I have a problem with the auto-update of electron app, After I finished all the app parts and I am trying to push it to my custom update server , I found this error message in my logger :
Error unknown ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
'C:\{appPath}\{appName}\resources\app-update.yml'
and here is my package.json build configuration
"build": {
"appId": "com.server.app",
"copyright": "Copyright company name",
"generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels": true,
"win": {
"target": "nsis",
"icon": "build/icon.ico"
},
"mac": {
"target": "dmg",
"artifactName": "appName.dmg",
"icon": "build/icon.icns"
},
"dmg": {
"background": "build/i-bg.tif",
"icon": "build/setup.icns",
"iconSize": 80,
"title": "${productName}-${version}",
"window": {
"width": 540,
"height": 380
}
},
"nsis": {
"artifactName": "${productName}-Setup-${version}.${ext}",
"oneClick": false,
"perMachine": false,
"allowToChangeInstallationDirectory": true,
"installerIcon": "build/setup.ico",
"uninstallerIcon": "build/setup.ico",
"installerHeader": "build/installerHeader.bmp",
"installerSidebar": "build/installerSidebar.bmp",
"runAfterFinish": true,
"deleteAppDataOnUninstall": true,
"createDesktopShortcut": "always",
"createStartMenuShortcut": true,
"shortcutName": "AppName",
"publish": [{
"provider": "generic",
"url": "https://my-update-server/path"
}]
},
"extraFiles": [
"data",
"templates"
]
},
"publish": [{
"provider": "generic",
"url": "https://my-update-server/path"
}],
and here is the code for triggering the auto-update
//-----------------------------------------------
// Auto-Update event listening
//-----------------------------------------------
autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
splashLoadingStatus(`Checking for ${appName} update ...`);
})
autoUpdater.on('update-available',(info) => {
splashLoadingStatus(`${appName} new update available.`);
})
autoUpdater.on('update-progress',(progInfo) => {
splashLoadingStatus(`Download speed: ${progInfo.bytesPerSecond} - Download ${progInfo.percent}% (${progInfo.transferred}/${progInfo.total})`);
})
autoUpdater.on('error' , (error) => {
dialog.showErrorBox('Error', error.message);
})
autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (info) => {
const message = {
type: 'info',
buttons: ['Restart', 'Update'],
title: `${appName} Update`,
detail: `A new version has been downloaded. Restart ${appName} to apply the updates.`
}
dialog.showMessageBox(message, (res) => {
if(res === 0) {
autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
}
})
})
.....
autoUpdater.setFeedURL('https://my-update-server/path');
autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
.....
then when I am pushing the build it will do everything correct with the latest.yml file generating but after installing I found the app-update.yml is not there ...
If you have a problem with missing app-update.yml and dev-app-update.yml then paste the following code into index.js:
import path from "path"
import fs from "fs"
const feed = 'your_site/update/windows_64'
let yaml = '';
yaml += "provider: generic\n"
yaml += "url: your_site/update/windows_64\n"
yaml += "useMultipleRangeRequest: false\n"
yaml += "channel: latest\n"
yaml += "updaterCacheDirName: " + app.getName()
let update_file = [path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'app-update.yml'), yaml]
let dev_update_file = [path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'dev-app-update.yml'), yaml]
let chechFiles = [update_file, dev_update_file]
for (let file of chechFiles) {
if (!fs.existsSync(file[0])) {
fs.writeFileSync(file[0], file[1], () => { })
}
}