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Cannot find module 'electron-download-tf'

See original GitHub issue
  • Version: 20.0.0
  • Target: Windows NSIS Web (x64 & ia32)

Build crashes with the following error:

> media-presenter@1.0.11 dist:n C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter
> build --x64 --ia32

  • electron-builder version=20.0.0
  • loaded configuration file=C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\electron-builder.yml
  • writing effective config file=dist\electron-builder.yaml
  • skipped app dependencies rebuild reason=npmRebuild is set to false
  • packaging       platform=win32 arch=x64 electron=1.8.2-beta.5 appOutDir=dist\win-unpacked
Error: Cannot find module 'electron-download-tf'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:555:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:482:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:604:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Packager.packager.electronDownloader (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\index.ts:41:54)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager\dirPackager.ts:53:21
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at unpack (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\packager\dirPackager.js:55:21)
    at unpackElectron (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager\dirPackager.ts:27:10)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:167:27
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:756:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:717:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:697:5)
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.doPack (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\platformPackager.js:274:11)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:116:16
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.pack (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\platformPackager.js:194:11)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:363:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.mkdir.er (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\mkdirs\mkdirs.js:37:14)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\packager.js:426:11)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:307:52
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:149:20)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\packager.js:370:11)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:269:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:756:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:717:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:697:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\packager.js:326:11)
    at C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\index.ts:62:40
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at build (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\index.js:61:21)
    at build (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder\src\builder.ts:217:10)
    at then (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder\src\cli\cli.ts:48:33)
    at runCallback (timers.js:756:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:717:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:697:5)
From previous event:
    at Object.args [as handler] (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder\src\cli\cli.ts:48:33)
    at Object.runCommand (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\yargs\lib\command.js:235:44)
    at Object.parseArgs [as _parseArgs] (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\yargs\yargs.js:1042:24)
    at Object.get [as argv] (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\yargs\yargs.js:957:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\johann.rekowski\Documents\Apps\Media-Presenter\node_modules\electron-builder\src\cli\cli.ts:42:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:660:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:671:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:573:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:513:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:505:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:701:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:190:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:662:3

I did a fresh npm install, I even deleted my package-lock.json beforehand to make sure it pulls the latest dependencies.

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 6 years ago
  • Comments:9 (3 by maintainers)

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HitomiTenshicommented, Feb 5, 2018

@develar Exactly the same error happens on Linux. I don’t have a build target set for Linux, but it seems like electron-builder crashes before realizing that.

Edit: Maybe related to #2316? Here’s my current npm ls output using electron-builder 20.0.0: output.txt

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HitomiTenshicommented, Feb 6, 2018

Holy hell, I’m all for it! 👍

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