oven-sh/bun · error

Unsupported distro: ${distro}

Error message

Unsupported distro: ${distro}

What it means

Error "Unsupported distro: ${distro}" thrown in oven-sh/bun.

Source

Thrown at scripts/utils.mjs:1577

 * @returns {string}
 */
export function getUsernameForDistro(distro) {
  if (/windows/i.test(distro)) {
    return "administrator";
  }
  if (/alpine|centos/i.test(distro)) {
    return "root";
  }
  if (/debian/i.test(distro)) {
    return "admin";
  }
  if (/ubuntu/i.test(distro)) {
    return "ubuntu";
  }
  if (/amazon|amzn|al\d+|rhel/i.test(distro)) {
    return "ec2-user";
  }
  throw new Error(`Unsupported distro: ${distro}`);
}

/**
 * @returns {string | undefined}
 */
export function getDistro() {
  if (isMacOS) {
    return "macOS";
  }

  if (isLinux) {
    const alpinePath = "/etc/alpine-release";
    if (existsSync(alpinePath)) {
      return "alpine";
    }

    const releasePath = "/etc/os-release";
    if (existsSync(releasePath)) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at scripts/utils.mjs:1577 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of oven-sh/bun@8c5296ac45 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7c5a11b119dd8ebd. Report an issue: GitHub.