fsevents install script failing

[Sentoj]

Hi, I am trying to get F8 app to build for Windows Phone. When running npm install, I get the following error:

After I ran it as administrator, it managed to create npm-debug.log (attached)

npm-debug.zip

Any idea what the problem could be?

N.B: I am running that on a Windows 10 machine and I have node 6.2.1 and npm 3.9.3 (as shown in the attached screenshot).

Any help would be appreciated,
Hisham

[mpodwysocki]

@Hochman85 You cannot install via npm using the Git Bash as it causes errors. You need to install using the normal command prompt cmd.exe.

We had earlier documentation on this and will make sure that gets updated. Thanks for the bug report!

[Sentoj]

@mattpodwysocki Thanks for your quick reply. I am actually using cmd.exe and not Git Bash (the screenshot in my original question is from the default Windows 10 command line). Also when I installed Git 2.8.4 (64 bit), I made sure it used cmd.exe and not Git Bash.

Any idea please? If you could share the latest documentation with me that'd be great too.

Thanks!

[es128]

@mpodwysocki your repo contains an npm-shrinkwrap.json which includes fsevents. The underlying problem is npm/npm#2679, but in the meantime you could probably fix this problem by not uploading a shrinkwrap to the repo so that any system-specific optional dependencies get pulled in as designed. Or if you insist on the shrinkwrap, just take care to ensure there is no fsevents entry on it.

[rozele]

The general guidance I would give here is to just wait until the upstream repo (https://github.com/fbsamples/f8app) gets updated to [email protected].*. Once that happens, we'll be able to use the proper react-native-windows package, and we'll have a branch / fork shortly after that works a bit more seamlessly.

[Sentoj]

@rozele Alright - thanks - I'd wait then. Where is the best place to observe such a change please? Ideally, I'd like to be notified :)

[rozele]

@es128 thanks for the suggestion, we've removed NPM shrinkwrap for now.

[rozele]

@Hochman85 I went ahead and upgraded the app to [email protected], so you should be good to go. The instructions have changes a bit, so you may want to install a fresh repo (you now only need to run npm install, no need to replace the node_modules\react-native folder). Make sure you use this fork's master branch.

[chrisahardie]

@rozele I'm still struggling with this after cloning and checking out the master branch. My package.json indicates "react-native": "0.28.0"

After doing an npm install via my command prompt - not git bash - I get the same error described above.

Please find my npm log attached - thanks for any input!

npm-debug.zip

[jurby]

@chrisahardie +1 same issue