Error while installing "Cesium"

CesiumJS
1

Hello,

I am getting the following error while trying to install Cesium. Help would be really appreciated.

Failed at electron@1.6.2 postinstall script 'node install.js'. This is most likely a problem with the electron package not with the npm itself.

2

Hi there,

We’d love to help! Can I get a little more detail?

In case you haven’t seen it, here’s our installation guide: https://cesiumjs.org/tutorials/cesium-up-and-running/

Where are you in the setup steps?

Best,

  • Rachel
3

Hey,

Thanks for the prompt response but I have got it working.

cya.

Regards,

Amit

4

Hi Amit,

I've been getting the same error.
How did you solve it?

Thanks,
Paula

5

Running into a similar problem. Can you share your workaround for the problem? Thanks! Bob

6

Hi there, can you provide a little more context? How are you installing Cesium, npm install, source code, zip file?

Thanks,

Gabby

7

I figured it out. I am installing on Ubuntu and node.js is installed as nodejs, meanwhile several of the underlying dependencies make the call to “node” and not “nodejs”. To solve the problem I created a symbolic link “node” that points to “nodejs”. At that point the installation proceeded without issue.

Bob

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Awesome, Bob. Glad you figured it out and thanks for the follow up!

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Hi Bob,

I'm glad you got it working.
I'm still having the issue with this.
Do you know how to solve this on Windows?

I'm following the tutorial: https://cesium.com/blog/2016/04/04/an-introduction-to-cesium-desktop-apps-with-electron/
I have Cesium 1.39 installed on Win7.
At step 5, I'm getting these errors: https://imgur.com/a/lwx6j

Best regards,

Paula

10

Hi Paula,

If you’re running into that problem on step 5 (npm install electron-prebuilt --save-dev), the problem is most likely with the electron-prebuilt package, not cesium.

Thanks,

Gabby

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Hi,

Thank you Gabby.
What do you suggest in that case?
I thought that if problem is in nodejs, like Bob said, then maybe I can try solve it like he did, but I don't quite understand how did he solve it.

Best regards,
Paula

12

From your screenshot it appears you are unable to connect to GitHub. The electron-prebuilt package (which is not related to Cesium) downloads binaries from GitHub, so it requires internet access.

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(Sorry for newbie questions) So that means I have to install GitHub on my computer? In order to use it in command line

Thanks,
Paula

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GitHub’s service was down yesterday, you may just want to try again. You don’t need to install anything to download from GitHub.