'"Cannot read property 'getPath' of undefined" when trying to install extensions

[wangpin34]

Today I meet an error when I tried to install REDUX_DEVTOOLS at my windows pc.

• My install script
  installTools.js

const installExtension = require('electron-devtools-installer');
const REDUX_DEVTOOLS = installExtension.REDUX_DEVTOOLS;

installExtension(REDUX_DEVTOOLS)
    .then((name) => console.log(`Added Extension:  ${name}`))
    .catch((err) => console.log('An error occurred: ', err));

• Error log

> electron-quick-start@1.0.0 init-dev C:\workspace\electron-quick-start
> node --harmony installTools.js

C:\workspace\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electron-devtools-installer\dist\       utils.js:23
  var savePath = (_electron.remote || _electron2.default).app.getPath('userData'       );
                                                             ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'getPath' of undefined
    at getPath (C:\workspace\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electron-devtools       -installer\dist\utils.js:23:62)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\workspace\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electr       on-devtools-installer\dist\index.js:42:59)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\workspace\electron-quick-start\installTools.js:1:8       8)

I can not understand why the property app is undefined here. Is there any one who meet this error too?

PS. My env

• electron-devtools-installer 2.0.1
• nodejs v6.9.2
• npm 4.0.5
• OS win10

[MarshallOfSound]

It happens when you either

a) have a bad node_modules install
b) are using a dodgy terminal (normally embedded in an IDE)

Fix either of the above two things and everything will magically work 👍

[alex028502]

Hi Marshall, I've got the same issue in my project, so I have reproduced it in a minimal repository. I using ubuntu 18 with node 10.4.

nvm use 10
git clone https://github.com/alex028502/electron-devtools-installer-issue-30.git
cd electron-devtools-installer-issue-30
npm install
npm start

I am getting the exact same error in my actual project.

.../electron-devtools-installer-issue-30/node_modules/electron-devtools-installer/dist/utils.js:27
  var savePath = (_electron.remote || _electron2.default).app.getPath('userData')