Electron can't find module if this module imported from npm workspaces

• Version: 22.10.5

• Electron Version: 12.0.1
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly):current

• Target: Windows 10 x64

Description

Electron can’t find module if this module imported from npm workspaces. I guess the reason is that there is no package-lock.json file in the packed application.

Repo with reproduction: https://github.com/cawa-93/electron-builder-issue.

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone repo
2. Install electron and electron-builder: npm ci
3. Try run in Node:

   node /path/to/electron-builder-issue/packages/main/dist/index.cjs
   

   Expected output:

   /path/to/electron-builder-issue/packages/renderer/dist/index.html
   

4. Build Electron app: npm run build
5. Try run in Electron:

   /path/to/electron-builder-issue/dist/win-unpacked/vite-electron-builder.exe
   

   Expected output:

   /path/to/electron-builder-issue/dist/win-unpacked/resources/app/packages/renderer/dist/index.html
   

   Actual behaver: Electron throw Error: Can not find module "@packages/renderer"
6. Try to fix
   1. Go to cd /path/to/electron-builder-issue/dist/win-unpacked/resources/app
   2. npm install
   3. Repeat Step 5.

[develar]

I think issue is that electron-builder somehow modifies package.json.

[develar]

I see your twit… Have you tried PNPM workspace instead of NPM 😉?