Help in building app without downloading electron from github

[myfrndjk]

19.52.1

• Version: No

2.9.4

• Target: windows

When I try to build electron in my environment linux host I am getting following error.
getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND github.com github.com:443

On checking the log I found that builder is trying to download electron from github instead of using it from dependencies.Is there a way to use electron which is present inside node_modules or how do i fix that getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND github.com github.com:443 issue, I guess that issue caused by proxy issue.

Thanks
Jk

[develar]

Please see https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-download about setting mirror or cache location.

[myfrndjk]

Hi,

Thanks for reply I read that unfortunately cant make it work.
I tried this line in my package.json
"release": "set ELECTRON_CACHE=/root/.cache/electron && set ELECTRON_CUSTOM_DIR=./node_modules/electron/ && chmod -R +x node_modules && build --win --publish always",

Still it tries to download electron from github only.
It would be great if you provide some sample / right way of doing it.

Error

GENERIC > set ELECTRON_CACHE=/root/.cache/electron && set ELECTRON_CUSTOM_DIR=./node_modules/electron/ && chmod -R +x node_modules && build --win --publish always

GENERIC
GENERIC electron-builder 19.28.4
GENERIC No native production dependencies
GENERIC Packaging for win32 x64 using electron 1.7.6 to dist/win-unpacked
GENERIC Downloading tmp-1613-0-electron-v1.7.6-win32-x64.zip
GENERIC [>                                            ] 0.0% (0 B/s)
GENERIC �[1000D�[0K�[1A�[1000D�[0K�[1A�[1000D�[0KDownloading tmp-1613-0-electron-v1.7.6-win32-x64.zip
GENERIC Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND github.com github.com:443
GENERIC Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND github.com github.com:443 

Thanks
Jk

[Ajeey]

You can set the mirror via package.json

"build": {
   "electronDownload": {
      "mirror": "https://xxx/electron-binaries/",
      "quiet": false,
      "verifyChecksum": false
    }
}

[myfrndjk]

@Ajeey Thanks for the help.It helped to an extend.Seems download is not supported in by host.
Is there a way to use downloaded/local electron.zip file for build.
I added electron zip inside resources and tried below code

    "electronDist":"resources/electronzipfiles/",
    "electronDownload": {
      "quiet": false,
      "verifyChecksum": false,
      "cache":"~/.cache/electron/"
    } 

Now it is not trying to download electron by tries to download codesign and again fails.
If i tries to add codesign.z inside resources no use still it is trying to download from git hub.
Not sure how to add those dependencies in local

Thanks
Jk

[myfrndjk]

similar issue #1859

This is how my release script looks like
"release": "mkdir -p ~/.cache/electron-builder && chmod -R 777 ~/.cache/electron-builder && cp -r resources/electronbuilder/* ~/.cache/electron-builder && chmod -R +x node_modules && build --win --publish always",

I manually downloaded winCodeSign-1.9.0and pushed that inside ~/.cache/electron-builder
But electron builder is still try to download that from github and throws error

  electron-builder 19.28.4
 No native production dependencies
 Packaging for win32 x64 using electron 1.7.6 to dist/win-unpacked
 Downloading winCodeSign-1.9.0, please wait
 Warning: Cannot download winCodeSign, attempt #1: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND github.com github.com:443
 Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND github.com github.com:443 

Am I missing any steps

Thanks
Jk

[mandyr]

@myfrndjk were you able to solve this issue? I am facing the same problem with winCodeSign-1.9.0 and I took the same steps you did.

[develar]

@mandyr Please try version 20.8.0

[rajshak123]

@develar I also have the same issue.It downloads electron from repo even though i already have electron in npm_modules.Is there any flag which can point to local installation of electron instead of downloading it everytime a new build is initiated?

[GKSONG]

In my case (electron-builder : 20.44.4), the following configuration works.

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\electron-builder\cache
winCodeSign\winCodeSing-2.4.0
nsis\nsis-3.0.3.2
nsis\nsis-resources-3.3.0

[amt-work]

@GKSONG Can you post the package.json you used to make this work? I'm struggling trying to figure it out.

[jzybert]

+1 for the package.json if you still have it

[vanminhquangtri]

@myfrndjk have you solved the problem yet? I got same problem and would like to hear any advice from you. Thank you.

[myfrndjk]

Hi all,

I never solved this issue.
Thanks

[vanminhquangtri]

Thank @myfrndjk
For me it works when in package.json, add build property. assets is the folder where we place the zip file of electron.

"build": {
    "electronDownload": {
      "cache": "./assets",
      "isVerifyChecksum": false,
      "platform": "win32"
    }
  }