flow-typed failing on new project

os: macOS High Sierra node: v8.11.2 npm: 5.6.0 yarn: 1.6.0

When following the install instructions the yarn command fails.

➜  electron-app git:(master) yarn        
yarn install v1.6.0
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
info 7zip-bin-linux@1.3.1: The platform "darwin" is incompatible with this module.
info "7zip-bin-linux@1.3.1" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info 7zip-bin-win@2.1.1: The platform "darwin" is incompatible with this module.
info "7zip-bin-win@2.1.1" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] 🔗  Linking dependencies...
[4/4] 📃  Building fresh packages...
$ node -r babel-register internals/scripts/CheckNativeDep.js && npm run flow-typed && npm run build-dll && electron-builder install-app-deps && node node_modules/fbjs-scripts/node/check-dev-engines.js package.json

> electron-react-boilerplate@0.13.2 flow-typed /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app
> rimraf flow-typed/npm && flow-typed install --overwrite || true

• Found 81 dependencies in package.json to install libdefs for. Searching...
UNCAUGHT ERROR: Error: react-apollo_v2.x.x/CONTRIBUTING.md: Unexpected file name. This directory can only contain test files or a libdef file named `react-apollo_v2.x.x.js`.
    at validationError (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/flow-typed/dist/lib/validationErrors.js:14:11)
    at /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/flow-typed/dist/lib/npm/npmLibDefs.js:113:53
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at extractLibDefsFromNpmPkgDir$ (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/flow-typed/dist/lib/npm/npmLibDefs.js:95:23)
    at tryCatch (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:65:40)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:303:22)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:117:21)
    at tryCatch (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:65:40)
    at invoke (/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:155:20)
    at /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:165:13

> electron-react-boilerplate@0.13.2 build-dll /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app
> cross-env NODE_ENV=development node --trace-warnings -r babel-register ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack --config webpack.config.renderer.dev.dll.js --colors

Hash: fe8b8a4cf4de11660124
Version: webpack 3.10.0
Time: 865ms
              Asset     Size  Chunks                    Chunk Names
renderer.dev.dll.js  1.16 MB       0  [emitted]  [big]  renderer
[./node_modules/electron-debug recursive] ./node_modules/electron-debug 160 bytes {0} [built]
[./node_modules/webpack/buildin/harmony-module.js] (webpack)/buildin/harmony-module.js 596 bytes {0} [built]
   [0] dll renderer 12 bytes {0} [built]
    + 148 hidden modules

WARNING in ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
81:45-58 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
 @ dll renderer

WARNING in ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
84:85-106 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
 @ dll renderer
  • electron-builder version=19.55.3
  • loaded configuration file=package.json ("build" field)
  • installing production dependencies platform=darwin arch=x64 appDir=/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/app
✨  Done in 18.40s.

This is the result of npm install:

➜  electron-app git:(master) ✗ npm install

> electron-react-boilerplate@0.13.2 postinstall /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app
> node -r babel-register internals/scripts/CheckNativeDep.js && npm run flow-typed && npm run build-dll && electron-builder install-app-deps && node node_modules/fbjs-scripts/node/check-dev-engines.js package.json


> electron-react-boilerplate@0.13.2 flow-typed /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app
> rimraf flow-typed/npm && flow-typed install --overwrite || true

• Found 81 dependencies in package.json to install libdefs for. Searching...
• rebasing flow-typed cache...
• Installing 13 libDefs...
  • react-router_v4.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/react-router_v4.x.x.js
react-router
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • flow-bin_v0.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/flow-bin_v0.x.x.js
flow-bin
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • react-redux_v5.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/react-redux_v5.x.x.js
react-redux
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • chalk_v2.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/chalk_v2.x.x.js
chalk
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • enzyme_v3.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/enzyme_v3.x.x.js
enzyme
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • react-router-dom_v4.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/react-router-dom_v4.x.x.js
react-router-dom
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • redux_v3.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/redux_v3.x.x.js
redux
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • jest_v22.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/jest_v22.x.x.js
jest
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • express_v4.16.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/express_v4.16.x.js
express
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • history_v4.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/history_v4.x.x.js
history
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • react-test-renderer_v16.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/react-test-renderer_v16.x.x.js
react-test-renderer
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • minimist_v1.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/minimist_v1.x.x.js
minimist
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
  • rimraf_v2.x.x.js
    └> ./flow-typed/npm/rimraf_v2.x.x.js
rimraf
/Users/patrick/projects/electron-app/flow-typed/npm
• Generating stubs for untyped dependencies...
  • source-map-support@^0.5.3
    └> flow-typed/npm/source-map-support_vx.x.x.js
  • enzyme-to-json@^3.3.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/enzyme-to-json_vx.x.x.js
  • electron-debug@^1.5.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/electron-debug_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-plugin-dev-expression@^0.2.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-plugin-dev-expression_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-formatter-pretty@^1.3.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-formatter-pretty_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-import-resolver-webpack@^0.8.4
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-import-resolver-webpack_vx.x.x.js
  • npm-logical-tree@^1.2.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/npm-logical-tree_vx.x.x.js
  • url-loader@^0.6.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/url-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • stylelint-config-standard@^18.0.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/stylelint-config-standard_vx.x.x.js
  • react-router-redux@^5.0.0-alpha.6
    └> flow-typed/npm/react-router-redux_vx.x.x.js
  • react-hot-loader@^4.0.0-beta.13
    └> flow-typed/npm/react-hot-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-jest@^22.1.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-jest_vx.x.x.js
  • redux-thunk@^2.2.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/redux-thunk_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-plugin-add-module-exports@^0.2.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-plugin-add-module-exports_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-preset-react@^6.24.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-preset-react_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-plugin-transform-class-properties@^6.24.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-plugin-transform-class-properties_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-preset-react-optimize@^1.0.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-preset-react-optimize_vx.x.x.js
  • font-awesome@^4.7.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/font-awesome_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-preset-react-hmre@^1.1.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-preset-react-hmre_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-preset-env@^1.6.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-preset-env_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-register@^6.26.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-register_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-preset-stage-0@^6.24.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-preset-stage-0_vx.x.x.js
  • detect-port@^1.2.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/detect-port_vx.x.x.js
  • enzyme-adapter-react-16@^1.1.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/enzyme-adapter-react-16_vx.x.x.js
  • electron-devtools-installer@^2.2.3
    └> flow-typed/npm/electron-devtools-installer_vx.x.x.js
  • file-loader@^1.1.6
    └> flow-typed/npm/file-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-config-airbnb@^16.1.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-config-airbnb_vx.x.x.js
  • redux-logger@^3.0.6
    └> flow-typed/npm/redux-logger_vx.x.x.js
  • sass-loader@^6.0.6
    └> flow-typed/npm/sass-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • style-loader@^0.20.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/style-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • stylefmt@^6.0.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/stylefmt_vx.x.x.js
  • spectron@^3.8.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/spectron_vx.x.x.js
  • webpack-merge@^4.1.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/webpack-merge_vx.x.x.js
  • concurrently@^3.5.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/concurrently_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-loader@^7.1.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-eslint@^8.2.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-eslint_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-plugin-transform-es2015-classes@^6.24.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-classes_vx.x.x.js
  • cross-spawn@^6.0.4
    └> flow-typed/npm/cross-spawn_vx.x.x.js
  • cross-env@^5.1.3
    └> flow-typed/npm/cross-env_vx.x.x.js
  • electron-builder@^19.55.3
    └> flow-typed/npm/electron-builder_vx.x.x.js
  • css-loader@^0.28.9
    └> flow-typed/npm/css-loader_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-react@^7.6.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-react_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-import@^2.8.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-import_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-compat@^2.2.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-compat_vx.x.x.js
  • fbjs-scripts@^0.8.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/fbjs-scripts_vx.x.x.js
  • extract-text-webpack-plugin@^3.0.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/extract-text-webpack-plugin_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-promise@^3.6.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-promise_vx.x.x.js
  • identity-obj-proxy@^3.0.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/identity-obj-proxy_vx.x.x.js
  • uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@1.1.8
    └> flow-typed/npm/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin_vx.x.x.js
  • webpack-bundle-analyzer@^2.9.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/webpack-bundle-analyzer_vx.x.x.js
  • webpack@^3.10.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/webpack_vx.x.x.js
  • webpack-dev-server@^2.11.1
    └> flow-typed/npm/webpack-dev-server_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-flowtype@^2.42.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-flowtype_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint@^4.16.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint_vx.x.x.js
  • devtron@^1.4.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/devtron_vx.x.x.js
  • electron-rebuild@^1.7.3
    └> flow-typed/npm/electron-rebuild_vx.x.x.js
  • stylelint@^8.4.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/stylelint_vx.x.x.js
  • flow-typed@^2.3.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/flow-typed_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-jest@^21.7.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-jest_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-core@^6.26.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-core_vx.x.x.js
  • eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y@6.0.3
    └> flow-typed/npm/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y_vx.x.x.js
  • sinon@^4.2.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/sinon_vx.x.x.js
  • flow-runtime@^0.16.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/flow-runtime_vx.x.x.js
  • babel-plugin-flow-runtime@^0.15.0
    └> flow-typed/npm/babel-plugin-flow-runtime_vx.x.x.js
  • node-sass@^4.7.2
    └> flow-typed/npm/node-sass_vx.x.x.js
  • electron@^1.7.11
    └> flow-typed/npm/electron_vx.x.x.js

!! No flow@v0.64.0-compatible libdefs found in flow-typed for the above untyped dependencies !!

I've generated `any`-typed stubs for these packages, but consider submitting 
libdefs for them to https://github.com/flowtype/flow-typed/


> electron-react-boilerplate@0.13.2 build-dll /Users/patrick/projects/electron-app
> cross-env NODE_ENV=development node --trace-warnings -r babel-register ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack --config webpack.config.renderer.dev.dll.js --colors

Hash: 592b5073df335b107978
Version: webpack 3.12.0
Time: 1130ms
              Asset     Size  Chunks                    Chunk Names
renderer.dev.dll.js  1.22 MB       0  [emitted]  [big]  renderer
[./node_modules/electron-debug recursive] ./node_modules/electron-debug 160 bytes {0} [built]
[./node_modules/webpack/buildin/harmony-module.js] (webpack)/buildin/harmony-module.js 596 bytes {0} [built]
   [0] dll renderer 12 bytes {0} [built]
    + 144 hidden modules

WARNING in ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
81:45-58 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
 @ dll renderer

WARNING in ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
84:85-106 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression
 @ ./node_modules/electron-debug/index.js
 @ dll renderer

[jerrygreen]

My recommendation:

Flow is dead, use TypeScript instead 😃

[timmeade]

Adding our vote as we just hit this also. Trying to get the base just up to test and we hit this on all our macs. I think this IS a boilerplate issue as it appears it relies on external config of a specific certain way that most of us don’t seem to follow.