A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed in electron with nodegit

Question

When I use nodegit in electron, I got the error when I start the app:

App threw an error during load

Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.

\\?\\D:\\Electron\\hello\\node_modules\\nodegit\\build\\Release\\nodegit.node

at process.module.(anonymous function) [as dlopen] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:166:20)

at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:740:18)

...

I can use nodegit in nodejs successfully, but failed in electron.

Even I added .npmrc file with content below, it's still faield.

runtime = electron
target = 1.2.8
target_arch = x64
disturl = https://atom.io/download/atom-shell

Does anyyone know how to fix it in electron? My environment is windows 10 x64 with vs 2017, node 10.13, electron 3.010

Answer 1

I had the same problem with another node package using electron 3.0.6 and eventually got it working.

Try these:

1. Make sure the packages are listed under the dependencies and not devDependencies in the package.json

2. Add this "electron-rebuild --force node-gyp rebuild --target=3.0.6 --arch=x64" to postinstall under the scripts section. I ended up with this in my packages.json (my DLL error was for "printer")

    { "name": "myproject", "version": "1.0.0", "main": "main.js", "scripts": { "postinstall": "electron-rebuild --force node-gyp rebuild --target=3.0.6 --arch=x64", "start": "electron ." }, "dependencies": { "@types/node": "^10.12.18", "electron-rebuild": "1.8.2", "electron": "3.0.6", "printer": "0.2.2" }, "devDependencies": { ... } } 

See here for more info

Hope this helps someone

Answer 2

From this link :

The most common issue though is that the component was not properly installed, so that some of its dependencies are not available.