Cannot generate electron artifacts with the new CLI tool

[kittaakos]

Maybe it is not an issue at all, but something we need to add to the documentation. I have tried to install and use the new CLI with the following, but it failed:

Steps:

nvm use 8 && node --version && npm --version \
&& mkdir theia-electron-app \
&& cd theia-electron-app \
&& npm init -y \
&& npm i -S @theia/cli@next @theia/core@next @theia/editor@next @theia/filesystem@next @theia/monaco@next @theia/navigator@next @theia/preferences@next @theia/preferences-api@next @theia/process@next @theia/terminal@next @theia/workspace@next \
&& ./node_modules/.bin/theia generate --target=electron

Error:

failed to find @theia/cli
failed to find @theia/preferences-api

Full console output:

Akoss-MBP:foo akos.kitta$ nvm use 8 && node --version && npm --version \
> && mkdir theia-electron-app \
> && cd theia-electron-app \
> && npm init -y \
> && npm i -S @theia/cli@next @theia/core@next @theia/editor@next @theia/filesystem@next @theia/monaco@next @theia/navigator@next @theia/preferences@next @theia/preferences-api@next @theia/process@next @theia/terminal@next @theia/workspace@next \
> && ./node_modules/.bin/theia generate --target=electron
Now using node v8.5.0 (npm v5.3.0)
v8.5.0
5.3.0
Wrote to /Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/package.json:

{
  "name": "theia-electron-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "typefox <npm@typefox.io>",
  "license": "ISC"
}



> dtrace-provider@0.8.5 install /Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/node_modules/dtrace-provider
> node scripts/install.js


> fsevents@1.1.2 install /Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/node_modules/fsevents
> node install

[fsevents] Success: "/Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v57-darwin-x64/fse.node" already installed
Pass --update-binary to reinstall or --build-from-source to recompile

> node-pty@0.7.0 install /Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/node_modules/node-pty
> node scripts/install.js

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/pty/src/unix/pty.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/pty.node

> electron@1.7.6 postinstall /Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/node_modules/electron
> node install.js


> node-pty@0.7.0 postinstall /Users/akos.kitta/Desktop/foo/theia-electron-app/node_modules/node-pty
> node scripts/post-install.js

npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN theia-electron-app@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN theia-electron-app@1.0.0 No repository field.

+ @theia/preferences-api@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/cli@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/core@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/filesystem@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/preferences@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/editor@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/monaco@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/navigator@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/process@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/terminal@0.2.0-next.61c95132
+ @theia/workspace@0.2.0-next.61c95132
added 845 packages in 58.549s
failed to find @theia/cli
failed to find @theia/preferences-api
Akoss-MBP:theia-electron-app akos.kitta$ 

[kittaakos]

Same with:

Now using node v8.0.0 (npm v5.0.3)
v8.0.0
5.0.3

[akosyakov]

it is the issue, not all dependencies are extensions.

[akosyakov]

Will be fixed as a part of #391

[kittaakos]

One can ignore the error message.

[akosyakov]

Should be fixed with #391