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Bower Install of arcgis-js-api failing (unable to find suitable version for dojo)

I get the following error when trying to run the following command: bower install arcgis-js-api

I've tried installing into a new directory and also after creating a base bower.json file. Searching the web has found some people with the issue, but no posted solutions on how to resolve.

{  
    "name": "arcgis-js-api-sample-app",  
    "version": "1.0.0",  
    "license": "Apache-2.0",  
    "dependencies": {  
        "esri": "arcgis-js-api#3.15.0"  
    },  
    "resolutions": {  
        "dojo": "v1.10.4/esri-3.14.0"  
    }  
}

Error Message: bower install arcgis-js-api ECONFLICT Unable to find suitable version for dojo

Full Trace:

$ bower install arcgis-js-api
bower arcgis-js-api#*           cached https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-js-api.git#4.3.1
bower arcgis-js-api#*         validate 4.3.1 against https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-js-api.git#*
bower dojo#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0  cached https://github.com/Esri/dojo.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower dojo#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0         validate v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0 against https://github.com/Esri/dojo.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower util#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0           cached https://github.com/Esri/dojo-util.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower util#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0         validate v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0 against https://github.com/Esri/dojo-util.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower dojox#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0          cached https://github.com/Esri/dojox.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower dojox#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0        validate v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0 against https://github.com/Esri/dojox.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower dgrid#v1.1.0/esri-3.20.0           cached https://github.com/Esri/dgrid.git#v1.1.0/esri-3.20.0
bower dgrid#v1.1.0/esri-3.20.0         validate v1.1.0/esri-3.20.0 against https://github.com/Esri/dgrid.git#v1.1.0/esri-3.20.0
bower dijit#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0          cached https://github.com/Esri/dijit.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower dijit#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0        validate v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0 against https://github.com/Esri/dijit.git#v1.12.1/esri-3.20.0
bower dstore#1.1.1                       cached https://github.com/SitePen/dstore.git#1.1.1
bower dstore#1.1.1                     validate 1.1.1 against https://github.com/SitePen/dstore.git#1.1.1
bower moment#2.17.1                      cached https://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.17.1
bower moment#2.17.1                    validate 2.17.1 against https://github.com/moment/moment.git#2.17.1
bower dojo#>=1.8.9                       cached https://github.com/dojo/dojo.git#1.12.2
bower dojo#>=1.8.9                     validate 1.12.2 against https://github.com/dojo/dojo.git#>=1.8.9
bower dijit#1.12.1                       cached https://github.com/dojo/dijit.git#1.12.1
bower dijit#1.12.1                     validate 1.12.1 against https://github.com/dojo/dijit.git#1.12.1
bower dojox#1.12.1                       cached https://github.com/dojo/dojox.git#1.12.1
bower dojox#1.12.1                     validate 1.12.1 against https://github.com/dojo/dojox.git#1.12.1
bower dojo-themes#1.12.1                 cached https://github.com/dojo/themes.git#1.12.1
bower dojo-themes#1.12.1               validate 1.12.1 against https://github.com/dojo/themes.git#1.12.1
bower dojo#>=1.8.1                       cached https://github.com/dojo/dojo.git#1.12.2
bower dojo#>=1.8.1                     validate 1.12.2 against https://github.com/dojo/dojo.git#>=1.8.1
bower dojo#1.12.1                        cached https://github.com/dojo/dojo.git#1.12.1
bower dojo#1.12.1                      validate 1.12.1 against https://github.com/dojo/dojo.git#1.12.1
bower                                 ECONFLICT Unable to find suitable version for dojo
Solution

  • I found a solution. This seems to be a problem on windows machines when using the gitBash interfaces. gitBash isn't allowing for user interaction to respond to prompts for selecting specific versions of the dependencies and just shows the error message.

    I switched to using the gitCMD prompt instead of gitBash. Once switching to gitCMD and running the same bower install arcgis-js-api command, the questions on selecting the dependencies showed up and I was able to successfully select them and finish the install.

    I hope this helps anyone else using bower on windows.