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Canary file 'common.gypi' doesn't exist

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Getting this error trying to rebuild my dependencies (npm install && electron-rebuild with “./node_modules/.bin” in path):

Error: Canary file 'common.gypi' doesn't exist
    at checkForInstalledHeaders$ (/Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/main.js:58:15)
    at tryCatch (/Users/natevw/Desktop/…/my-app/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/regenerator/runtime.js:61:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/regenerator/runtime.js:305:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/regenerator/runtime.js:94:21)
    at invoke (/Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/regenerator/runtime.js:132:37)
    at /Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/regenerator/runtime.js:166:18
    at run (/Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:89:39)
    at /Users/natevw/…/my-app/node_modules/node_modules/electron-rebuild/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:100:28
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)

My package.json is:

{
  "name": "some-app",
  "private": true,
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "Some App",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "…"
  },
  "main": "backend.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "d3": "^3.4.11",
    "fermata": "git://github.com/natevw/fermata.git#upcoming",
    "keytar": "^2.0.3",
    "node-hid": "https://github.com/natevw/node-hid/releases/download/test-node-12/node-hid-0.3.2.tgz"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron-prebuilt": "^0.26.0",
    "electron-rebuild": "^0.1.4"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "while :; do ~/Downloads/atom-shell-v0.17.2-darwin-x64/Atom.app/Contents/MacOS/Atom .; done"
  },
  "author": "Nathan Vander Wilt"
}

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Created 8 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:12 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

7reactions

IsaiahJTurnercommented, Aug 19, 2016

Any fix?

2reactions

ahallickscommented, Jun 8, 2016

Okay, I think I’ve figured out why I get the issue now. I had a postinstall script that ran:

"postinstall": ".\\node_modules\\.bin\\electron-rebuild.cmd"

so that it automatically did the rebuilt on install. This seems to be where things went wrong as, when I manually run .\node_modules\.bin\.electron-rebuild.cmd after npm install everything works just fine.