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I am having a problem while packaging my electron app using the electron-builder?

This error window appears as soon as I enter my app after packaging it using the electron-builder

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although the devDependencies for electron-updater is included

Solution

  • electron-builder does not include devDependencies in the packaged application since they're exclusive for development, you should reinstall electron-updater as a dependency.

    From the electron-builder website:

    A complete solution to package and build a ready for distribution Electron app for macOS, Windows and Linux with “auto update” support out of the box.

    • NPM packages management:
      • Native application dependencies compilation (including Yarn support).
      • Development dependencies are never included. You don’t need to ignore them explicitly.

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