spawn EINVAL

[Pascaliano]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to install nodeGame on my Windows machine, but I keep encountering an error during the installation process. I'm using Node.js version 20.15.1 and nodeGame version 7.1.0. The installation directory is C:\Users\alupe\Downloads\nodegame-v7.1.0.

Here's the error message I'm seeing:

node version: v20.15.1
nodeGame version: v7.1.0
install directory: C:\Users\alupe\Downloads\nodegame-v7.1.0

Downloading and installing nodeGame packages.
Warning: A generic error occurred during the installation:

Error: spawn EINVAL
    at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:421:11)
    at spawn (node:child_process:761:9)
    at execFile (node:child_process:351:17)
    at doInstall (C:\Users\alupe\Downloads\nodegame-installer.js:338:17)
    at checkParentNodeModules (C:\Users\alupe\Downloads\nodegame-installer.js:313:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\alupe\Downloads\nodegame-installer.js:277:6)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1416:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024:12)

I've tried running the installation with administrative privileges, updating npm, and clearing the npm cache, but the issue persists. Any advice on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Stefano Balietti]

Hei there,

Sorry to hear about your troubles with the installation.

Which shell/terminal are you using for the install?

In general, I would recommend to try to install the @dev version.

Let me know. Cheers,
Stefano

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[Don Morrison]

Here’s the error message I’m seeing:

node version: v20.15.1
nodeGame version: v7.1.0
install directory: C:\Users\alupe\Downloads\nodegame-v7.1.0

Downloading and installing nodeGame packages.
Warning: A generic error occurred during the installation:

Error: spawn EINVAL
at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:421:11)
at spawn (node:child_process:761:9)
at execFile (node:child_process:351:17)

I’m afraid I know nothing about Windows, but someone I know who uses it, I think had a similar issue with a completely different node.js thing, and eventually narrowed it down to an unfortunate interaction with his Windows anti-virus stuff. Don’t know if that will help you, but it seems worth mentioning.

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Don Morrison df...@cmu.edu
“The most dangerous enemy of a better solution is
an existing codebase that is just good enough.”
– Eric Raymond, “Plan 9: The Way the Future Was”

[shakty]

Hi,

It seems that there are some backward-incompatible changes on Node 20.15 and Windows that create this error. I have patched the installer, and it should be working now. 

Please redownload the installer and try again.

Sorry for the trouble. Cheers,

Stefano 

[Pascaliano]

I'm sorry I didn't reply at the moment, I used powershell and git.

With the patch it went smoothly, thank you very much.

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[Stefano Balietti]

Glad to hear.

If you installed the dev branch and know how to use git, you could switch to the v8 branch. It is not officially released,  but it contains several improvements and many (undocumented yet) new features. Most importantly, it includes several security updates.

The switch is a bit cumbersome now, because you need to switch to the v8 branch in each nodegame repo. It will be easier later.

Stefano

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