Using npm modules with electron and webpack?

Question

I want to use sqlite3 with this boilerplate:

I've tried a lot of ways getting require('sqlite3'), to work, but it keeps failing with the error:

Uncaught Error: Cannot find module 'sqlite3'

global.require() did not work
adding it to the webpack.ExternalsPlugin in builds/webpack.base.conf.js did not help

How can I solve this?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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Basically:

Install electron-rebuild: npm i electron-rebuild --save-dev
Launch electron-rebuild ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild (or .\node_modules\.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd on windows)
Go to "node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/" and rename the folder "electron-v0.36-darwin-x64" to "node-v47-darwin-x64"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jun 09 '16 at 23:57

willyb321

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If you format the answer using our markup system its going to be a lot better. – karlphillip Jun 10 '16 at 00:01
@karlphillip is that good for you? Sorry, I'm quite new here lol. – willyb321 Jun 10 '16 at 00:04
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Its better, yes. +1 – karlphillip Jun 10 '16 at 01:35
this is not the problem, the problem is webpack. I cannot require() any node modules because it overrides the node require function... – Artisan72 Jun 10 '16 at 02:03
@Artisan72 have you set the NODE_PATH? If not, try that. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling sqlite3? I also assume you've tried [this](https://webpack.github.io/docs/node.js-api.html) – willyb321 Jun 10 '16 at 02:14

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