Talk: Module build failed: BrowserslistError: Unknown browser query `dead`

[emilyyount]

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Intended outcome:

Run yarn build during an initial install.

Actual outcome:

Process fails after repeating this error multiple times.

Module build failed: BrowserslistError: Unknown browser querydead at error (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/browserslist/index.js:37:11) at /Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/browserslist/index.js:222:9 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at browserslist (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/browserslist/index.js:196:13) at Browsers.parse (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/autoprefixer/lib/browsers.js:44:14) at new Browsers (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/autoprefixer/lib/browsers.js:39:28) at loadPrefixes (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/autoprefixer/lib/autoprefixer.js:56:18) at plugin (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/autoprefixer/lib/autoprefixer.js:62:18) at LazyResult.run (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:274:20) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:189:32) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:201:22) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:201:22) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:201:22) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:201:22) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:201:22) at LazyResult.asyncTick (/Users/emilyyount/Code/feature-talk-test-2018-05/talk/node_modules/postcss/lib/lazy-result.js:201:22)

Stacktrace: https://gist.github.com/kgardnr/bd1e2a923cb467cf55742071389e98bf

I followed the instructions for installing from source: https://docs.coralproject.net/talk/installation-from-source/. Everything worked until I tried to run yarn build.

After a few Google searches for the error message, I tried backtracking and ran yarn cache clean, but that didn't do the trick. I also tried the solution in this github issue, but that also didn't work.

Version and environment

Node version: v8.9.4
Yarn version: 1.6.0
Mac OS: 10.13.4

[kgardnr]

Hey Emily! Welcome to Talk!

Which version of Talk are you using?

Can you try deleting the node_modules folder and running yarn build again?

If you keep running into issues, someone from our team can jump on a call with you.

[kgardnr]

PS I put your stacktrace here so we can keep the ticket conversation readable: https://gist.github.com/kgardnr/bd1e2a923cb467cf55742071389e98bf

[emilyyount]

@kgardnr Thanks!

I ran these commands from your install from source page. I'm not sure what version of Talk that pulls.

curl -sLo talk.tar.gz https://github.com/coralproject/talk/archive/master.tar.gz mkdir -p talk
tar xzf talk.tar.gz -C talk --strip-components 1
cd talk

I deleted the node_modules folder and ran yarn build again. I got the same error as is pasted above.

Happy to jump on a call!

[kgardnr]

Can you try skipping that step and continuing with setting up Mongo, Redis and your .env file.

And then you can run

yarn && yarn watch

[emilyyount]

@kgardnr: I skipped that step and ran docker run -p 127.0.0.1:6379:6379 -d redis. That seemed to work, but then I don't see a .env file to edit. I have my hidden files visible (we use docker for other things), but I don't see the file in this instance.

[kgardnr]

Are you setting this up to test it out or as the first step to launch it on Texas Tribune?

[emilyyount]

To test it out on a stand alone page.

[kgardnr]

Great! The simplest thing to do is go to the readme here: https://github.com/coralproject/talk

And click on the Heroku one-click install - you'll have it up and running in just a few minutes! You will need a heroku account which is free.

[emilyyount]

Okay. I will give that a try.

[Prabhagar06]

Hi @emilyyount , Did you found any solution to solve this issue? because i am also getting same issue :)

[emilyyount]

@Prabhagar06 I didn't, but the one-click-install ended up being a good solution for me because I was only trying to take Talk for a test spin.

https://github.com/coralproject/talk#try-talk

[wyattjoh]

Hey @emilyyount + @Prabhagar06!

Could you try updating your versions of Node + Yarn? I just did a clean install with:

Node v8.11.2
Yarn v1.7.0
Mac OS: 10.13.4

And I did not experience the issue described.