack revision 0 not supported
missing kernel module?

Also:

metrics-server CrashLoopBackOff

local-path-provisioner CrashLoopBackOff

Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04 (Jetson AGX, Tegra kernel 5.15.136-tegra)
• Architecture: aarch64
• Node.js: v22.22.1
• npm: 10.9.4
• Docker: 27.5.1 (daemon running and accessible)
• NemoClaw: latest (installed via installer script)

Logs

npm WARN tar TAR_ENTRY_ERROR ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/usr/lib/node_modules/nemoclaw/node_modules/openclaw/dist'
npm WARN tar TAR_ENTRY_ERROR ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/usr/lib/node_modules/nemoclaw/node_modules/openclaw/extensions'

npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn sh
npm ERR! path /usr/lib/node_modules/nemoclaw/node_modules/@whiskeysockets/baileys
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent spawn sh ENOENT
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

Checklist

• I confirmed this bug is reproducible
• I searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate

[wscurran]

✨ Thanks for submitting this issue with a detailed description, it identifies a bug with installation failing on Jetson AGX, which could be related to the OpenShell integration, getting started process, or platform configuration.