Sharp not working as expected with electron-packager

[manankarani]

I am creating an electron app, which on npm start works perfectly, but when I try to build the same with the electron-packager, the following error pops on on clicking the exe file.

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception
Error
Something went wrong installing the "sharp"module
The specified module could not be found.

my package.json :

  "name": "manan",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A minimal Electron application",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron .",
    "pack": "electron-builder --dir",
    "dist": "electron-builder",
    "buildWin": "electron-packager . WhatsBulker --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --electronVersion=13.1.7 --app-version=1.0.0 --build-version=2.0.0 --prune=false --overwrite=true && electron ./package.js"
  },
  "author": "manan",
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^13.1.7",
    "electron-builder": "^22.11.7",
    "electron-winstaller": "^5.0.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
    "ejs": "^3.1.6",
    "electron-store": "^8.0.0",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "jquery": "^3.6.0",
    "multer": "^1.4.2",
    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
    "underscore": "^1.13.1",
    "venom-bot": "^3.0.21",
    "xlsx": "^0.17.0"
  }
}

Environment Details:

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.22000 //(Windows 11 Dev Channel)
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz
    Memory: 764.69 MB / 7.88 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.17.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
    npm: 7.17.0 - ~\node_modules\.bin\npm.CMD

Here I am using venom-bot which has internal dependency of the sharp module.

my build command :
electron-packager . WhatsBulker --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --electronVersion=13.1.7 --app-version=1.0.0 --build-version=2.0.0 --prune=false --overwrite=true && electron ./package.js

package.js (used to produce a installer):

var installer = require('electron-winstaller');
var path      = require('path');
const dialog  = require('electron').dialog;

console.log("packaging into a exe...\n");
resultPromise = installer.createWindowsInstaller({
    appDirectory:    './AppName-win32-ia32',
    outputDirectory: './installers/final',
    exe:             'AppName.exe',
    setupExe:        'FinalExeName.exe',
    noMsi:           true,
    iconUrl:         'IconUrl',
    setupIcon:       'IconPath'
});

resultPromise.then(function () {
    console.log("Installer created");
    dialog.showMessageBox({
        type:    'info',
        title:   'electron-winstaller',
        message: "Installer created",
        buttons: ['ok']
    });
    require('electron').app.quit();
});

Sharp Version : sharp@0.28.3
Latest Version : sharp@0.28.3

Please help if anyone has figured out my problem. Thanks.

[lovell]

This is probably the same as #2764. The combo of Windows + Node-API + electron-rebuild isn't quite supported by Electron.