Electron not launching with latest sharp libraries

[janakg]

electron: "8.5.5",
electron-builder: "22.9.1"
Target: Ubuntu Linux
Sharp: 0.26.3

Suggestion from sharp author::

electron-builder needs to be modified, either to skip dependencies that uses N-API, or to invoke prebuild-install with runtime=napi first, then fallback to runtime=electron.

lovell/sharp#2440

[janakg]

Hi, any updates on this issue would help us understand timelines.

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[Julusian]

Still valid, PR with a fix to invoke prebuild-install correctly develar/app-builder#47

[marciomarim]

Any updates on this?

[Julusian]

All merged, waiting for release.
Until that is done I am working around the issue by forcing a newer version of app-builder-bin via resolutions (yarn only)

"resolutions": {
	"electron-builder/**/app-builder-bin": "3.5.13",
}

[sujiewen]

INFO Building app with electron-builder:
• electron-builder version=22.10.5 os=19.6.0
• electron-rebuild not required if you use electron-builder, please consider to remove excess dependency from devDependencies

To ensure your native dependencies are always matched electron version, simply add script "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps" to your package.json`
• writing effective config file=dist_electron/builder-effective-config.yaml
• rebuilding native dependencies dependencies=sharp@0.28.1 platform=win32 arch=x64
• install prebuilt binary name=sharp version=0.28.1 platform=win32 arch=x64
⨯ cannot build native dependency reason=prebuild-install failed with error and build from sources not possible because platform or arch not compatible
cause=exit status 1
errorOut=prebuild-install info begin Prebuild-install version 6.1.2
prebuild-install WARN install prebuilt binaries enforced with --force!
prebuild-install WARN install prebuilt binaries may be out of date!
prebuild-install info looking for local prebuild @ prebuilds/sharp-v0.28.1-electron-v87-win32-x64.tar.gz
prebuild-install info looking for cached prebuild @ /Users/lc/.npm/_prebuilds/e4bca0-sharp-v0.28.1-electron-v87-win32-x64.tar.gz
prebuild-install http request GET https://github.com/lovell/sharp/releases/download/v0.28.1/sharp-v0.28.1-electron-v87-win32-x64.tar.gz
prebuild-install WARN install connect ETIMEDOUT 192.30.255.112:443

                                command=/usr/local/bin/node /Users/lc/st/wmswarehouse/node_modules/prebuild-install/bin.js --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --target=12.0.5 --runtime=electron --verbose --force
                                workingDir=/Users/lc/st/wmswarehouse/node_modules/sharp

ExecError: /Users/lc/st/wmswarehouse/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder exited with code ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
at ChildProcess. (/Users/lc/st/wmswarehouse/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:243:14)
at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:422:26)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5) {
exitCode: 2,
alreadyLogged: true,
code: 'ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE'
}
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[AlanSean]

All merged, waiting for release.
Until that is done I am working around the issue by forcing a newer version of app-builder-bin via resolutions (yarn only)

"resolutions": {
	"electron-builder/**/app-builder-bin": "3.5.13",
}

I tried, but it didn't work

[dennisameling]

Versions 22.11.1 and higher of electron-builder include the fix for this issue (specifically it includes app-builder-bin 3.5.13 which has the fix).

Please report back here if those versions work for you 👍🏼

[KillerCodeMonkey]

Same here like @AlanSean said. Seems like it is not working. Even with latest version electron-builder and sharp version.
Building the app is not the problem, but after starting it, it freezes and no gui appears (tested with deb and AppImage).
Any idea?

[rrgeorge]

Same here like @AlanSean said. Seems like it is not working. Even with latest version electron-builder and sharp version.
Building the app is not the problem, but after starting it, it freezes and no gui appears (tested with deb and AppImage).
Any idea?

I think you're experiencing the same issue i just reported here: #6200
If you try running your built application from the command-line, you should see the message: libvips-cpp.so.42: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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