The dist/package.json file is missing

[chrisvelevitch]

• I'm submitting a ... [ ] bug report [ ] feature request [x] question about the decisions made in the repository

• What is the current behavior? The packager is complaining that the dist/package.json is missing. What is meant to be in this file and shouldn't it be including in the repo?

• What is the expected behavior? The app is packaged

• What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior? To have the package built

• Please tell us about your environment:

• Angular version: 4.4.4

• Browser: [Electron 1.7.9 Mac OS X 10.11.6 ]

• Other information (e.g. detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. stackoverflow, gitter, etc)

angular-electron-dream-starter@7.0.0 package:mac /projects/angular-electron-dream-starter rimraf packages/mac/* && build --macos --x64

electron-builder 19.36.0 Error: Cannot find package.json in the /projects/angular-electron-dream-starter/dist at /projects/angular-electron-dream-starter/node_modules/electron-builder/src/packager.ts:207:11

[colinskow]

Did you do npm run build:aot first? I have tested recently on Mac and it is packaging correctly from my AoT build.

[chrisvelevitch]

Sorry, I overlooked that part of the process. It's working for me now.