Build process gets stuck building native windows dependencies

• Version:

  • Node : 8.11.1
  • NPM : 5.6.0
  • Yarn : 1.6.0
  • electron : 1.8.3
  • electron-builder : 20.4.1

• Target: Windows (NSIS)

• Description: I am trying to build an application, built works great for linux and osx but gets stuck on windows. I don’t get any errors, the build process just stay in the step: rebuilding native dependency name=secp256k1 forever. Actualy I am not event building the app yet, just trying to run npm i or yarn.

• Logs:

Build started
git config --global core.autocrlf input
git checkout -qf c0a029795ab91c46b5226ba31f940cd6e98ccc07
Running Install scripts
Install-Product node 8 x64
Uninstalling node 4.8.7 (x86)...
Installing node 8.11.1 (x64)...
yarn
yarn install v1.5.1
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
info 7zip-bin-linux@1.3.1: The platform "win32" 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-mac@1.0.1: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "7zip-bin-mac@1.0.1" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info fsevents@1.1.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@1.1.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info fsevents@1.1.3: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@1.1.3" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info app-builder-bin-linux@1.7.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "app-builder-bin-linux@1.7.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info app-builder-bin-mac@1.7.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "app-builder-bin-mac@1.7.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
warning " > eslint-config-bloq@1.1.0" has incorrect peer dependency "eslint-config-standard@>= 11".
warning " > eslint-config-bloq@1.1.0" has unmet peer dependency "eslint-plugin-jsdoc@>= 3".
warning " > eslint-config-bloq@1.1.0" has incorrect peer dependency "eslint-plugin-node@>= 6".
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Saved lockfile.
$ electron-builder install-app-deps
  • electron-builder version=20.5.1
  • loaded configuration file=package.json ("build" field)
  • loaded parent configuration preset=react-cra
  • rebuilding native production dependencies platform=win32 arch=x64
  • rebuilding native dependency name=keccak
  • rebuilding native dependency name=websocket
  • rebuilding native dependency name=sha3
  • rebuilding native dependency name=secp256k1

Thanks a lot for your help.

[ianaya89]

@ghadaghada

I could solve the issue doing the following:

1. Install windows-build-tools as global dep: npm i -g --production windows-build-tools
2. Remove node_modules and use yarn to install local deps.
3. Set electron builder as debug mode using an env var: DEBUG=electron-builder
4. Run build process using yarn.

[ghadaghada]

Thanks you, I added PYTHON to the Path. Then I executed the set DEBUG = electron-builder command and running yarn again but this error appears.