lakectl build: make build fails when node is not installed

[DavidBoublil]

Description

Running make build fails with env: node: No such file or directory when Node.js is not installed, even when the goal is only to build the Go binaries. The build target unconditionally triggers the UI build (gen-ui), which requires Node.js.

There is no dedicated target to build only the Go binaries without the UI, making it impossible to build lakectl or lakefs in environments without Node.js using the standard make build workflow.

Proposed Solution

Introduce a build-go (or similar) Makefile target that runs only build-binaries without triggering gen-ui, so Go-only builds work without Node.js.

[arielshaqed]

Will make build-binaries do what you want?

[arielshaqed]

(TBF, if you've never installed node it will probably fail because webui is packed into the generated binary. But it's a first step I guess.)

[DavidBoublil]

Opened by mistake.

[arielshaqed]

Thanks!

😥