Windows from source install (was: Sudden Crash when starting)

[arradoq]

Issue

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• Did you test in newest Wekan?:
• For new Wekan install, did you configure root-url correctly https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Settings ?
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• Operating System:
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• Node Version:
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• ROOT_URL environment variable http(s)://(subdomain).example.com(/suburl):

Problem description:

• REQUIRED: Add recorded animated gif about how it works currently, and screenshot mockups how it should work. Use peek to record animgif in Linux https://github.com/phw/peek
• Explain steps how to reproduce
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• If using Docker, what does show command sudo docker logs wekan-app ?
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C:\Users\<user>\wekan-devel\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:467
W20181220-06:03:35.145(7)? (STDERR) }).run();

W20181220-06:03:35.147(7)? (STDERR) ^

W20181220-06:03:35.148(7)? (STDERR)

W20181220-06:03:35.150(7)? (STDERR) Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, stat
'C:\Users`\wekan-devel.meteor\local\build\programs\server\node_modules'`

W20181220-06:03:35.151(7)? (STDERR) at Object.realpathSync (fs.js:1670:17)

W20181220-06:03:35.152(7)? (STDERR) at toRealPath (module.js:156:13)

W20181220-06:03:35.157(7)? (STDERR) at tryFile (module.js:152:22)

W20181220-06:03:35.158(7)? (STDERR) at tryExtensions (module.js:164:22)

W20181220-06:03:35.159(7)? (STDERR) at Function.Module._findPath (module.js:217:20)

W20181220-06:03:35.161(7)? (STDERR) at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:534:25)

W20181220-06:03:35.162(7)? (STDERR) at Function.Module._load (module.js:466:25)

W20181220-06:03:35.166(7)? (STDERR) at Module.require (module.js:579:17)

W20181220-06:03:35.168(7)? (STDERR) at require (internal/module.js:11:18)

W20181220-06:03:35.170(7)? (STDERR) at Object.require (C:\Users\<user>\wekan-devel\.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:283:20)

at first, fibers cannot be found, then underscore, and then this.

[xet7]

Did you try to build Wekan from source on Windows directly? I do not know does that work. You need correctly installed fibers etc.

Or is this with Docker? Docker updates do not work, updating switches to Windows Docker containers. You need to backup (info at Wekan GitHub wiki, although I don't know what file paths Docker on Windows uses), remove Docker and containers, reinstall Docker and make sure you use Linux containers. Then use docker-compose to run Wekan again.

[arradoq]

I try to source on Windows, i've done it before, but somehow it needs to be redone, i want to know which dependency are not compatible. I use node 4.8.1 npm 2.5.1 with meteor 1.6.0.1

[xet7]

Current versions can be seen at Dockerfile
https://github.com/wekan/wekan/blob/devel/Dockerfile#L79-L83

So currently it's node 8.14.1 and latest npm.

[nerminator]

Is there any update on this? I also have the same problem.
at first, fibers cannot be found, then underscore, and then this wierd operation not permitted error.

[xet7]

@nerminator

Wekan has lowest RAM/CPU consumption on Windows when installing to Win10:

1. Windows Subsystem for Linux
2. Ubuntu for Windows from Windows Store
3. Using rebuild-wekan.sh 1 and 2, start-wekan.sh from https://github.com/wekan/wekan and MongoDB 3.2.21 from MongoDB website.

That way fibers etc works.

[nerminator]

The solution is actually running on Ubuntu rather than running on Windows. I'll try with Oracle VirtualBox.
Thanks.

[arradoq]

if you are just interested in wekan only rather than overall ubuntu things, option 2 is more RAM friendly

[xet7]

I'm unable to fix fibers on Windows, I'm not fibers or Windows developer.

When I some years ago tried to make Windows Service, Windows file permissions did lock me out of using files.

Once I tried to install Nim programming language to Windows, and then Windows Defender deleted it.

So I failed as Windows developer, and I'm unable to make Wekan working on Windows Source install. I can not fix this. This would require some Windows developer to get it working.

[beppe9000]

I got Wekan running natively in windows server 2016 with node 10.12.0 x64. I had no problem with fibers so I think some update fixed that.

[xet7]

@beppe9000

Please write all details how you did it, step by step.

[beppe9000]

I basically followed this: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Install-Wekan-from-source-on-Windows#source-install-required-dependencies

Running everything in cmd.exe

I actually started with creating a test package where i installed fibers:

[1662]npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
[1665]npm install --global node-gyp
[1668]npm install fibers

It compiled.

I did not do npm config -g set msvs_version 2015 and meteor npm config -g set msvs_version 2015. Might be of note: I use this machine for development so I already had visual studio, python and many other utilities like compilers and the rest.

While I was at it I tested nexe with the fibers test package and it worked (generated an exe that does not depend on node).

I installed meteor with choco install meteor.

Typescript needs to be made available to node:

[1700]choco intall typescript

Then I cloned wekan (specifying the latest version tag) with:

[1751]git clone --branch v2.75 https://github.com/wekan/wekan.git && cd wekan

Then it's meteor time... with some troubleshooting (I got some random hangups often caused by some random 'lstat' errors on temp folders while meteor was doing installs like working the kadira flow package and on other occasions but I think it may be a problem of my machine since meteor create . --full on a new folder got stuck too). I think I solved (didn't get app hangs till now) by switching to powershell for running the meteor command.

[1808]meteor --h
[1809]meteor npm install --save xss --verbose
[1810]meteor npm install --save kadira:flow-router --verbose
[1811]meteor npm install --save flow-router --verbose
[1812]npm update
[1813]npm install
[1814]meteor npm install
[1815]tasklist | ag node
[1816]tasklist | ag "(node|met)"
[1817]taskkill /im meteor.exe
[1818]taskkill /im node.exe
[1819]meteor
[1820]cls
[1821]taskkill /im node.exe /f
[1823]mkdir C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\wekan-test\nu-clone\wekan\packages\kadira-flow-router\.npm\package-new-vug0z7.bv73\node_modules
[1825]npm install kadira-flow-router
[1826]meteor npm install kadira-flow-router --save --verbose
[1827]meteor --verbose

Now I can launch everything with meteor.

[arradoq]

On my case I installed it on Windows 10 pro, after auto update, suddenly cannot use fiber again. So, i think maybe different version from OS matters here.

Somebody please kindly update this issue if the matter on win 10 is resolved

[xet7]

choco install meteor etc should work now OK.