Does not appear to be working on Windows 11

[splatboydev]

Possible Windows issue

I have installed the required dependencies and followed all the instructions, but it does not work.

(latest mozillabuild version)

yarn version:

choco version:

All steps go fine until gluon download, where this error happens:

I have tried resetting the folder and re-configuring the gluon project but it doesn't seem to affect anything.

[PressJump]

The directory you have the browser in which is "Frenon Browser," it appears that it contains a space. Tar does not like spaces between directory names and will detect it as a parameter in the cli. This applies to other parts of the browser as well. I believe removing the space will fix your problem with tar not being able to find your directory due to the space.

Example Below (Using Space):

Closing the issue for now.

[splatboydev]

Originally, I was using C:\Users\<>\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\freon, so this is true but the same problem happened either way. I moved it to a different folder but I'll try to re-run it now in case it works.

[splatboydev]

It looks like it's working now, so this was an error on my part. Sorry about that and thanks for the help

[PressJump]

No problem at all. Windows builds for the tool are very experimental so if you have any problems feel free to always create an issue. The reason I believed it was a directory issue was due to your terminal output which can be seen below.

[splatboydev]

Is it therefore possible to use something like tar <args> "C:\etc etc\etc (dir with spaces)" <other args> in the tool?

[PressJump]

Yes, in theory. Attempting it with the git bash version of tar on Windows (what gluon uses for Windows) by enclosing the directory in double quotes yields the same error. There is undoubtedly a solution, but this is not the only part of the tool that requires no-spaces in the directory. If my memory serves me correctly, this also becomes an issue with browser symlinks so one way or the other, it will fail. For large code-bases, it is best practice not to use a directory with spaces due to this kind of problem.