Windows Installer Hanging on Mono Command #55

danlopez · 2016-04-01T20:43:29Z

I'm using windows-installer through electron-builder. My installation appears to be hanging at the step seen in https://github.com/electron/windows-installer/blob/master/src/index.js#L151. I'm running windows-installer with the debug flag, and I very quickly get to the output for 'Created NuSpec file'.

Running ps | grep mono, I see that the mono pack command continues to run indefinitely (At the time of writing this, it's been going for over 10 minutes). Any ideas what might be causing this? I'm running this on a mac and have installed mono using brew. Mono version is 4.2.0.

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develar · 2016-04-01T20:46:24Z

Please try update mono (develar-home-imac:electron-builder develar$ mono --version Mono JIT compiler version 4.2.3 (Stable 4.2.3.4/832de4b Wed Mar 30 13:57:48 PDT 2016) ).

develar · 2016-04-01T20:46:39Z

brew update && brew upgrade

danlopez · 2016-04-01T21:16:05Z

Still hanging with:

Mono JIT compiler version 4.2.3 (Stable 4.2.3.4/832de4b Wed Mar 30 13:57:48 PDT 2016)
Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Novell, Inc, Xamarin Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com
    TLS:           normal
    SIGSEGV:       altstack
    Notification:  kqueue
    Architecture:  amd64
    Disabled:      none
    Misc:          softdebug
    LLVM:          supported, not enabled.
    GC:            sgen

develar · 2016-04-01T21:19:01Z

Is your app config is simple? Or custom? Please specify CPU and RAM of your Mac (well... on slow machine it can took 15 minutes...)

danlopez · 2016-04-01T21:21:30Z

Interesting, I'll let it run for a while longer and see what happens. It's a Late 2013 Macbook Pro with 2.4 GHz i5 and 8GB Ram.

As for the app config, it's pretty simple - the mac installer from electron-builder runs in about 30 seconds.

danlopez · 2016-04-01T21:22:17Z

If it's helpful, I'm running electron builder with the following command:

DEBUG=electron-windows-installer:main build -- --platform win32 --arch ia32 --dist --appDir ./build/app

develar · 2016-04-01T21:23:58Z

Why app (do you use two-package json project structure?) is located under build directory (./build/app)?

danlopez · 2016-04-01T21:35:58Z

I'm using two package.json project structure - Here's where the config is a bit fancy - although again, everything here worked with my dmg installed.

I do have a src/app directory, but I'm building everything there with webpack into a single bundle.js file. In build/app, I'm symlinking node_modules, my entry point (app.html), my electron entry (main.js), and package.json. I'm then including bundle.js there directly.

I'll give it a try using my app directory itself, though, and let you know if that works for me. I'm also going to try to let the mono command run for a while now that it's been updated. How long does it take on a quick machine?

develar · 2016-04-01T21:44:23Z

I'll give it a try using my app directory itself, though, and let you know if that works for me

It seems that your setup is correct. Please provide full debug log (including nuspec template).

How long does it take on a quick machine?

It takes 20 secs on my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), on your Late 2013 Macbook Pro it should take < 2 minutes.

New version of electron-builder will be in a few hours. Maybe it will help.

danlopez · 2016-04-01T21:49:23Z

electron-windows-installer:main mono +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin/mono +8ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/Documents/testapp/node_modules/.bin/mono +3ms
electron-windows-installer:main /usr/local/sbin/mono +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p0/bin/mono +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p0@global/bin/mono +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p0/bin/mono +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main /usr/local/bin/mono +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main wine +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin/wine +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/Documents/testapp/node_modules/.bin/wine +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /usr/local/sbin/wine +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p0/bin/wine +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p0@global/bin/wine +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main /Users/danlopez/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p0/bin/wine +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main /usr/local/bin/wine +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main Using Mono: '/usr/local/bin/mono' +1ms
electron-windows-installer:main Using Wine: '/usr/local/bin/wine' +0ms
electron-windows-installer:main Created NuSpec file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
<metadata>
  <id>an-desktop-app</id>
  <title>TestApp</title>
  <version>0.0.1</version>
  <authors>TestApp</authors>
  <owners>TestApp</owners>
  <iconUrl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/testapp/testapp/master/build/icon.ico</iconUrl>
  <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
  <description>[object Object]</description>
  <copyright>Copyright © 2016 TestApp</copyright>
</metadata>
<files>
  <file src="locales/**" target="lib\net45\locales" />
  <file src="resources/**" target="lib\net45\resources" />
  <file src="*.bin" target="lib\net45" />
  <file src="*.dll" target="lib\net45" />
  <file src="*.pak" target="lib\net45" />
  <file src="Update.exe" target="lib\net45\squirrel.exe" />
  <file src="icudtl.dat" target="lib\net45\icudtl.dat" />
  <file src="LICENSE" target="lib\net45\LICENSE" />
  <file src="TestApp.exe" target="lib\net45\TestApp.exe" />
</files>
</package> +10ms

develar · 2016-04-01T21:51:34Z

Just to be sure: wine --version?

danlopez · 2016-04-01T21:52:09Z

wine-1.8.1

develar · 2016-04-01T23:32:35Z

Please try 3.1.2 (will be published in 5 minutes). If still hangs, is it possible to send me a project?

danlopez · 2016-04-02T10:24:43Z

No luck. Perhaps related to NuGet/Home#348?

danlopez · 2016-04-02T11:31:39Z

Okay, running for 25 min:

  electron-windows-installer:main Attempting to build package from 'an-desktop-app.nuspec'.
Successfully created package '/var/folders/f5/2h68_f7521xg7vwdj0z_tqz00000gn/T/si-11632-35896-hlecsm/an-desktop-app.0.0.1.nupkg'.
 +16m
  electron-windows-installer:main fixme:heap:RtlSetHeapInformation 0x0 1 0x0 0 stub
 +10m

Additionally, I ran the mono command independently and that appeared to successfully create a nupkg (after about 17 minutes)...

develar · 2016-04-02T12:52:46Z

@paulcbetts Why we use nuget 2.x if nuget 3 is available?

develar · 2016-04-02T13:28:01Z

@danlopez Try to grab latest nuget.exe 3.4.0-rc (https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/v3.4.0-rc/nuget.exe) and replace existing in the node_modules/electron-winstaller-fixed/vendor/nuget.exe.

electron-builder tests passed, so, I don't understand why 2 is used if 3 is available. I hope @kevinsawicki or @paulcbetts shed light on this.

develar · 2016-04-02T18:28:12Z

@danlopez electron-winstaller-fixed 2.0.6-beta.6 published, please try npm update and build.

anaisbetts · 2016-04-02T22:29:55Z

@develar NuGet 3.x is broken and weird

develar · 2016-04-03T07:14:06Z

@paulcbetts Tests passed and application runs. Could you please clarify? I read http://praeclarum.org/post/128347388533/my-complaints-with-nuget-3 and did not understand. Maybe it is related to NET world, but to pack electron app is ok (if NuGet will pack faster than 2.x)?

Or do you mean that Squirrel.Windows supports only 2.x packages?

anaisbetts · 2016-04-03T17:50:16Z

Or do you mean that Squirrel.Windows supports only 2.x packages?

Squirrel itself embeds a fork of NuGet 2.x, but actually doesn't use it to unzip packages because it's too slow. I'm not excited to change this aspect of Squirrel, we'll probably move to some other distribution format tbh because for example, 7zip is cross-platform and compresses Electron to 1/2 the size.

If you want to upgrade the vendored nuget.exe in this project it's probably fine, but I doubt that this will solve OPs problem, and In General, above is why we're only using 2.x vs 3.x

develar · 2016-04-03T18:38:41Z

@paulcbetts Thanks for explanation.

we'll probably move to some other distribution format tbh because for example, 7zip is cross-platform and compresses Electron to 1/2 the size.

Yeah... That will be cool. Squirrel.mac uses ZIP and doesn't require additional slow tool. BTW, to compress Linux DEB we use xz and it provides the best compression.

I will also try to use Octo instead of NuGet.

danlopez · 2016-04-04T18:43:50Z

@develar - no luck with the beta release. I haven't tried to use the 3.x release, but I can give that a shot as well. It sounds like Octo also may be a decent substitute. Do you have a command you've been running in octo for this?

develar · 2016-04-04T18:46:42Z

@danlopez electron-winstaller-fixed 2.0.6-beta.6 includes nuget 3.x. Please set env DEBUG=electron-windows-installer:* and run dist. Attach here debug log (debug log includes timestamps).

develar · 2016-04-04T18:48:11Z

Do you have a command you've been running in octo for this

No. I am going to get rid of NuGet and zip files directly. It is possible to create nupkg file without additional tools, so, I think it will be a solution (but again — debug log is required, please provide it).

danlopez · 2016-04-05T12:57:40Z

@develar - sorry for the delay. Here's what happens the latest run. I'm omitting the earlier part of the log, but let me know if it's useful.

Successfully created package '/var/folders/f5/2h68_f7521xg7vwdj0z_tqz00000gn/T/si-11635-21361-y420y7/an-desktop-app.0.0.1.nupkg'.
  electron-windows-installer:spawn Spawning /usr/local/bin/mono /Users/danlopez/Documents/ApprenNet/an-desktop-app/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-winstaller-fixed/vendor/Update-Mono.exe --releasify /var/folders/f5/2h68_f7521xg7vwdj0z_tqz00000gn/T/si-11635-21361-y420y7/an-desktop-app.0.0.1.nupkg --releaseDir /Users/danlopez/Documents/ApprenNet/an-desktop-app/dist/win --loadingGif /Users/danlopez/Documents/ApprenNet/an-desktop-app/node_modules/electron-builder/node_modules/electron-winstaller-fixed/resources/install-spinner.gif --setupIcon /Users/danlopez/Documents/ApprenNet/an-desktop-app/build/icon.ico --no-msi +19s
fixme:heap:RtlSetHeapInformation 0x0 1 0x0 0 stub

danlopez · 2016-04-05T13:02:18Z

^^ This was using an asar archive following a comment about Windows path lengths that I read elsewhere. Looks to be an improvement, but still failing, as you can see.

develar · 2016-04-05T13:06:28Z

@danlopez I see that Squirrel.windows is not an issue (19 seconds). As expected, it seems, it is nuget pack issue.

I am sure that part of the log doesn't contain important information — nuspec, spawn of nuget. Please provide full log (you can send by email if you don't want to share it here).

but still failing, as you can see.

path of the log doesn't show error. And this issue about slow (10 minutes) nuget pack, right?

danlopez · 2016-04-05T13:13:43Z

@develar - I removed and reinstalled all of my node_modules (which includes the electron-winstaller-fixed 2.0.6-beta.7 dependency of electron-builder) and the runtime no longer became an issue - it's getting through Squirrel.windows just fine. It's actually failing at the last line of the log (fixme:heap:RtlSetHeapInformation 0x0 1 0x0 0 stub) - after the command that uses Update-Mono.exe.

Looks like it's getting closer...

develar · 2016-04-05T13:18:05Z

fixme:heap:RtlSetHeapInformation 0x0 1 0x0 0 stub means nothing. It is ok.

danlopez · 2016-04-05T13:29:08Z

Yup - you're right. it looks like that run actually produced an Installer. Testing it now, but I'm going to close this - it's definitely gotten past the hanging mono.

I'm not sure what fixed it, but it could be one of the following:

Using asar=true
Clearing and reinstalling all dependencies.
windows-installer updates.

@develar - thanks so much for your help getting through this!

develar · 2016-04-05T13:32:27Z

Using asar=true

electron-builder does the best for you and this option is enabled by default.

windows-installer updates

It will be cool if you remove node_modules/electron-winstaller-fixed and install old version npm install electron-winstaller-fixed 2.0.6-beta.5 and build again to see — will be it slow or not.

danlopez · 2016-04-05T13:56:42Z

No problem. Will give that a try and let you know.

develar · 2016-04-19T08:42:10Z

In the next electron-builder release it is fixed — we don't use nuget to pack anymore. 4x-8x speedup. PR to windows-installer will be this/next week.

Expert0126 · 2017-05-16T06:51:52Z

I am going to create installer electron app following https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYFDwPKE3c.
But I have some errors.

Tiger@DESKTOP-JMF3JE8 MINGW64 ~/Desktop/workspace/electron
$ node build.js
Well, sometimes you are not so lucky: Failed with exit code: 1
Output:
Attempting to build package from 'electron_quick_start.nuspec'.
Description is required.

Nowaker · 2017-08-02T21:51:58Z

So sad to see the PR #77 from @develar closed. Our Mono builds are extremely slow. 32 minutes and counting. Not sure how long it will even take.

develar · 2017-08-03T05:47:04Z

@Nowaker Just use electron-builder.

Nowaker · 2017-08-03T06:56:30Z

@develar What do you mean? Or... why? electron-builder builds Windows binaries, then electron-winstaller does a one-click installer of it... or I'm missing something? Thanks.

develar · 2017-08-03T06:58:35Z

@Nowaker electron-builder can build for or Squirrel.Windows (not recommended), or nsis installer (default target). electron-builder doesn't use nuget to produce Squirrel.Windows installer.

Nowaker · 2017-08-03T07:10:46Z

@develar Thanks. I've had a look and looks impressive. (FYI - I was asked by a colleague to help them with making their builds automated on CI, and that's how they did it - electron-builder + electron-winstaller, now I'm wondering why)

hyunchel · 2017-09-05T04:26:44Z

Before using electron-builder, I tried with --asar=true when building the package, and the installer ran fine.

dereklieu · 2017-09-11T22:23:15Z

FWIW, I also had to set asar:true when building with electron-packager for this to work. The whole thing took about a minute. When set to false, it hung for about an hour before I stopped it.

develar mentioned this issue Apr 2, 2016

chore: update NuGet to 3 electron-userland/electron-builder#287

Merged

danlopez closed this as completed Apr 5, 2016

develar mentioned this issue Apr 5, 2016

Packaging app for platform too slow, electron-userland/electron-builder#270

Closed

peterkuma mentioned this issue Apr 6, 2016

The input package file targets no platform and cannot be transformed into a release package #63

Closed

This was referenced Apr 23, 2016

High CPU usage from mono-sgen building windows without asar on OS X electron-userland/electron-builder#351

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get rid of nuget #77

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This was referenced Feb 26, 2018

installer hangs up when building for win32/ia32 from OS X #220

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run long time #189

Open

Windows Installer Hanging on Mono Command #55

Windows Installer Hanging on Mono Command #55

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