Electron-forge: yarn create electron-app my-app says **Error: Cannot find module 'source-map-support/register'**

Created on 12 May 2020  路  2Comments  路  Source: electron-userland/electron-forge

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Issue Details

  • Electron Forge Version: yarn create electron-app my-app is not working at all, so no installed versions


  • Electron Version: ----


  • Operating System: Windows 10


  • Last Known Working Electron Forge version:: -------


Expected Behavior


yarn create electron-app my-app should've simply run through a process and in the end it should create a boilerplate project but it threw an error and gave the empty directory only

Actual Behavior When I run yarn create electron-app my-app it says

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'source-map-support/register'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\jishn\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\@electron-forge\cli\dist\electron-forge-init.js:3:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)

To Reproduce

Just try running yarn create electron-app my-app or npx electron-app my-app

Additional Information

Git is installed. git --version: git version 2.26.2.windows.1