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Cannot build Windows/Squirrel installer app – 7z.exe missing
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Electron Forge version
6.0.0-beta.61
Electron version
7.3.3
Operating system
macOS 10.14.6
Last known working Electron Forge version
6.0.0-beta.43
Expected behavior
Successful Windows/Squirrel make of electron app installer and other files
Actual behavior
Reports the following error:
Error: Exit code: 255
...
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\.7z.exe"
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Steps to reproduce
Used command electron-forge make --platform=win32 --arch=all --asar
Additional information
No response
Hey, from my comment https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-forge/issues/2683#issuecomment-1020178730
This issue appears inside electron-winstaller https://github.com/electron/windows-installer/issues/386
I had the same issue but it's fixable manually.
- Open ./node_modules/electron-winstaller/vendor
- Copy 7z-x64.* files as 7z.* (fe, 7z-x64.exe => 7z.exe)
- Try to build it again
Building squirrel installers from macOS isn't supported in macOS versions that have dropped 32bit support. This can be tracked upstream in the Squirrel repo if you're interested.
Forge recommends building for a platform, on that platform. i.e. host === target
