Hyper: Getting the error "execvp(3) failed: No such file or directory" when opening hyper on Ubuntu 18.04

[joybh98]

• [x] I am on the latest Hyper.app version
• [x] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

• OS version and name: Ubuntu 18.04 with the latest updates
• Hyper.app version: 3.0.2

• Link of a Gist with the contents of your .hyper.js: https://gist.github.com/joybhallaa/323f67b019209fb550713b0c336a5b99

• Relevant information from devtools _(CMD+ALT+I on macOS, CTRL+SHIFT+I elsewhere)_: N/A

• The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app: Is Vanilla

Issue

I have downloaded hyper version 3.0.2 on my Ubuntu 18.04, there were no problems in the download part.
When I opened the hyper app, I got greeted with the error execvp(3) failed: No such file or directory.

Things that I've tried:

1. Go to view->reload & view-reload

[anthonykrivonos]

I was having the same issue and this is how I fixed it: navigate to the Hyper preferences (it's a file called .hyper.js and change the updateChannel to 'canary'. Then, simply reload the terminal and let Hyper update itself. Let me know if that fixes things.

[joybh98]

Hey @anthonykrivonos, I tried your solution, but it did not work for me, but I looked around and found out that the execvp(3) error occurs when there is a issue with the path or terminal. So I looked into the hyper.js file and found out that the default shell that should be run was not there, so I added /bin/bash and it worked, I'm going to attach a link to the gist which may help other people.
Should I open a new issue to add a default path ?

Gist

[amirrezasalimi]

@joybhallaa thanks you, its worked

[typemismatch]

This is still an issue, just installed today on OSX 10.14.6 and Hyper 3.0.2 and there was no shell in the .js file.

[jcklpe]

I'm having this problem too. https://spectrum.chat/zeit/hyper/execvp-3-failed-no-such-file-or-directory-best-settings-for-multi-os~e81ac056-238e-4322-ac3c-1bc51a785892

[novusli]

@joybhallaa Thank you, your solution works!

[matanglahav]

@joybhallaa Thank you, Worked like a charm!

[joehanko]

@joybhallaa worked for me too, thanks!

[joybh98]

Welcome, everyone! Is this issue still there? I'd like to open an issue to work on this.

[BLZH93]

Yup! still going on! Used your code and it fixed it in a whiff. Thank you bud!

[Shellchuck]

@joybh98 Hi, could you please share your code one more time? The gist is unavailable.

[joybh98]

@Shellchuck https://gist.github.com/joybh98/9610dd2059539df83725befd3be34dd4
here you go !

[Shellchuck]

@joybh98 Thank you!

[ji-ggy]

@joybh98 where can i find hyper.js file?
i open my hyper terminal and click preferences but hyper.js not show up.

[joybh98]

if you're using linux, it should be in your home directory.
Type ls -alF or ll if you're on ubuntu or ubuntu based distros

[rafaelstz]

To me, it worked when I changed the shell to this path below in the ~/.hyper.js.

...
 shell: '/bin/zsh',
...

[parichaypari1986]

I don't have updateChannel in that hyper.js file. How do I solve the same problem