Unable to use package on electron

[Mohab-Saber]

First, some notes about my project. The project is a Desktop App to view and edit SQLite DB. I use Electron and Express.

During development and testing of Express API, I only start the "server.js" file, which only starts Express without the FrontEnd (Electron). "better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphers" works just fine and passes all CRUD tests.

When I try to start the project from electron using command "electron .", The server starts in the background and Electron opens the home page (indicating that "express static" is working properly). But when I use the API to do CRUD operations, I get that error

"better-sqlite3-multiple-ciphers" was compiled against a different Node.js version using NODE_MODULE_VERSION 115. This version of Node.js requires NODE_MODULE_VERSION 125. Please try re-compiling or re-installing the module (for instance, using npm rebuild or npm install).

I tried npm rebuild and npm install but it was in vain. I also tried 4 versions of node and also it was in vain. The 4 versions were:- 22.3.0 22.1.0 21.7.3 20.11.0

I am obviously a beginner and This is my first real project. Thanks in advance!

[Mohab-Saber]

Finally, after three hours of trying, I managed to get the project working.

• First, I had to recompile the package. I install electron-build as a Dev Dependency
• Second, I got an error while compiling where it said "distutils" is not found. After some digging, I discoverd that it has been removed from Python 3.12. So, I installed python 3.9 and retried to compile again and it didn't work.
• Finally, I had to use electron 27.3 which is not the latest.

It was a long journy and it was quite excity!