electron: Failed at electron@1.6.2 postinstall: `node install.js`

issue with

npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601 npm ERR! argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\ node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “install” npm ERR! node v6.10.2 npm ERR! npm v3.10.10 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! polyonic@1.0.0 postinstall: cd src && npm install npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the polyonic@1.0.0 postinstall script ‘cd src && npm install’

Electron version: 1.6.2
Operating system: windows 7 64 bit

Actual behavior

tried many times repo, always got error. download manual git files is fine, no issue on network

How to reproduce

01 error argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “install” 402 error node v6.10.2 403 error npm v3.10.10 404 error code ELIFECYCLE 405 error polyonic@1.0.0 postinstall: cd src && npm install 405 error Exit status 1 406 error Failed at the polyonic@1.0.0 postinstall script ‘cd src && npm install’.

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 5
Comments: 24 (3 by maintainers)

Links to this issue

Trying to install Electron, failing; Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Commits related to this issue

Temporary work around for: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/9323 — committed to openWMail/openWMail by geekgonecrazy 7 years ago
Update package.json — committed to fyhao/electron-wf by fyhao 7 years ago

Most upvoted comments

@malept good catch, thanks for info! If dependency will be broken for a long time - js-zip is another alternative.

Temporary fix for all: add "extract-zip": "=1.6.0", to your project’s package.json dependencies in the same place where electron dependency located.

this hack should work with npm v3+ (not tested with old node.js and npm v2)

puzrin on Apr 30, 2017

From what I can tell, this is due to a regression in extract-zip between 1.6.0 and 1.6.1. I’m reaching out to the maintainer of that module to see how to fix this. See: https://github.com/maxogden/extract-zip/issues/38

In the meantime, I think we’ve established that it’s a problem, so it would be appreciated if everyone can refrain from “me too” comments. That way, the people who are subscribed to the issue gets less notification spam while this gets worked out. Thanks! (Please do not flood the extract-zip issue with “me too” comments, either.)

malept on Apr 30, 2017

It’s really weird because 1.6.2 worked for me last week, but doesn’t work now. I’m not sure how an npm package can suddenly break whilst staying the same version number.

ericlathrop on Apr 29, 2017

I created a fork for everybody who needs a quick fix. You can include it in your package.json like this:

 "electron": "git+ssh://git@github.com/johannesjo/electron-prebuilt.git",

Or if you need it globally:

npm install -g johannesjo/electron-prebuilt

johannesjo on Apr 30, 2017

Yeah, I can confirm that 1.6.0 of extract-zip allows the install.js to work correctly.

dfbaskin on Apr 30, 2017

Same issue here

https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/9326

ir-fuel on Apr 29, 2017