FutureLights•2mo ago

Deno Compile Exe doesn't run

Quick question, I just got started with deno because I wanted to make an exe of my simple node js app. It ran pretty much right away without having to change anything except adding node: in front of my path and crypto imports. Honestly, I was expecting to have to do so much more so that was awesome. It compiled just fine to an exe, but when I try to run the exe, it outputs with:

 Uncaught (in promise) Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
 → C:\Users\usr\AppData\Local\Temp\deno-compile-file-importer.exe\file-importer\node_modules\.deno\drivelist@12.0.2\node_modules\drivelist\build\drivelist.node
...
    at Module._compile (node:module:748:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:module:767:10)
    at Module.load (node:module:665:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:module:537:12)
    at Module.require (node:module:684:19)
    at require (node:module:808:16)
    at file:///C:/Users/usr/AppData/Local/Temp/deno-compile-file-importer.exe/file-importer/node_modules/.deno/drivelist@12.0.2/node_modules/drivelist/js/index.js:3:13

 Uncaught (in promise) Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
 → C:\Users\usr\AppData\Local\Temp\deno-compile-file-importer.exe\file-importer\node_modules\.deno\drivelist@12.0.2\node_modules\drivelist\build\drivelist.node
...
    at Module._compile (node:module:748:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:module:767:10)
    at Module.load (node:module:665:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:module:537:12)
    at Module.require (node:module:684:19)
    at require (node:module:808:16)
    at file:///C:/Users/usr/AppData/Local/Temp/deno-compile-file-importer.exe/file-importer/node_modules/.deno/drivelist@12.0.2/node_modules/drivelist/js/index.js:3:13

It ran just fine with deno -A index.js so I assumed building it would work with the old npm packages. I feel like I'm missing something really basic. Do I need to replace the problematic drivelist npm package to something that's more deno compatible? I didn't see anything about certain packages working/not working in the documentation for deno compile as opposed to just running normally. I've tried using a variety of flags with compile but nothing has resulted in a working exe yet. Any help is appreciated!

5 Replies

ioB•2mo ago

drivelist uses napi. I don't believe this is supported quite yet in deno compile. I found this open issue: https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/23266. cc @divy

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divy•2mo ago

yup @snek is working on a fix https://github.com/denoland/deno/pull/26389

FutureLightsOP•2mo ago

So if I'm understanding this right, native node modules can't be used with compile? I'd assume any deno equivalents, if they exist would work?

divy•2mo ago

yes

FutureLightsOP•2mo ago

Thanks for the clarification.