My System:
Mac OSX 10.14.6
Electron: 10.1.5
electron-forge: ^6.0.0-beta.54
I've been working on an Electron side project. I started it using electron-forge, I had a small application functioning just fine, I then set it aside for a couple weeks. Coming back to it, I tried running npm start and it did nothing but return to a new terminal line. So I tried electron-forge start and it returned bash: electron-forge: command not found.
I tried deleting my node_modules folder and reinstalling, I tried creating a new electron-forge boilerplate, and neither made a difference. I tried installing electron-forge globally, but it errored out on the second step, and I found several stackoverflow articles saying I shouldn't have electron-forge installed globally. I haven't changed anything (that I know of) on a system level, but it seems to be a system issue, rather than a package issue, but I'm not knowledgable enough to do anything other than Google the errors and see what stacksoverflow articles are out there, but no articles have helped.
I'd love any and all help, Electron has ceased working on my system completely, and I have no idea how to troubleshoot it. Thanks in advance!
I ended up deleting and re-installing Node and that seems to have fixed it. Still not sure what caused the initial issue, but it's working again. For those interested, here's the resources I used:
https://stackabuse.com/how-to-uninstall-node-js-from-mac-osx/
https://pawelgrzybek.com/install-nodejs-installer-vs-homebrew-vs-nvm/
Update:
I kept having issues running npm start. What finally worked was to create a new boilerplate project using the CLI and copy the contents of the package-lock.json to the old project. That finally launched the app.
I know this is an old question but, I had the same issue and instead of uninstalling Node, I used rm -rf node_modules then I used npm cache clean --force. I reinstalled my dependencies and electron-forge worked again.
Use the command below
npm install electron
When I run an Ionic 3 project using the ionic serve command, then I am getting this error:
For a non-Angular general answer for those who land on this question from Google:
Most times when you face this error it’s probably because of a memory leak, an addition/version upgrade of a library or a difference in how Node.js manages memory between versions (e.g. Node.js version <= 10 and Node.js version > 10).
Usually just increasing the memory allocated to Node.js will allow your program to run but may not actually solve the real problem and the memory used by the node process could still exceed the new memory you allocate. I'd advise profiling memory usage in your Node.js process when it starts running or updating to Node.js > 10.
I had a memory leak.
Here is a great article on debugging memory leaks in Node.js.
That said, to increase the memory, in the terminal where you run your Node.js process:
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
where values of max-old-space-size can be: [2048, 4096, 8192, 16384] etc
More examples for further clarity:
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=5120" # Increase to 5 GB
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=6144" # Increase to 6 GB
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=7168" # Increase to 7 GB
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192" # Increase to 8 GB
# and so on...
# formula:
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=(X * 1024)" # Increase to X GB
# Note: it doesn't have to be multiples of 1024.
# max-old-space-size can be any number of memory megabytes (MB) you have available.
See the current value of max-old-space-size (in MB)
To see the current (not exact but very close) value of max-old-space-size (in MB), run in your terminal
node -e 'console.log(v8.getHeapStatistics().heap_size_limit/(1024*1024))'
In my case, I fixed this problem by installing Node.js, version 12.10.0.
I had the same issue on CentOS server 7, but this solved my problem:
node --max-old-space-size=X node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng build --prod
Where X = (2048 or 4096 or 8192 o..) is the value of memory.
Just type this in the terminal:
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
The error occurs when you exceed the default maximum memory allowed for Node.js. All this does is increase the maximum memory allowed.
I got the same error when I execute ng build command in Visual Studio Code. But I can build successfully when I execute the same thing on the Windows command line in the following sequence.
Step 1.
set NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096
Step 2.
ng build
Try this solution which was pointed out in an old message on the forum: 3.7.0: iOS build with --prod not working
Open node_modules/#ionic/app-scripts/bin/ionic-app-scripts.js
Change the first line from:
#!/usr/bin/env node
to
#!/usr/bin/env node --max-old-space-size=4096
Try values 1024 and 2048, but for a relatively large app you may need 4096.
Windows
From the control panel go to System → Advanced system settings → Environment Variables → New (user or system)
Or this can be done in PowerShell with:
$env:NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
You can also increase this number, if necessary. We've seen folks need to increase this up to 14 GB for some larger projects!
Linux/macOS
export NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192
In my case it was a recursion that was causing React to use up all memory.
This happened when I was refactoring my code and didn't notice this.
const SumComponent = () => {
return (
<>
<SumComponent />
</>
)
}
In other Node.js applications this might look like:
const someFunction = () => {
...
someFunction();
...
}
I got the same error message when I executed the following statements in Visual Studio Code. But I can build successfully when I execute the same thing in on the Windows command line.
npm install -g increase-memory-limit
increase-memory-limit
set NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096
ng build -c deploy --build-optimizer --aot --prod --sourceMap
Updating from Node.js 12 to Node.js 14 solved the problem for me.
Update Now Node.js 16 is available, and I recommend updating to the latest available version of Node.js.
For some reasons all the previous answers didn't really work for me. I did the following to fix my issue:
I had to first delete the node_modules folder
reinstall Node.js on my PC and
then npm install
Adding parameter --build-optimizer resolved the issue in my case:
node --max_old_space_size=4096 ./node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng build --prod --build-optimizer
I am not sure why adding only --build-optimizer solves the issue, but as per the Angular documentation it should be used with ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation enabled, so the updated command should be like below:
--build-optimizer=true --aot=true
Angular build documentation
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=6144" #it will increase to 6gb.
-------If Not Solved try this 2nd step-------------
2) Just update your node version to the latest one will solve this issue.
-------If Not Solved try this 3rd step-------------
3)Just run this command in your windows terminal.
set NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096
node --max_old_space_size=4096 node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng build --baseHref=/baseUrl/ --prod=true
For me, I had a syntax error (which didn't show up) and caused this error.
Run this command in your project folder. Use serve instead of build
node --max_old_space_size=8000 node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng serve --prod --port=4202
Replace the line
"start": "ng serve -o --port 4300 --configuration=en" with
"start": "node --max_old_space_size=5096 node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng serve -o --port 4300 --configuration=en"
NOTE:
port--4300 is not constant depends upon which port you selects.
--max_old_space_size=5096 too not constant; any value 1024,2048,4096 etc
I faced the same problem on Angular. Then I wrote
"serve": "node --max_old_space_size=8192 ./node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng serve"
this script to package.json scripts and for me this problem solved.
And run project this command:
npm run serve
Instead of using ng build, I have executed below command in terminal to fix this issue.
node --max_old_space_size=8192 ./node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng build --prod
Then do ng serve.
This is how my terminal look like
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PS D:\ProjectPath\Project1> node --max_old_space_size=8192 ./node_modules/#angular/cli/bin/ng build --prod
For me it was a problem with a Firebase package.
Only add "#firebase/database": "0.2.1" for your package.json file. Reinstall node_modules and it works.
For me, the issue was having an extra node_modules folder that I renamed to node_modules_old and running an npm install to generate a fresh node_modules. Somehow the build must have still been picking up the node_modules_old folder, so I moved node_modules_old out of the directory to fix the issue.
I deleted the existing Node.js module and ran the below commands to fix my issue:
npm install -all
npm audit fix
Run this command:
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=2048"
To check how much you have already:
> node
> v8.getHeapStatistics()
{
total_heap_size: 6049792,
total_heap_size_executable: 524288,
total_physical_size: 5477720,
total_available_size: 1094444024,
used_heap_size: 4141728,
heap_size_limit: 1098907648,
malloced_memory: 8192,
peak_malloced_memory: 582752,
does_zap_garbage: 0,
number_of_native_contexts: 2,
number_of_detached_contexts: 0
}
and then heap_size_limit: 1098907648
Please check your Node.js version:
node -v
If it’s 10.1.1 something, then you need to update your root level Node.js version via the below commands:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
nvm ls
nvm install 12.18.1
Once done, please restart your terminal or Visual Studio.
It's working 100$.
For Ionic users, please add the below code in your package.json
"ionic:build": "node --max-old-space-size=16384 ./node_modules/#ionic/app-scripts/bin/ionic-app-scripts.js build",
Another non-Angular answer (I was facing the same issue building a React application on AWS Amplify).
As mentioned by Emmanuel, it seems that it comes from the difference in the way memory is handled by Node.js v10 vs. Node.js v12.
I tried to increase memory with no avail. But using Node.js v12 did it.
Check how you can add nvm use $VERSION_NODE_12 to your build settings as explained by richard
frontend:
phases:
preBuild:
commands:
- nvm use $VERSION_NODE_12
- npm ci
build:
commands:
- nvm use $VERSION_NODE_12
- node -v
- npm run-script build
I guess there are plenty of ways to reach this error!
On my side, I had a loop in my package.json. Project A had a dependency on project B, that had a dependency on project A.
Just run this command:
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192"
If you are developing on Windows and running into this issue while publishing, upgrade Node.js through the official site.
The memory usage handling does increase with each newer version of Node.js, although I did not find exact numbers on what the increase is.
That was the only solution that worked for me. It took a whole weekend and more for me to solve this issue.
I am using the latest stable version of Node.js v-14.17. I was having the same issue with new Angular Ionic projects and tried most of the previous answers without success.
Finally after upgrading to Node.js 16.4.2 LTS, it fixed this issue.
For me I got this error because I lost access to the output path for the dist folder set in my angular.json file. After I reconnected to the remote path with updated credentials the error went away.
I am new to node.js and Github. I was trying to save some work by using command git add -A and the then I saw these lines below and some many of the lines are just running non-stop. I typed ctrl+c to stop it, but anyone knows what are just happened or what did I do wrong??
Thanks
This is because of how git treats the space character.
Find more info here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1967986/2874959
Thanks #bcorbella for the answer. Just a small precision to be sure you won't do this as a beginner but never add the node_modules into your git project. Create a .gitignore file with at least:
node_modules
Use npm init, npm install <module> --save to create a package.json... then do simply a npm install when you are checking your project.
More info in here https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/using-a-package.json
try setting the config core.eol to native and see if you will get the same error, i see no reason why you should be tracking the node_modules/ folder.
> git config --global core.eol native
npm version commits the change to package.json and creates a tag. Is there a way to prevent commit hook from being executed while using this command?
Not sure why this functionality didn't exist in npm before, but I contributed it a little while ago, as I needed it myself. It shipped with npm#5.4.0. To use it, set the config option commit-hooks = false in your .npmrc and the underlying git call will not run commit hooks when creating the version commit. If you only want to disable commit hooks on a single versioning, you can run something similar to:
npm version --no-commit-hooks minor
or alternatively:
npm version --commit-hooks false minor
According to npm cli docs you can skip the generation of a git tag by using
npm --no-git-tag-version version
From the docs
commit-hooks
Default: true
Type: Boolean
Run git commit hooks when using the npm version command.
If you simply want to allow this one time run the follow
npm version --no-commit-hooks patch|minor|major
To control this permanently, run the following command
npm config set commit-hooks false
Or add this line to your .npmrc file
commit-hooks=false
I tried all the above solutions, nothing worked for me.
the below command works well.
git commit -m "message" --no-verify
The following worked for me in a Git repo if you're looking for no tag and no commit but just the increment. (Replace patch with major or minor depending on your use case)
npm --no-git-tag-version version patch
While in the process of updating an Angular app I and colleagues are working on, I ended up running "npm update" when I meant to run "npm install". Doing so led me on a bit of a rabbit trail because of course now all my dependencies - AND their dependencies got updated in the process. From there I had to resolve certain conflicts to get the new versions to work correctly. However, this also led me to a point where a bug in one of those dependencies is preventing my app from booting up. According to the the Angular github repo, the issue is being worked on.
My question is, how can I revert to my previous setup in the meantime? I tried copy and pasting the package.json file as it originally existed before my "npm update", deleting my "node modules" folder, and running "npm install" again. But this doesn't resolve the issue. Is there a way I can be assured of reverting to my previous working setup?
The process you described should work:
Get an old copy of your package.json from your repository at the state you know it worked
Run rm -rf node_modules to remove the node_modules folder
Run npm install to install again
If that didn't work, verify that you:
are in the correct directory (that should contain package.json and node_modules)
have permissions to clean the node_modules folder (chmod 777 node_modules)
the package.json that is written in the file system is actually the restored one (sometimes an IDE or Git can create a weird shadow copy where you think it's one way, but it's really another). You can tell this by using cat package.json and inspecting the output