Electron-Builder cannot build update for Windows - mono

Question

I am not able to build an update with Electron-Builder and Squirrel for a test application. The problem I think Wine does not find the 7z.exe file. Here's a part of the error that I think is the main problem:
Utility: Failed to extract file /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.0-full.nupkg to /Users/<user>/.local/share/SquirrelTemp/tempa
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
I tried installing 7-Zip x64 and x86. I even tried to install it in c:/ windows/system32/.
Building for Windows on macOS.
package.json
{
"name": "electronquickstart",
"version": "1.0.1",
"description": "A minimal Electron application",
"main": "./app/main.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron .",
"dist": "build -w --x64"
},
"repository": "",
"keywords": [
"Electron",
"quick",
"start",
"tutorial",
"demo"
],
"author": "GitHub",
"license": "CC0-1.0",
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "~1.7.8",
"electron-builder": "^19.49.2",
"electron-builder-squirrel-windows": "^19.49.0"
},
"build": {
"appId": "com.domain.test",
"copyright": "Copyright © 2017 Company",
"productName": "Teste",
"electronVersion": "1.7.8",
"win": {
"target": [
"squirrel"
],
"certificateFile": "./certificate/certificate.pfx",
"certificatePassword": "password00",
"icon": "./build/icon.ico"
},
"squirrelWindows": {
"remoteReleases": "http://example.com/installer/",
"iconUrl": "http://example.com/favicon.ico",
"useAppIdAsId": false
}
},
"dependencies": {
}
}
Complete log:
Error: Exit code: 255. Command failed: mono /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/electron-builder/Squirrel.Windows/Squirrel.Windows-1.7.8/Update-Mono.exe --releasify /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.1-full.nupkg --releaseDir /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows
2017-12-27 16:45:21> Utility: Failed to extract file /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.0-full.nupkg to /Users/<user>/.local/share/SquirrelTemp/tempa
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
2017-12-27 16:45:21> Unhandled exception: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional (System.Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) [0x00011] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait (System.Int32 millisecondsTimeout, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x00043] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait () [0x00000] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at Squirrel.DeltaPackageBuilder.CreateDeltaPackage (Squirrel.ReleasePackage basePackage, Squirrel.ReleasePackage newPackage, System.String outputFile) [0x000e9] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.ReleasifyElectron (System.String package, System.String targetDir, System.String baseUrl) [0x00110] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine (System.String[] args) [0x004c4] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.main (System.String[] args) [0x00097] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0 <---
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional (System.Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) [0x00011] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait (System.Int32 millisecondsTimeout, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x00043] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait () [0x00000] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at Squirrel.DeltaPackageBuilder.CreateDeltaPackage (Squirrel.ReleasePackage basePackage, Squirrel.ReleasePackage newPackage, System.String outputFile) [0x000e9] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.ReleasifyElectron (System.String package, System.String targetDir, System.String baseUrl) [0x00110] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine (System.String[] args) [0x004c4] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.main (System.String[] args) [0x000bb] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00006] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0 <---
2017-12-27 16:45:13> Program: Starting Squirrel Updater: --releasify /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.1-full.nupkg --releaseDir /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows
2017-12-27 16:45:14> DeltaPackageBuilder: Extracting /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.0-full.nupkg and /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.1-full.nupkg into /Users/<user>/.local/share/SquirrelTemp/tempb
2017-12-27 16:45:21> Utility: Failed to extract file /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/dist/squirrel-windows/electronquickstart-1.0.0-full.nupkg to /Users/<user>/.local/share/SquirrelTemp/tempa
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
2017-12-27 16:45:21> Unhandled exception: System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional (System.Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) [0x00011] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait (System.Int32 millisecondsTimeout, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x00043] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait () [0x00000] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at Squirrel.DeltaPackageBuilder.CreateDeltaPackage (Squirrel.ReleasePackage basePackage, Squirrel.ReleasePackage newPackage, System.String outputFile) [0x000e9] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.ReleasifyElectron (System.String package, System.String targetDir, System.String baseUrl) [0x00110] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine (System.String[] args) [0x004c4] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.main (System.String[] args) [0x00097] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0 <---
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional (System.Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) [0x00011] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait (System.Int32 millisecondsTimeout, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x00043] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait () [0x00000] in <6e9b92f0d119424382ef180639777acb>:0
at Squirrel.DeltaPackageBuilder.CreateDeltaPackage (Squirrel.ReleasePackage basePackage, Squirrel.ReleasePackage newPackage, System.String outputFile) [0x000e9] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.ReleasifyElectron (System.String package, System.String targetDir, System.String baseUrl) [0x00110] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine (System.String[] args) [0x004c4] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.main (System.String[] args) [0x000bb] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
at Squirrel.Update.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00006] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception: wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
at Squirrel.Utility+<ExtractZipToDirectory>d__22.MoveNext () [0x000ff] in <6dfa1b8045584e6384eb68e7d588f716>:0 <---
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:109:16
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:279:5)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:159:13)
at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:943:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:220:5)
From previous event:
at exec (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:77:3)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-squirrel-windows/src/squirrelPack.ts:109:24
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
at SquirrelBuilder.releasify (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-squirrel-windows/out/squirrelPack.js:277:11)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-squirrel-windows/src/squirrelPack.ts:88:16
From previous event:
at SquirrelBuilder.buildInstaller (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-squirrel-windows/out/squirrelPack.js:258:11)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-squirrel-windows/src/SquirrelWindowsTarget.ts:35:27
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
at SquirrelWindowsTarget.build (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-squirrel-windows/out/SquirrelWindowsTarget.js:82:11)
at taskManager.addTask.default.map.it (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:120:85)
From previous event:
at WinPackager.packageInDistributableFormat (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:120:41)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:116:10
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
at runCallback (timers.js:800:20)
at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:762:5)
at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:733:5)
From previous event:
at WinPackager.pack (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/platformPackager.js:195:11)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:345:24
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
at xfs.stat (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/fs-extra-p/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18
at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:167:5)
From previous event:
at Packager.doBuild (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:407:11)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:289:52
From previous event:
at Packager._build (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:351:11)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:259:23
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
at runCallback (timers.js:800:20)
at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:762:5)
at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:733:5)
From previous event:
at Packager.build (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:311:11)
at /Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:287:40
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
at _build (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder/out/builder.js:61:21)
at build (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:257:10)
at then (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:49:4)
at runCallback (timers.js:800:20)
at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:762:5)
at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:733:5)
From previous event:
at Object.args [as handler] (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:49:4)
at Object.runCommand (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/yargs/lib/command.js:228:22)
at Object.parseArgs [as _parseArgs] (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:1041:24)
at Object.get [as argv] (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:957:21)
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/<user>/developer/electron-examples/installer-and-auto-update/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:43:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:641:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:652:10)
at Module.load (module.js:560:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:503:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:495:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:682:10)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:191:16)
at bootstrap_node.js:613:3
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

Answer 1

I've spent a lot of hours debugging this issue...
I have feeling that Squirell and electron-builder are poorly made
Were able to workaround this by coping 7z.exe into ~/.cache/electron-builder/Squirrel.Windows/Squirrel.Windows-1.7.8/ (on linux)
Update-Mono.exe is launched from there, so then it able to find 7z.exe
UPD: for mac os dir should be /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/electron-builder/Squirrel.Windows/Squirrel.Windows-1.7.8/Update-Mono.exe