Tracker is undefined if installing via npm and tracker not meteor added

[saimeunt]

To reproduce, meteor create a new project with 1.3, npm install this package and meteor remove tracker.
tracker is explicitly api.implied using the atmosphere package but there's no such thing using the npm version.
quickfix is to add back tracker as a top level dependency, maybe just clarifying this in the README is enough?

[timbrandin]

Is there an npm version now? I heard they are working on one, until then we need the meteor package tracker as this is a Tracker package. There's a thread on moving Tracker to npm over here: https://forums.meteor.com/t/request-publish-tracker-on-npm/20571

[saimeunt]

Oh, I meant installing tracker-component via npm, not tracker itself.
Publishing tracker on npm would indeed solve this problem because your npm package could depend on it :)

[timbrandin]

Exactly, and I don't think it's far off, noting that @tmeasday wrote:

I think it makes sense for Tracker to be the first package we get onto npm. Working on it.

[timbrandin]

I've started working on Tracker here, just to get somewhere faster than MDG can:
http://github.com/studiointeract/tracker

[firrae]

So then does the NPM version of tracker-component rely on your NPM version of Tracker?

[jshimko]

Not sure if this is related, but updating from 1.1.16 to 1.1.17 gives me this...

ReferenceError: Tracker is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/Jeremy/.meteor/packages/std_accounts-ui/.1.1.17.3u3am0++os+web.browser+web.cordova/npm/node_modules/tracker-component/dist/index.js:49:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/Jeremy/.meteor/packages/std_accounts-ui/.1.1.17.3u3am0++os+web.browser+web.cordova/npm/node_modules/tracker-component/index.js:1:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
=> Exited with code: 8

Reverting back to any earlier version fixes it immediately.

[firrae]

@jshimko that is the EXACT error I'm seeing.

[timbrandin]

Yeah, we really need tracker on NPM now @zol

[timbrandin]

I'll be working on this later today, adding back the check for Package['tracker'], even though I don't experience this myself.

[timbrandin]

The latest version has a check for this, if you could try that out, it'd be awesome. I've just checked it with std:accounts-ui.

But if you encounter any issues, I know meteor has an issue with updating the isopacks dependencies, so if your still experiencing issues, just remove the package with the broken dependency in this folder: .meteor/local/isopacks.

Hope all goes well! 💃

[timbrandin]

Closing due to no activity in +1 month here.