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Error: electron must be in the devDependencies

See original GitHub issue

Version:

Latest -> 8.6.0

Target:

Whatever

It happens as soon as I try to use the script node_modules/.bin/build. I can’t get rid of the following error:

I used to make it work but something is definitively broken now. Here is the current packages I use for now:

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:9 (6 by maintainers)

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develarcommented, Dec 7, 2016

@seeekr Thanks for note. PR to correct warning text is welcome 😉

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seeekrcommented, Dec 7, 2016

Just wanna say that while the error message is technically correct, it is still confusing to (especially new) users of electron / electron-builder. Ideally the message would explicitly state that the electron dependency has been found inside of dependencies, instead of inside the devDependencies section. That would make the solution that much easier to find. Aside from that, thanks for making this software! Using it for the first time, enjoying it!

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