background

Recently, due to business needs, we were groping for electron, recording the pits we stepped in.

Because a 32-bit DLL needs to be imported and the node needs to be switched to 32-bit, an error occurs during the installation of @electronic-Forge/CLI (version: 6.0.0-beta.57). The error message is as follows:

error xxx\node_modules\electron-winstaller: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node ./script/select-7z-arch.js
Arguments:
Directory: xxx\node_modules\electron-winstaller
Output:
Selecting 7-Zip for arch ia32
xxx\node_modules\electron-winstaller\script\select-7z-arch.js:16
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why

Error cause, due to @electric-forge/CLI required @electric-forge /maker-squirrel (version: 6.0.0-beta.57) depends on the electric-winstaller (5.0.0), the configuration can be found in the package.json configuration file of @electric-forge /maker-squirrel:

"optionalDependencies": {
  "electron-winstaller": "^ 5.0.0"
}

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The 32 bit library (7z-ia32.exe/ 7Z-ia32.dll) that needs to be relied on is missing in the electron- Winstaller (5.0.0) verdor directory. Related issues: github.com/electron/wi…

The solution

  • Add the –ignore-scripts command when installing @electric-forge/CLI
yarn add @electron-forge/cli --ignore-scripts
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  • Download the corresponding dependent libraries and copy them to the electron-winstaller/verdor directory (github.com/electron/wi…).

  • Change the name to 7z.dll/7z.exe