I ran into the following error while trying to run my electron app that contains my express app.
Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
I think the issue has to do with serialport module, for without it being required everything works fine.
C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesbindingsbindings.js:91
<br>Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportbuildserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportbuildDebugserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportbuildReleaseserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportoutDebugserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportDebugserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportoutReleaseserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportReleaseserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportbuilddefaultserialport.node
<br> → C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportcompiled6.3.1win32ia32serialport.node
<br> at bindings (C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesbindingsbindings.js:88:9)
<br> at Object.<anonymous> (C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportlibbindings.js:3:35)
<br></anonymous> at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
<br> at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
<br> at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
<br> at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
<br> at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
<br> at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
<br> at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
<br> at Object.<anonymous> (C:UsersJonathanDesktopclient<NAME>electron-with-expressexpress-appnode_modulesserialportlibserialport.js:15:25)
asked Aug 17, 2016 at 16:45
code_legendcode_legend
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You need to rebuild the serialport module as it uses different V8 headers than Electron.
First you will need to set up a node-gyp toolchain (https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp)
Next, install any version of Visual Studio.
Open a command window and change directory to node_modules/serialport within your project.
Enter this command with the appropriate variables:
node-gyp rebuild --target=<electron_version> --arch=<arch> --dist-url="https://atom.io/download/atom-shell" --msvs_version=<visual_studio_year>
For an example this is the command I use when rebuilding:
node-gyp rebuild --target=1.2.5 --arch=x64 --dist-url="https://atom.io/download/atom-shell" --msvs_version=2013
answered Aug 18, 2016 at 16:06
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I had a similar problem. My solution: I got more specific about which version of nodejs I was using. I had the latest release (at this writing) 13.8 and I had the same problems as the OP.
So I installed nvm and started using it to pick my nodejs.
$ nvm install --lts
$ nvm use --lts
Now using node v12.16.0
The current Long Term Support version (at this writing) is 12.6. I redid npm install for the app and after that I had no problems with the serial port. Theoretically, I could have kept nvm’installing different version of nodejs until I got the one that worked.
answered Feb 14, 2020 at 4:43
dogatonicdogatonic
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I had a problem that threw a Could not locate the bindings file error after merging package updates via Dependabot, and running npm audit fix.
My fix was running npm ci.
answered Jul 11, 2021 at 12:11
Brian ZelipBrian Zelip
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You need to rebuild the serialport module as it uses different V8 headers than Electron.
First you will need to set up a node-gyp toolchain (https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp)
Next, install any version of Visual Studio.
Open a command window and change directory to node_modules/serialport within your project.
Enter this command with the appropriate variables:
node-gyp rebuild --target=<electron_version> --arch=<arch> --dist-url="https://atom.io/download/atom-shell" --msvs_version=<visual_studio_year>
For an example this is the command I use when rebuilding:
node-gyp rebuild --target=1.2.5 --arch=x64 --dist-url="https://atom.io/download/atom-shell" --msvs_version=2013
I had a similar problem. My solution: I got more specific about which version of nodejs I was using. I had the latest release (at this writing) 13.8 and I had the same problems as the OP.
So I installed nvm and started using it to pick my nodejs.
$ nvm install --lts
$ nvm use --lts
Now using node v12.16.0
The current Long Term Support version (at this writing) is 12.6. I redid npm install for the app and after that I had no problems with the serial port. Theoretically, I could have kept nvm’installing different version of nodejs until I got the one that worked.
I had a problem that threw a Could not locate the bindings file error after merging package updates via Dependabot, and running npm audit fix.
My fix was running npm ci.
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→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncbuilddeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncbuildDebugdeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncbuildReleasedeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncoutDebugdeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncDebugdeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncoutReleasedeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncReleasedeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncbuilddefaultdeasync.node
→ C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasynccompiled8.1.3win32x64deasync.node
at bindings (C:codexxxnode_modulesbindingsbindings.js:88:9)
at C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncindex.js:34:32
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxnode_modulesdeasyncindex.js:76:2)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxnode_modulesnode-etcdlibclient.js:7:11)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxnode_modulesnode-etcdlibindex.js:9:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxnode_modulesxx1-modelscommonetcd_config.js:3:12)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxnode_modulesxx1-modelsindex.js:18:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxservermodulesbaseModule.js:4:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxservermodulesactEntityModule.js:5:12)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxservercontrollersactEntityController.js:2:11)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxserverroutesactShowRoute.js:1:89)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxserverapp.js:41:20)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:codexxxserver.js:6:11)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:158:16)
at bootstrap_node.js:575:3