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Development Setup Broken on Windows

See original GitHub issue

Describe the Bug

Running npm i fails at the postinstall step which runs electron-builder install-app-deps. I’ve tried with a fresh installation of Windows - no success.

This is likely a result of https://github.com/camunda/camunda-modeler/issues/2114 which introduced the postinstall script.

Log:

4598 verbose stack Error: grpc@1.24.7 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library`
4598 verbose stack Exit status 1
4598 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Users\PhilippFromme\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v14.17.0\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
4598 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:376:20)
4598 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\PhilippFromme\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v14.17.0\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
4598 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:376:20)
4598 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1055:16)
4598 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5)
4599 verbose pkgid grpc@1.24.7
4600 verbose cwd C:\workspace\camunda\camunda-modeler\app
4601 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
4602 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\PhilippFromme\\AppData\\Roaming\\nvm\\v14.17.0\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "--production" "--cache-min" "999999999"
4603 verbose node v14.17.0
4604 verbose npm  v6.14.13
4605 error code ELIFECYCLE
4606 error errno 1
4607 error grpc@1.24.7 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library`
4607 error Exit status 1
4608 error Failed at the grpc@1.24.7 install script.
4608 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
4609 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Tasks

Clearly document resolution
Document resolution, if applicable amend contribution guidelines to cover the required setup steps

Environment

OS: Windows 10
Camunda Modeler Version: 4.8.1

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:13 (13 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

nikkucommented, May 17, 2021

On Windows you need to take dedicated steps to get node-gyp / native compilation to work.

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philippfrommecommented, May 17, 2021

I was missing the C++ build tools. Such an easy fix. Thanks for your effort, @barmac and @nikku . 🏅 🎖️ I will update the documentation. Follow-up issue: https://github.com/camunda/camunda-modeler/issues/2274

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