Electron-builder: How do I rebuild keytar using electron-builder instead of electron-rebuild?

[gknapp]

• Version: 20.8.1

• Target: Windows x64

During build, the following notice is shown:

electron-rebuild not required if you use electron-builder, please consider to remove excess dependency from devDependencies

I have a rebuild script in my package.json as I use keytar:

• "rebuild": "electron-rebuild -f -w keytar"

If I remove electron-rebuild, what command do I use to rebuild using electron-builder?

[develar]

electron-builder does rebuild for you automatically. No need to use anything else.

[douglassllc]

What if you are using webpack-dev-server, which will fail to load if a package (i.e. keytar) is not rebuild for the platform on which I am developing.

For example, If I build for the Windows platform. Then I go back to regular develop mode (i.e on Mac) and run webpack-dev-server which fails because the keytar package needs to be rebuilt.

The solution mentioned would require me to perform a complete build for my development environment just to have keytar rebuilt.

[devuxer]

@develar

I have the same question, except SQLite instead of keytar.

What is the equivalent of this:

electron-rebuild -f -w sqlite3

...in electron-builder?

[thrazu]

Same question. Any answer?

[douglassllc]

I have not found the answer.

[Laruxo]

I have a start script that runs webpack-dev-server. Adding "prestart": "electron-builder install-app-deps" solved the problem for me.

[douglassllc]

@Laruxo thanks for the suggest. I will give this a try.