Response code 404 (Not Found) for https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v9.4.4/electron-v9.4.4-darwin-arm64.zip

Question

I'm trying to install node modules for react native project in M1 macbook pro. While trying to run npm install or yarn install I'm having this error.

error /Users/akash/Documents/Projects/business-hub/node_modules/electron: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node install.js
Arguments:
Directory: /Users/akash/Documents/Projects/business-hub/node_modules/electron
Output:
HTTPError: Response code 404 (Not Found) for https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v9.4.4/electron-v9.4.4-darwin-arm64.zip
    at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/akash/Documents/Projects/business-hub/node_modules/got/source/as-stream.js:35:24)
    at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:369:20)
    at module.exports (/Users/akash/Documents/Projects/business-hub/node_modules/got/source/get-response.js:22:10)
    at ClientRequest.handleResponse (/Users/akash/Documents/Projects/business-hub/node_modules/got/source/request-as-event-emitter.js:155:5)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:476:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:381:22)
    at ClientRequest.origin.emit (/Users/akash/Documents/Projects/business-hub/node_modules/@szmarczak/http-timer/source/index.js:37:11)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient [as onIncoming] (node:_http_client:636:27)

I'm unable to find which of my packages are using electron for that I can not upgrade the version of electron.

Answer 1

React debugging tools require electron version 11.0.1 in m1 macs. As described here
If using Yarn, you can add a resolutions entry to package.json specifying which version to install:

"resolutions": {
  "electron": "^11.0.1"
}

and then yarn install.