electron-forge: missing some dependencies

Question

Using: Windows 10, NMP 6.4.1, Node v10.13.0, GIT 2.8.4

A simple app to show IMDB records: https://ide.c9.io/learnwithcolt/webdevbootcamp folder APIS / movie_search_app

Dowloaded to run locally on Windows. It runs ok.

When I run:

electron-forge init my-new-app

√ Checking your system
It looks like you are missing some dependencies you need to get Electron running.
Make sure you have git installed and Node.js version 6.0.0+

package.json:

    {
  "name": "imdb",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "ejs": "^2.6.1",
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    "request": "^2.88.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^3.0.8"
  }
}

The same happens with other proyects. CMD is running as Administrator.

Answer 1

The same happens with other proyects

Just with electron-forge or other CLI tools too? My guess is this is a path issue- electron forge can't find your Node/Git installations.

You can try npx electron-forge init my-new-app but that's a long shot.

Also, make sure you're using the correct version of Electron forge. There's a new one that's kinda broken right now.

The master branch is a rewrite of Electron Forge that will eventually be the 6.x series. If you are looking for the 5.x series (the version currently published to NPM), please view the 5.x branch.

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge