building joclyboard dont works

[leytilera]

when i follow this instructions https://github.com/mi-g/joclyboard/wiki/Installing-JoclyBoard-from-Github joclyboard wont start after i rum the electron app command. in the task manager i see that the electron app is running, but there is no gui.

[mi-g]

Please provide more details: what OS/version you are running on, any console message you get, ...

[leytilera]

I am running Windows 10 and in the console I get no message

[mi-g]

I went through the whole git clone/install/run process on Windows 10 and didn't have any problem, the main window appeared correctly. Does running the official JoclyBoard build works for you ?

[leytilera]

Yes

[mi-g]

Did you execute the npm run app-install command correctly ?

[leytilera]

Yes

[mi-g]

Sorry to ask, but why do you need to execute JoclyBoard directly from git ? I mean your answers are very concise so i guess you haven't made any investigation on your own. Normally, if you need to run the app from its source code, this is because you want to modify something or at least learn how it works. This means you should have a development environment that would make finding your issue very easy.

[leytilera]

after i get it to work, i want to make a privat version with my own variants.

[mi-g]

so you need to setup a development environment. i personally use Visual Studio Code for both Jocly core and JoclyBoard. It allows to run JoclyBoard/node.js from a debugger. There are other IDEs that allows doing this.

[leytilera]

i have visula studio code installed

[leytilera]

i tried to reinstall joclyboard but now i get this error, when i make npm install. maybe this was also at the first installation: npm WARN retry will retry, error on last attempt: Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rename 'C:\Users\KANNMA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-6048-4ea13e18\registry.npmjs.org\macaddress-\macaddress-0.2.8.tgz.1000603157' -> 'C:\Users\KANNMA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-6048-4ea13e18\registry.npmjs.org\macaddress-\macaddress-0.2.8.tgz' npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586 npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" npm ERR! node v6.11.0 npm ERR! npm v3.10.10

npm ERR! tarball.destroy is not a function npm ERR! npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at: npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues npm WARN retry will retry, error on last attempt: Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rename 'C:\Users\KANNMA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-6048-4ea13e18\registry.npmjs.org\require-directory-\require-directory-2.1.1.tgz.4023526726' -> 'C:\Users\KANNMA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-6048-4ea13e18\registry.npmjs.org\require-directory-\require-directory-2.1.1.tgz' npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586 npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" npm ERR! node v6.11.0 npm ERR! npm v3.10.10

npm ERR! tarball.destroy is not a function npm ERR! npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at: npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues npm WARN retry will retry, error on last attempt: Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rename 'C:\Users\KANNMA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-6048-4ea13e18\registry.npmjs.org\require-directory-\require-directory-2.1.1.tgz.2946221359' -> 'C:\Users\KANNMA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-6048-4ea13e18\registry.npmjs.org\require-directory-\require-directory-2.1.1.tgz' npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586 npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" npm ERR! node v6.11.0 npm ERR! npm v3.10.10

npm ERR! tarball.destroy is not a function npm ERR! npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at: npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues

[mi-g]

The version of node.js i use is 7.6.0 maybe this is the reason. You should try to update node.js to verify. Also, when things go wrong like this, you can remove the node_modules directories (the one in the top directory and the one in the app sub-directory. Then execute npm install and npm run app-install to force the reinstallation of the dependencies.

[leytilera]

i try it

[leytilera]

thank you, it worked

[mi-g]

Good ! I can close the bug now. By the way, was the issue about the node.js version or a messed up node_modules directory ? For the records, it is very important (and not only for Jocly projects) to check the errors at any command and not just follow what's in the tutorial as there are many reasons for things to go wrong at any time.

[leytilera]

node.js version

[leytilera]

by the way, how i replace the jocly npm module with my jocly fork?

[mi-g]

On Linux or Mac, you do a npm link <jocly directory>, so when you do the npm install and npm run install, the system picks the Jocly module in development instead of downloading the Jocly released package from the web. I think it should work on Windows, even if the internal mechanism is not the same (it creates a symbolic link on unix based systems, but this does not exist on Windows). If this does not work, try searching npm link for windows on the web.

[leytilera]

should i do the gulp build before npm link?

[mi-g]

No, you must:

1. delete directories node_modules in the project directory and app sub-directory
2. run npm link your-jocly-directory
3. run npm install and npm run-app-install
4. run gulp build