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NodeJS implements `child_process.exec` by simply passing the whole command to `child_process.execFile`. See: - https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/lib/child_process.js#L90 - https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/lib/child_process.js#L99 Electron patches `child_process.execFile` to add support for `asar` archives by injecting logic that extracts the required files from the `asar` to a temporary location before delegating the work to the original `child_process.execFile`. In order to decide whether to inject the custom `asar` extracting logic, Electron makes use of a helper function called `splitPath()`. See: - https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/lib/common/asar.js#L37 If the first argument of the returned array equals `true`, means that the path is considered to be an `asar` archive, and thus the extraction logic takes place. The problem is that if the command passed to `child_process.execFile` *contains* a path to an asar archive, padded with other commands/arguments, `splitPath()` will consider it to be an `asar` archive, and will try to extract it, throwing a rightfully `Invalid package` error. Fixes: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/5571 Signed-off-by: Juan Cruz Viotti <jviottidc@gmail.com>
⚡ Formerly known as Atom Shell ⚡
The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on Node.js and Chromium and is used in the Atom editor.
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Downloads
Prebuilt binaries and debug symbols of Electron for Linux, Windows and OS X can be found on the releases page.
You can also use npm to install prebuilt electron
binaries:
# Install the `electron` command globally in your $PATH
npm install electron-prebuilt -g
# Install as a development dependency
npm install electron-prebuilt --save-dev
Mirrors
Documentation
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Quick Start
Clone and run the electron/electron-quick-start
repository to see a minimal Electron app in action.
Community
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