Questions tagged [electron-rebuild]
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What is the difference between electron-builder and electron-rebuild?
I am trying to find out the difference between electron-builder and electron-rebuild for compiling native modules. Afaik there are these two options to compile my native module dependencies:
electron-builder
"Native application dependencies…

Daniel Stephens
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Local native Node module causes error: Uncaught Error: No native build was found for platform=win32 arch=x64 runtime=electron abi=75 uv=1 libc=glibc
I have a native Node addon I wrote that I'm trying to add to an Electron app. I use npm install /path/to/addon to install the addon. Then electron-rebuild and electron-build, which don't complain.
But when I run npm start, in the dev console I get…

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How to rebuild epoll package in electron?
I try to rebuild an electron app but I got this error regarding the epoll installation.
Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp: name 'openssl_fips' is not defined while evaluating condition 'openssl_fips != ""' in binding.gyp while trying to load…

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An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
I am trying to rebuild my ElectronJS application with Sqlite3, I have installed Python, VS development tools but its still gives me the error:
My Package.json:
{
"name": "hello",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
…

Jawad Saqib
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electron-rebuild fails for sqlite3
I want to use sqlite in my electron application with reactjs so I flow this guid https://www.aljaiban.com/post/setting-up-electron-with-sqlite-on-windows
"electron": "^7.1.2"
"electron-builder": "^21.2.0"
"electron-rebuild": "^1.10.0"
"sqlite":…

YAGOUBI A.E.K
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Can't rebuild electron with sqlite3
I've been trying to solve this problem for over a week now, but I still can't figure out how to solve it. I want to create a database for one of my desktop apps build with electron. So I've installed slqite3 and electron-rebuild (latest version).…

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electron-rebuild - Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
I found many threads regarding this issue, But none of them worked for me
Enviroment:
Windows 10
Node v14.18.0
"electron-rebuild": "^3.2.7"
I try run the command .\node_modules\.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd
And get this output (I replaced the working…

ATT
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gyp ERR! while rebuilding with electron-rebuild
I have been stuck with this error since the past 2 days. Any help will be appreciated. I am trying to rebuild the app to use serialport npm package.
Node version: 14.16.1.
I want to work with the package serialport alongside electron with react. But…

pranshu verma
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Node.js and Electron ABI Version
I am trying to use libxmljs2 for use on both (1) a simple node.js application and (2) an Electron application.
So the versions I am using are the following:
Electron: 11.2.0 (ABI version 85)
Node.js: 12.20.1 (ABI version 72)
So my problem is..…

kzaiwo
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serialport for electron NODE_MODULE_VERSION error and rebuild does not fix
OS: win 10
Node.js : v12.18.3
electron: v10.1.1
print version from js program:
process.versions.node 12.16.3
process.versions.modules 82
install serialport by:
npm install serialport
npm start and get error:
Error: The module…

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Electron App -- Electron reload not working
I apologize if this is too trivial of a question, but I am new to electron and am having trouble getting electron-reload or win.reload to work on my window's Browserview. They perfectly work on the main body of the browser window, but the browser…

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Use native node modules midi / easymidi with electron
I am trying to use the nodemodule easymidi which depends on the midi module in an electron app.
When I run npm start an error occurs:
Error: The module '/var/www/html/mdi/node_modules/midi/build/Release/midi.node'
was compiled against a…

John
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Does localStorage get reset when I recompile native modules?
I recently had to update a native module in my electron project.
Just to be sure to have a clean installation I first removed all node_modules and reinstalled them via npm install. Then I rebuilt my native module via electron-rebuild
After starting…

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failed to run electron-rebuild with ffi on windows 10 (src\ffi.cc(228): error C2065: 'Handle': undeclared identifier)
I need to use module "ffi" in a node electron project. I can use "gyp" to rebuild it and use the library in node, but I cannot rebuild it using "electron-rebuild" and use it in electron.
I have run:
cd ./node_modules/.bin && electron-rebuild --force…

Xiaoyou Zhai
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Unable to build native packages for node
So Im running an Electron app that has some native modules of one them being a package called better-sqlite3. I run yarn and yarn is able to install all packages without a problem but when it gets to the building steps, everything breaks.
I get a…

Kevin Hernandez
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