[Bug]: Can't install t3 via npm on remote debian 13 (VM)

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Area

apps/server

Steps to reproduce

• create a Debian VM (Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64)
• install node 26 via nvm
• run npx --loglevel verbose t3@latest connect
• see the error

Expected behavior

it would install and show the sign in flow

Actual behavior

the t3 version install is stopped at the node-pty

(...)
npm info run msgpackr-extract@3.0.4 install node_modules/msgpackr-extract node-gyp-build-optional-packages
npm info run node-pty@1.1.0 install node_modules/node-pty node scripts/prebuild.js || node-gyp rebuild
npm info run msgpackr-extract@3.0.4 install { code: 0, signal: null }
npm info run node-pty@1.1.0 install { code: 1, signal: null }
npm verbose cwd /home/moda20
npm verbose os Linux 6.12.107+deb13-amd64
npm verbose node v26.8.2
npm verbose npm  v11.19.1
npm verbose exit 1
npm verbose code 1

This doesn't work for the latest preview or nightly as well (at least as of writing this) but they have a different issue :

t3: no T3 Code CLI build is available for this platform (linux-x64).
Supported platforms: darwin-arm64, linux-arm64, linux-x64, win32-arm64, win32-x64.

Impact

Blocks work completely

Version or commit

t3 latest (0.0.40)

Environment

Debina 13 VM amd64 x86

Logs or stack traces

Screenshots, recordings, or supporting files

No response

Workaround

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Start by reproducing npx --loglevel verbose t3@latest connect on a Debian 13 amd64 VM with Node 26, focusing on the apps/server area and the node-pty install step in scripts/prebuild.js. Investigate the reported install failure and compare it with the preview/nightly platform-build error; done means the latest package installs and reaches the sign-in flow on Debian amd64.