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SyntaxError: Failed to parse json while running install-app-deps

See original GitHub issue

Version: version=20.19.2

Target: Windows

install-app-deps errors out with syntax error in json

  • electron-builder version=20.19.2
  • loaded configuration file=package.json ("build" field)
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at then.it (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\util\packageDependencies.ts:55:22)
    at tryCatcher (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\util.js:16:23)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:512:31)
    at Promise._settlePromise (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:569:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:614:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:693:18)
    at Promise._fulfill (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:638:18)
    at C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\nodeback.js:42:21
    at C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:78:16
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:53:3)
From previous event:
    at readJson (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\util\packageDependencies.ts:55:6)
    at C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\util\packageDependencies.ts:224:61
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:287:18
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:159:5)
From previous event:
    at Collector.readChildPackage (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\util\packageDependencies.ts:206:90)
    at _bluebirdLst.default.map.it (C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\util\packageDependencies.ts:191:69)
From previous event:
    at C:\Users\sandi\Projects\rs-manager\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\util\packageDependencies.ts:191:40
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:696:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:667:5)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:649:5)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! rs-manager@0.1.0 postinstall: `install-app-deps`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the rs-manager@0.1.0 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

My build section looks like

  "build": {
    "appId": "com.sandi.rsmanager",
    "win": {
     "target": "NSIS"
    }
  },

It’s similar to #2660 but i am on version 20.19.2

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dhill2522commented, Jan 21, 2019

I am experiencing a similar problem. I get SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 1121 at JSON.parse (<anonymous>) when running electron-builder.

It appears that <anonymous> is somehow getting pased in pretty early. The bottom of the entire callstack shows at then (<project path here>/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:46:19)

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gimoxcommented, Jan 30, 2019

same error here but with Mac! if my dependencies contains "@angular/pwa": "^0.12.3", (or other versions) i got error SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 1121 at JSON.parse