Wire-desktop: Unable to build on wire-desktop linux client since release/2.13.+

[hlwsmith]

The most recent attempt was with node v7.7.4 and npm 4.4.1.

The first error is always starts with:
Running "shell:linux64" (shell) task
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/harvey/Repos/wire-desktop/electron/node_modules/redent/package.json'
at /home/harvey/Repos/wire-desktop/node_modules/electron-builder/src/readInstalled.ts:36:21

The build then soon after aborts with:
Aborted due to warnings.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 6
npm ERR! wire-desktop@ build:linux: grunt linux-prod
npm ERR! Exit status 6
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the wire-desktop@ build:linux script 'grunt linux-prod'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
...
(log attached)

2017-03-23T09_35_27_301Z-debug_log.txt

I've been building wire-desltop up through 2.12.2729 with no issues.

[hlwsmith]

Oh I should add, I follow the README.

git clone https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop.git
cd wire-desktop
npm install

Start

npm start

Test

npm test

That all works! It's the next step

# Build for Linux
npm run build:linux

That fails.

[ffflorian]

@hlwsmith
Sorry, I cannot reproduce this on Debian 8 with node v7.7.4 and npm v4.4.1. Which Linux distribution are you using? Did you make sure that you have enough free disk space (df -h)?

Anyway, these are two possible fixes:

• Install grunt-cli globally: npm i -g grunt-cli
• Install g++/gcc multilibs: sudo apt-get install g++-multilib gcc-multilib (for node-gyp).

[ConorIA]

I tried to reproduce last night on Manjaro, but forgot to post a comment. No problems for me either. The error message indicated that one of the NPM modules is missing its package.json file. My recommendation would be to git clean -fdX and start from npm install.

[ffflorian]

@ConorIA

The error message indicated that one of the NPM modules is missing its package.json file

Yes, that's why I asked about free disk space :)

My recommendation would be to git clean -fdX and start from npm install.

Good idea, but @hlwsmith said he freshly cloned the repo. So no need for git clean IMO.

[ConorIA]

@ffflorian, right so. I hadn't read very carefully. Does NPM not throw an error when it runs out of disk space?

I've been building wire-desltop up through 2.12.2729 with no issues.

This is why I suggested git clean. I had interpreted that comment to mean that @hlwsmith was building multiple versions in the same local repo. (Which, really, should does work anyway).

[ffflorian]

@ConorIA I have already seen very strange behaviour on npm side when I am running out of disk space. For example, the first five modules install fine and on the sixth I get an error. AFAIK this behaviour is connected to the fact that npm never knows in advance how many sub-dependencies exist.

I've been building wire-desltop up through 2.12.2729 with no issues.

This is why I suggested git clean. I had interpreted that comment to mean that @hlwsmith was building multiple versions in the same local repo. (Which, really, should does work anyway).

Ah, yes, you are right. I was more focused on his second comment.

[hlwsmith]

Thanks @ffflorian and @ConorIA! The issues was indeed that I needed to do a git clean -fdX as @ConorIA suggested. I actually hadn't started with a clean repo (I copy pasted one too many lines above, sorry for the confusion) and had really started with a git checkout master; git pull as I usually do. It build fine now :+1: