Your build does not work on a windows platform

[JoeGrasso]

I know the kool thing is to develop on a MAC but some of us use windows. Could you kindly offer the build syntax for windows?

[iam4x]

Hello @JoeGrasso, it should work on Windows also I've tested it recently again on windows 10 and 7.

Can you tell me more about your issue?

[JoeGrasso]

While on Windows 10, using ...

  "build": "rm -rf dist && babel-node ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --stats --config  ./webpack/prod.config.js",

I receive this on npm run build .....

C: __temp\isomorphic-flux-boilerplate-master\node_modules.bin\webpack:4
case uname in
^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token case
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:414:25)
at Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js](C:Ed__tempisomorphic-flux-boilerplate-masternode_modulesbabel-corelibapiregisternode.
js:214:7)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:467:10)
at Object. (C:\Ed__temp\isomorphic-flux-boilerplate-master\node_modules\babel\lib_babel-node.js:144:25)
at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)

npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10240
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "run" "build"
npm ERR! node v4.2.2
npm ERR! npm v2.14.7
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! isomorphic-flux-boilerplate@0.3.0 build: rm -rf dist && babel-node ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --stats --config ./webpack/prod.config.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the isomorphic-flux-boilerplate@0.3.0 build script 'rm -rf dist && babel-node ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --stats --config ./webpack/prod.c
onfig.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the isomorphic-flux-boilerplate package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! rm -rf dist && babel-node ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --stats --config ./webpack/prod.config.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls isomorphic-flux-boilerplate
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:__temp\isomorphic-flux-boilerplate-master\npm-debug.log

[iam4x]

More like a node issue, what is your nodejs and npm version?

[JoeGrasso]

v 4.2.2 node
v 2.14.7 npm

[JoeGrasso]

FYI, upgraded to npm v3.5 just now. Issue remains.

[iam4x]

What is your bash on windows? have you tried gitbash?

(seems like this issue electron/rebuild#22 (comment))

[JoeGrasso]

I am afraid you lost me there. I thought windows does not use Bash.

[iam4x]

@JoeGrasso Okay that's why it doesn't work, you run it into windows cli :)

https://git-for-windows.github.io/

[JoeGrasso]

Is that the same as using Cygwin64 Terminal? I tried it with that same error

[iam4x]

Kind of I suppose... That's weird, can you try with git bash? I'll check later tonight with cygwin.

[JoeGrasso]

Just installed git and went to that directory and ran "npm run build" Same issue.

[luigiplr]

found the same issue @iam4x any ideas?

[cridenour]

Looks like this can happen when you run "node ...some\node\bin" in Windows. The solution looks to be to drop the "node" or in this case, the "babel-node".

Can you try changing build to

"build": "rm -rf dist && ./node_modules/.bin/webpack --stats --config ./webpack/prod.config.js",

and report back?

[iam4x]

@cridenour Yes saw this answer into the other issues as well, did someone on windows tried it?

[luigiplr]

@cridenour Nope. did not work. also windows hates the rm -rf bit.

[jaredkotoff]

v2.6.4 git
v3.5.3 npm
v4.2.4 node
npm run build in Git Bash and Cygwin resulted in the same error.

Shouldn't we not be using babel-node for production anyways?

@cridenour I think it supposed to be

"build": "rm -rf dist && .\\node_modules\\.bin\\webpack --stats --config .\\webpack\\prod.config.js",

But this now gives me:

...\webpack\prod.config.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import webpack from 'webpack';
                                                              ^^^^^^

@luigiplr you should reinstall git and select Use Git from Windows Command Prompt I belive it will add the rm and several other commants to Windows.

[rigman11]

@JoeGrasso @luigiplr try this:

"build": "rmdir /s /q dist  & babel-node -- .\\node_modules\\webpack\\bin\\webpack.js --stats --config  ./webpack/prod.config.js",

But I find that a little ugly. So, if someone have another solution ^^.

[tonilaukka]

We use cmdr (http://cmder.net/ ) to emulate console on Windows machines. Still we had to modify scripts and separate build to clean and build tasks to get it working.

"scripts": {
    "clean": "rm -rf dist",
    "build": "node_modules/.bin/babel-node -- ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --stats --config  ./webpack/prod.config.js",
    ...
},

[gingur]

This is actually a pretty common issue, to fix simply need to add rimraf and cross-env to remove directories and set env variables across platforms.

[gingur]

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