Transfer a Project from Linux to Windows (Wails v2)

[tataDan]

On my Linux computer I created the "myproject" project based on the instructions found at Creating a project by issuing the command wails init -n myproject -t svelte. The application successfully ran after executing wails dev.

I copied the project folder to my Windows 10 computer. When I executed wails dev the following output was generated:

Wails CLI v2.0.0-beta.37

Executing: go mod tidy -compat=1.17
Executing: wails generate module
Building application for development...
  - Installing frontend dependencies: Done.
  - Compiling frontend:     
    > [email protected] build
    > vite build

    'vite' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

Build error - continuing to run current version
exit status 1
Running frontend dev watcher command: 'npm run dev'
Watching (sub)/directory: C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject-linux
Using DevServer URL: http://localhost:34115
Using Frontend DevServer URL: http://localhost:3000
Using reload debounce setting of 100 milliseconds

> [email protected] dev
> vite

'vite' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Dev command exited!

I then tried wails dev -f which failed and generated the following output:

Wails CLI v2.0.0-beta.37

Executing: go mod tidy -compat=1.17
Executing: wails generate module
Building application for development...

• Installing frontend dependencies: Done.

• Compiling frontend:

  [email protected] build
  vite build

  vite v2.9.10 building for production...
  transforming...
  ✓ 9 modules transformed.

  npm WARN config global --global, --local are deprecated. Use --location=global instead.
  EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\dist\assets\logo-universal.cb3119ea.png' error during build:
  Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\dist\assets\logo-universal.cb3119ea.png'
  at Object.unlinkSync (node:fs:1771:3)
  at emptyDir (C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\node_modules\vite\dist\node\chunks\dep-9e5491c9.js:18612:25)
  at emptyDir (C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\node_modules\vite\dist\node\chunks\dep-9e5491c9.js:18608:13)
  at prepareOutDir (C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\node_modules\vite\dist\node\chunks\dep-9e5491c9.js:41718:13)
  at doBuild (C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\node_modules\vite\dist\node\chunks\dep-9e5491c9.js:41691:13)
  at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  at async build (C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\node_modules\vite\dist\node\chunks\dep-9e5491c9.js:41527:16) at async CAC. (C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject\frontend\node_modules\vite\dist\node\cli.js:738:9)

Build error - continuing to run current version
exit status 1
Running frontend dev watcher command: 'npm run dev'
Watching (sub)/directory: C:\Users\daniel\goPrograms\wails_v2\myproject
Using DevServer URL: http://localhost:34115
Using Frontend DevServer URL: http://localhost:3000
Using reload debounce setting of 100 milliseconds
npm WARN config global --global, --local are deprecated. Use --location=global instead.

[email protected] dev
vite

vite v2.9.10 dev server running at:

Local: http://localhost:3000/
Network: use --host to expose

ready in 1080ms.

What is the recommended method to run a project transferred from another operating system?

[tataDan]

With Manual Builds as a guide, I executed the following steps:

While in the frontend directory

`npm install`

`npm run build`

While in the root of the project directory

`go build -tags dev -gcflags "all=-N -l"`

`wails dev`

The application ran as expected.

[leaanthony]

I'm glad you figured it out. I think we should standardise on unix paths in wails.json which should fix this.