Error while rebuilding native dependency grpc

• Version: 20.0.8

• Target: Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.3 Electron version: 1.8.2

I am using electron with create-react-app and I am getting the following error:-

Error: /Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/bin/node exited with code 1
Error output:
node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
node-pre-gyp info using node-pre-gyp@0.6.39
node-pre-gyp info using node@6.9.0 | darwin | x64
node-pre-gyp http GET https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/node/grpc/v1.9.1/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp http 403 https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/node/grpc/v1.9.1/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(403): https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/node/grpc/v1.9.1/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown.tar.gz 
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for grpc@1.9.1 and electron@1.8.2 (electron-v1.8 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) 
node-pre-gyp http 403 status code downloading tarball https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/node/grpc/v1.9.1/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown.tar.gz 
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@3.4.0
gyp info using node@6.9.0 | darwin | x64
gyp info ok 
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@3.4.0
gyp info using node@6.9.0 | darwin | x64
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python2.7
gyp info spawn args [ '/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/Users/nikhilagarwal/.node-gyp/iojs-1.8.2/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/nikhilagarwal/.node-gyp/iojs-1.8.2',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=iojs.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp info ok 
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@3.4.0
gyp info using node@6.9.0 | darwin | x64
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 611, in <module>
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 28, in main
    exit_code = executor.Dispatch(args)
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 43, in Dispatch
    return getattr(self, method)(*args[1:])
  File "./gyp-mac-tool", line 246, in ExecFilterLibtool
    if not libtool_re.match(line) and not libtool_re5.match(line):
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
make: *** [Release/libgrpc.a] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.4.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/bin/node" "/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown/grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v6.9.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error 
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/bin/node /Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/electron-v1.8-darwin-x64-unknown' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.4.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/Users/nikhilagarwal/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.0/bin/node" "/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v6.9.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.39
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok 
error Command failed with exit code 1.

    at ChildProcess.childProcess.once.code (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:252:14)
    at ChildProcess.g (events.js:291:16)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:334:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:498:12)
From previous event:
    at runCallback (timers.js:637:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:610:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:582:5)
From previous event:
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/util/yarn.ts:149:27
From previous event:
    at rebuild (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/util/yarn.js:93:22)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/util/yarn.ts:20:11
    at next (native)
    at runCallback (timers.js:637:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:610:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:582:5)
From previous event:
    at installOrRebuild (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/util/yarn.js:31:21)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:450:7
    at next (native)
From previous event:
    at Packager.installAppDependencies (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:505:11)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:364:20
    at next (native)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:441:11)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:316:52
    at next (native)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:123:15)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:385:11)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:278:23
    at next (native)
    at runCallback (timers.js:637:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:610:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:582:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:341:11)
    at /Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/index.ts:50:40
    at next (native)
From previous event:
    at build (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/index.js:47:21)
    at build (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:228:10)
    at then (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:48:33)
    at runCallback (timers.js:637:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:610:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:582:5)
From previous event:
    at Object.args [as handler] (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:48:33)
    at Object.runCommand (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/yargs/lib/command.js:235:44)
    at Object.parseArgs [as _parseArgs] (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:1042:24)
    at Object.get [as argv] (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:957:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/nikhilagarwal/WitByBit/ledger/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:42:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:509:3
error Command failed with exit code 1.

Here’s my package.json:-

{
  "name": "app",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "main": "public/electron.js",
  "description": "app",
  "homepage": "./",
  "private": true,
  "build": {
    "extends": null,
    "asar": false,
    "productName": "xxx",
    "appId": "com.xxx.xxx",
    "files": [
      {
        "from": ".",
        "to": ".",
        "filter": [
          "electron",
          "images",
          "node_modules",
          "electron.js",
          "package.json"
        ]
      },
      {
        "from": "./xxx/build",
        "to": ".",
        "filter": [
          "**/*"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "mac": {
      "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}-osx.${ext}",
      "category": "public.app-category.productivity",
      "target": [
        "dmg",
        "zip"
      ]
    },
    "linux": {
      "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}-${arch}-linux.${ext}",
      "maintainer": "xxxx",
      "target": [
        "tar.gz",
        "deb",
        "rpm"
      ]
    },
    "win": {
      "target": [
        "zip",
        "dir"
      ]
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
  ...
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject",
    "electron-dev": "concurrently \"cross-env BROWSER=none yarn start\" \"wait-on http://localhost:3000 && electron .\"",
    "electron-pack": "build"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^3.5.1",
    "cross-env": "^5.1.3",
    "electron": "1.8.2",
    "electron-builder": "^20.0.8",
    "wait-on": "^2.1.0"
  }
}

Kindly help me out with this issue. I have already spent multiple hours on this issue and tried with several different versions of node js. All fail with the error above.

[AlekzZz]

btw, electron-builder 19.54.0 works perfectly fine with any electron version, but later versions don’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[mike-seekwell]

@nikhilag @csepulv I know this is way late, but for anyone else running into this issue, I’m pretty sure it’s caused by using Python 3 instead of Python 2, see https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp

node-gyp --python /path/to/python2.7