electron-forge start works, but electron-forge make does not work

[awosoga]

I have adapted the scripts to work for an Intel Mac and electron-forge start works fine, but when running electron-forge make I get the following error. Any help would be appreciated.

It looks like there's an incorrect symlink happening and I'm not sure why

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge: Error: /var/folders/wb/yr_2rvy56d78b1kxpwzyfb4r0000gp/T/electron-packager/darwin-x64/test1-darwin-x64-qaLKr7/Electron.app/Contents/Resources/app/r-mac/fontconfig/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf: file "../../../../../../../../../../../../../Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.3-x86_64/Resources/fontconfig/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf" links out of the package at Filesystem.insertLink (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/@electron/asar/lib/filesystem.js:104:13) at handleFile (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/@electron/asar/lib/asar.js:132:20) at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/@electron/asar/lib/asar.js:148:11) at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/@electron/asar/lib/asar.js:149:12) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) at async MacApp.asarApp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/electron-packager/src/platform.js:224:5) at async MacApp.buildApp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/electron-packager/src/platform.js:136:5) at async MacApp.initialize (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/electron-packager/src/platform.js:127:7) at async MacApp.create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/electron-packager/src/mac.js:377:5) at async Promise.all (index 0) at async packager (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/electron-packager/src/index.js:204:20)

[jhk0530]

You may run app file with terminal with permission

see trouble shooting in readme

electron-forge start work, but electron-forge make not work

It seems to be problem caused by permission, run .app file via terminal with sudo open ~~.app.

[srmatth]

I am getting the same error as @awosoga and the above fix does not work for me.

When I run the suggested fix from @jhk0530, I just get an error message telling me that ~~.app does not exist.

Looking back at the original error message, it seems that there is some issue with external references in the font files. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this would be much appreciated.

R Version Information:

> version
               _                           
platform       aarch64-apple-darwin20      
arch           aarch64                     
os             darwin20                    
system         aarch64, darwin20           
status                                     
major          4                           
minor          3.1                         
year           2023                        
month          06                          
day            16                          
svn rev        84548                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16)
nickname       Beagle Scouts    

Electron Forge Version 6.4.1

[awosoga]

I have the same version of R, and sudo ~~.app does not work because the file is not created at all. The error is thrown before the process completes

[jhk0530]

.app exists in <APP>/out/make/zip/darwin/arm64/ with zip file. You should open this zip file to extract .app

Here is example of mine. <askme>

and terminal commands to run app from electron-forge make

[awosoga]

This is what I'm saying - the out folder isn't created at all. From my understanding, the out folder is only created after electron-forge make runs successfully. Since the unhandled rejection from my initial post is thrown, compilation aborts and no folder is created

[srmatth]

I agree the out/ dir never gets created because the error happens before the app is actually made.

[jhk0530]

I had the same problem, and chatGPT didn't help me solve the problem

Eventually, I tried 2 methods and it worked but, I don't think either of them are fundamental fixes.

1. delete the r-mac/fontconfig/fonts/conf.d folder.

2. allow read-write access to the children of the name directory to everyone (image contains korean, but you may understand)

[jhk0530]

Hey guys, I found one possible solution. modify forge.config.js as below I tried and app didn't passed from loading screen. I thought it was access problem. But I found this solution from old legacy of my window pc

module.exports = {
  packagerConfig: {},
  rebuildConfig: {},
  makers: [
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
      platforms: ['win32', 'darwin']
    }
  ]
};

Note. add appropriate makers as you wish .

[awosoga]

This solution worked for me. Thank you for your help!

[jhk0530]

Nice, I'll update this.

Thanks.