can't install serialport lib

[tadjik1]

Hello.

I try to create a simple app with node-webkit. I run yeoman-generator for my project. Then I run npm install --save serialport

I wrote simple app

'use strict';

var serialPort = require('serialport');
serialPort.list(function (err, ports) {
    ports.forEach(function(port) {
        console.log(port.comName);
        console.log(port.pnpId);
        console.log(port.manufacturer);
    });
});

then I run grunt task - dist-mac (I use MacOS 64-bit) - all works fine:

Running "jshint:files" (jshint) task
>> 1 file lint free.

Running "clean:dist" (clean) task
Cleaning dist/.DS_Store...OK
Cleaning dist/credits.html...OK
Cleaning dist/nwsnapshot...OK
Cleaning dist/test.app...OK

Running "copy:webkit" (copy) task
Created 37 directories, copied 99 files

Running "copy:appMacos" (copy) task
Created 5 directories, copied 5 files

Running "rename:app" (rename) task
Renaming Directory dist/node-webkit.app -> dist/test.app

Running "chmod" task

Done, without errors.


Execution Time (2014-08-26 14:23:21 UTC)
loading tasks  410ms  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 50%
jshint:files    27ms  ▇▇ 3%
clean:dist      30ms  ▇▇ 4%
copy:webkit    336ms  ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 41%
copy:appMacos   14ms  ▇ 2%
Total 820ms

and then, when I launch my application I see the error

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/user/projects/test/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.4.5/Release/node-webkit-v13-darwin-ia32/serialport.node'

And into folder Release I see the other folder named node-v11-darwin-x64. Why it doesn't work?

[Mithgol]

Probably you get the folder node-v11-darwin-x64 instead of node-webkit-v13-darwin-ia32 because npm install --save serialport gets that addon for Node.js and not for node-webkit.

See also https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Using-Node-modules#3rd-party-modules-with-cc-addons and #2262 and serialport/node-serialport#374.

[tadjik1]

The issue was resolved. You can find solution under the following link serialport/node-serialport#374