Electron-builder: electron build: ⨯ zip: not a valid zip file

[AmrMKayid]

• Version: 20.27.1

• Target: mac

when I try to build the electron app i get this error

⨯ zip: not a valid zip file

[pksunkara]

Got it too. But it immediately went away in the next run.

[AmrMKayid]

I tried to run it multiple times but still get the same error!

[mluis]

Same here.

[afc163]

+1

$ rm ~/Library/Caches/electron

[mluis]

I think this should be an aborted download of the zip file. Does anyone knows where it stands so one can remove it to be downloaded again?

EDIT: This was happening while compiling for windows. After switching between squirrel and nsis it solved the problem.

[thomasdao]

For Mac, you may delete the cache electron zip file at ~/Library/Caches/electron

[ismet]

Getting the same error in Windows while trying to just build an exe.
electron-builder: v20.28.2
electron: v2.0.8

My simple build object in package.json is as following:

"build": {
    "productName": "product-name",
    "appId": "com.xyz.abc",
    "directories": {
      "output": "build"
    },
    "files": [
      "dist/electron/**/*"
    ],
    "win": {
      "icon": "build/icons/icon.ico"
    },
    "publish": null
  }

Is there anything wrong?

[MasterOfTheTiger]

The problem is probably a corrupted cached zip file. Try clearing the cache (wherever it is on Windows).

[elwinzhu]

same error. cleared the cached zip file but it doesn't help. what is the reason on earth?

[MasterOfTheTiger]

Maybe another cache? That's what happened to me.

[XuShaohua]

NOTE: On linux, these zip files are placed in $HOME/.cache/electron directory.

And by the way, this shall be a bug of electron-builder. If hash missmatch or zip file not fully downloaded, why not remove it and re-download zip file?

[sgruhier]

Got same issue. Remove cache (~/Library/Caches/electron on mac) fixed it. It forces reloading

[Dhruvit36]

I Found Path on windows : C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\Local\electron\Cache

Delete Zip file from this folder :)

[idoodler]

I just had the same issue. I am running Linux and deleting $HOME/.cache/electrondidn't fix it because this apparently is the wrong path. Check the paths here: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-download#cache-location

[samuelcarreira]

On Linux you can delete the cache folder
rm -rf ~/.cache/electron
It worked for me when I had the same problem

[develar]

@samuelcarreira Please provide full stack trace of error.