hints for using this in electron app? error: ".mmdb not found in app.asar"

[cyphunk]

Hi, perhaps this intentional but when using this lib in an electron application the download of updated database appears to fail with error (on linux ubuntu 18.04lts):

Error: ENOENT, node_modules/geolite2-redist/dbs-tmp/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb not found in /app/resources/app.asar
    at createError (electron/js2c/asar.js:111:17)
    at Object.module.<computed> [as open] (electron/js2c/asar.js:179:23)
    at WriteStream.open (internal/fs/streams.js:289:6)
    at new WriteStream (internal/fs/streams.js:269:10)
    at Object.createWriteStream (fs.js:1807:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/geolite2-redist/scripts/download-helper.js:82:21)
    at Object.emit (events.js:228:7)
    at Object.[processEntry] (/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:224:12)
    at Object.[nextEntry] (/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:235:36)
    at Object.[consumeHeader] (/app/resources/app.asar/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:204:32)
Emitted 'error' event on WriteStream instance at:
    at internal/fs/streams.js:294:12
    at electron/js2c/asar.js:26:28
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:76:11) {
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: -2
}

[GitSquared]

This isn't intentional, the lib was made for an electron app. Are you using webpack or electron-forge? Make sure that node_modules/geolite2-redist/ is fully included in your asar archive, or perhaps exclude the dependency from the archive altogether (depending ont the build system, you might need to mark it as "unpacked" or "native")

[cyphunk]

I'm not sure. Packing into a tar.gz. Excerpts from package.json (source):

  "scripts": {
    "dist:linux": "electron-builder --linux",
  },
  "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps",
  "build": {
    "linux": {
      "target": [
        "tar.gz"
      ],

But based on your advice I think I can resolve the issue later when I have a moment to examine more closely.

thanks!

[GitSquared]

The target packaging is a different thing. Electron apps bundle all their code and dependencies in an asar archive, which is then packed into whatever target you have (tar.gz, binaries, etc). More info.