HTTPError: Response code 404 (Not Found) for https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/releases/download/v18.0.1/electron-v18.0.1-win32-x64.zip

[ghost]

npm install "https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases#v18.0.4+wvcus" --save-dev

HTTPError: Response code 404 (Not Found) for https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/releases/download/v18.0.4/electron-v18.0.4-win32-x64.zip

does not define after +

it should be
https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/releases/download/v18.0.4+wvcus/electron-v18.0.4+wvcus-win32-x64.zip

What's the solution?

[khwaaj]

We have seen this with older versions of npm, e.g. see #125, so upgrading to a later version should take care of it.

[ghost]

thanks. 6 hours wasted :D node js 17 solved everything :D thanks for your help

[arcovoltaico]

node -v = v20.14.0
electron-packager-widevine ./

Response code 404 (Not Found) for https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/releases/download/v24.1.2/electron-v24.1.2-darwin-x64.zip

[khwaaj]

node -v = v20.14.0 electron-packager-widevine ./

Response code 404 (Not Found) for https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/releases/download/v24.1.2/electron-v24.1.2-darwin-x64.zip

Do you have the correct version (with +wvcus) in your package.json? E.g:

  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "github:castlabs/electron-releases#v24.1.2+wvcus",
  },

[arcovoltaico]

yes, and I did run npm i. when I ran npm start:
node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Electron Framework' (no such file),
node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron exited with signal SIGABRT
ERROR: "electron:serve" exited with 1.
And I can see the 24.1.2+wvcus is installed in my app node_modules electron folder

The file is instead here:
node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Versions/A/Electron Framework

so inside an extra Versions/A subfolders.

I have copied the content of A, 2 levels up.
Now when npm start I get:
/node_modules/electron/dist/Electron.app/Contents/Frameworks/Electron Framework.framework/Libraries/Squirrel.framework/Squirrel' (no such file)

and there's no trace of that Squirrel ...

[khwaaj]

This is another known issue, one where symlinks in zip archives are not properly extracted. We have not been able to fix it since the problem seems to be in lower layers of the implementation and is intermittently triggered by certain zip archives.

There is a workaround in that thread, not very nice but it is what we have for now. Using a different version might also work since this problem only exists for some zip archives.