Cannot find module 'fs/promises' Electron JS

Question

Good morning,

I have created a program in Vue JS, this connects with an API that I have created in a main.js file to execute system commands.

The problem I have is that when compiling for production with electron I get the following error:

I use the command npm run electron: build

When I use npm run electron:serve work without problems

Anyone have any idea why is the error and how to fix it? Thanks

Solution 1

I experienced this issue a few days ago as well. I realized that trying to fix another issue, I deleted the node_modules folder and the package-lock.json file, then run the npm install command. This made the build to fail with 'fs/promises'. There are 2 solutions to this issue:

1. Download the latest stable Node version. This should have the 'fs/promises' module and will fix the issue.
2. Delete the node_modules folder and bring back the old package-lock.json file to ensure that the package versions remain the same. Then run the npm install command and the issue should be fixed.

Solution 2

downgrade electron "electron-builder": "^22.10.5", or upgrade nodejs to 14+ v

Solution 3

downgrade to "electron-builder": "~22.10.5" is working for me

Solution 4

In that case i fix the problem in that way: const fs = require('fs').promises;

instead of: const fs = require('fs/promises');

Solution 5

In my case I was using nvm to manage multiple node versions.

During the npm package installation, and throughout development, I used Node v14 but for some reason, my terminal was pointing to Node v12 when I tried bundling my program afterwards.

Switching it back to Node v14 using nvm use 14 solved my issue.

So make sure you're using the correct node version.

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Comments

[Paul Franke]

I had the same issue .. Update to the newest nodejs-Version will fix this issue.

[Boat]

Downgrading the electron-builder version worked for me, with node 12.18.4. This should be the accepted answer since retrieving old package-lock.json is not going to work when installing everything first time.

[Meekohi]

Upgrading to node v14 worked for me. Thanks!

[Peter Palmer]

Hey there, I did upgrade my NodeJS version and worked for me, I used terminal commands in order to upgrade in a faster way, you can follow the instructions here: stackoverflow.com/questions/8191459/how-do-i-update-node-js. Take into consideration that maybe other projects you have are incompatible with this new version you are installing, in that case, consider using NVM.