Developing Electron on a network share | electronjs.org | Page 1

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 3:56 PM

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I have my main computer which is running linux where a standard electron application is located. I have the electron folder being shared through samba to another linux computer. On my main computer when I run npm start it runs like normal. When I try to run it on my testing VM it gives this error.

$ npm start

> app@0.0.1 start
> electron .

sh: 1: electron: not found

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I tried to use npm install but it still does not work and the error is the same.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 4:00 PM

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Delete node_modules and reinstall

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 4:13 PM

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$ npm install
npm ERR! code ENOTSUP
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! path ../electron/cli.js
npm ERR! dest /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=(IP),share=(Share)/(Folder)/V0.0.1/(Folder)/node_modules/.bin/electron
npm ERR! errno -95
npm ERR! ENOTSUP: operation not supported on socket, symlink '../electron/cli.js' -> '/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=(IP),share=(Share)/(Folder)/V0.0.1/(Folder)/node_modules/.bin/electron'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/(Folder)/.npm/_logs/2024-02-12T16_07_32_947Z-debug-0.log

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 4:14 PM

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Yeah symlink doesn't work on shared folder

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 4:15 PM

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Is there any way that I can automatically update the code on the VM or test machines then?

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 4:16 PM

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Don't know

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 4:17 PM

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Thank you for the help with figuring out the problem.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 4:18 PM

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There is a flag for npm to disable symlink

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You can try it

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 4:18 PM

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Oh I didn't know that was I thing I will try it.

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 4:23 PM

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heavy jewel I have my main computer which is running linux where a standard electron applica...

Using npm install --bin-links false allowed me to install the packages but electron still failed to start with this same error.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 4:57 PM

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does npx electron . work?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:00 PM

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No it does not

$ npx electron .
Need to install the following packages:
electron@28.2.2
Ok to proceed? (y) y
Error launching app
Unable to find Electron app at /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=(IP),share=(Share)/(Folder)/Electron Test

Cannot find module '/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=(IP),share=(Share)/(Folder)/Electron Test'

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:08 PM

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show your package.json

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:11 PM

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snow whale show your package.json

I apologize I misunderstood you.
When running npx electron . in the main project folder I get

$ npx electron .
sh: 1: electron: not found

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:12 PM

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from where its comes from?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:13 PM

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snow whale from where its comes from?

I created an empty folder and ran the command.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:14 PM

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so it does work in empty folder

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but doesnt work in project folder?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:15 PM

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snow whale so it does work in empty folder

It still crashes but it does reach the point of asking to proceed.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:16 PM

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crash?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:16 PM

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snow whale crash?

I apologize I misused the word crash, it still errors out but it does reach the point of asking to proceed.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:17 PM

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Unable to find Electron app at means you dont have package.json

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in a folder

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:17 PM

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Yeah but that test is where I tried it in a newly created empty folder.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:18 PM

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what folder path that doesnt work?

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/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=(IP),share=(Share)/(Folder)/V0.0.1/(Folder) ?

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do you have rights on that folder?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:19 PM

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Neither of them worked but they were both on the samba share.

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I can modify files with no issues even on the VM.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:20 PM

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right for executable?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:20 PM

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snow whale right for executable?

What do you mean?

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:21 PM

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do you have node_modules/.bin/electron file?

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:22 PM

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heavy jewel Using ```npm install --bin-links false``` allowed me to install the packages but...

Using the No binklinks there is no .bin folder. I can retry installing on my main computer and see if the .bin folder is there?

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:23 PM

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./node_modules/.bin/electron .

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:23 PM

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snow whale `./node_modules/.bin/electron .`

It is not there.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:23 PM

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./node_modules/electron folder

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:24 PM

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That folder does exist.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:33 PM

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first error means missing .bin folder

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:35 PM

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snow whale first error means missing .bin folder

The first error was in an empty folder, the second error was when I tried it on the actual project.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:35 PM

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$ npm start

> app@0.0.1 start
> electron .

sh: 1: electron: not found

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this one?

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it was before reinstall

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so with installed electron into normal folder

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:37 PM

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snow whale so with installed electron into normal folder

Yeah

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:37 PM

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heavy jewel I apologize I misunderstood you. When running npx electron . in the main project...

This is the error I got when running npx electron . in the project folder after the reinstall with no symlinks

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:42 PM

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npx run command from .bin folder

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:43 PM

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There is no .bin folder with the no symlinks flag.

snow whale Feb 12, 2024, 5:44 PM

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ls ./node_modules/.bin

heavy jewel Feb 12, 2024, 5:46 PM

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ls: cannot access './node_modules/.bin': No such file or directory

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