Trouble importing from module after mix a compile

Question

I'm in the process of re-writing my electron app with ES6, using Laravel Mix to compile the app JS and SASS. Now the main process loads up the render process fine. Once that happens my app.js loads up and that's where I have my issues. So I do:

import { remote } from 'electron';

Which causes this error in console:

Uncaught Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again

Now i've tried reinstalling electron, even though electron works when the main process fires up to begin with. The line refers to this in the compiled js:

/* WEBPACK VAR INJECTION */(function(__dirname) {var fs = __webpack_require__(8)
var path = __webpack_require__(9)

var pathFile = path.join(__dirname, 'path.txt')

if (fs.existsSync(pathFile)) {
  module.exports = path.join(__dirname, fs.readFileSync(pathFile, 'utf-8'))
} else {
  throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again')
}

I'm not really sure what's going on, any advice or information would be a great help!

Thanks

Edit: I've tried running it with --verbose:

/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleGVA/AppleGVA-10.1.16/Sources/Slices/Driver/AVD_loader.cpp: failed to get a service for display 3

2017-06-13 16:10:42.383 Electron Helper[47106:766924] Couldn't set selectedTextBackgroundColor from default ()

Answer 1

Most probably source of problem is that path.txt doesn't exists.

path.txt is generated while installing electron from npm. If you are not seeing any error while installing electron that means, errors are getting suppressed.

Troubleshoot: Check if node_modules/electron/path.txt exist. If not, then you have got a problem.

Solution:

Note: If on Windows, use native CMD instead of Git Bash

Try to install electron manually after npm install by executing following script

cd node_modules/electron && node install.js

This may take up a while, since it is going to download electron's full package.