npx gomplate "could not determine executable to run"

[devthejo]

the bin is not at the good path in npm package: here is my current workaround, I had to link it manually

{
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "ln -s ../gomplate/node_modules/.bin/gomplate node_modules/.bin/gomplate"
  }
}

[hairyhenderson]

Thanks for moving this over, @devthejo!

@RecuencoJones do you think you could have a look at this?

[RecuencoJones]

Can you please share some details about the environment?

• node version
• npm version
• gomplate version

[RecuencoJones]

I think I found the issue 😄 Was trying to reproduce with latest from my go-npm fork, but it is already fixed there!

https://github.com/RecuencoJones/go-npm/blob/master/src/common.js#L45

[devthejo]

Thanks for fixing it, I wait impatiently for the npm release, for now

docker run --rm node:16-alpine npx gomplate --version

npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

[hairyhenderson]

I think we could publish a new version, but then the version wouldn't line up with gomplate's version... 🤔

I'd also like to get a new gomplate release out soon (it's been waaaay too long), so once that happens the npm package will be up-to-date as well... Also note that there are a number of other ways to install gomplate 😉

[RecuencoJones]

Using GitHub dependencies on the package.json should be also possible:

"gomplate": "gomplate/gomplate-npm"

You can also test this with npx:

npx -p "github:gomplate/gomplate-npm" -c "gomplate --version"