Could not run pocketbase on windows 11

[RayyanNafees]

Error

OS Info

[benallfree]

Will be fixed in next alpha... for now npx gobot 'pocketbase/pocketbase' works :)

[RayyanNafees]

Still not working on windows:

Getting the following error:

Need to install the following packages:
gobot@1.0.0-alpha.35
Ok to proceed? (y)
Fetching info for pocketbase/pocketbase releases page 1...https://api.github.com/repos/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases?per_page=100&page=1
Fetching info for pocketbase/pocketbase releases page 2...https://api.github.com/repos/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases?per_page=100&page=2
Fetching info for pocketbase/pocketbase releases page 3...https://api.github.com/repos/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases?per_page=100&page=3
Downloading https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/releases/download/v0.22.8/pocketbase_0.22.8_windows_amd64.zip
Downloading.............
Download completed.
Unpacking C:\Users\nafee\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.8\x64\win32\pocketbase_0.22.8_windows_amd64.zip
Error: Could not find pocketbase.exe anywhere in path C:\Users\nafee\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.8\x64\win32

Screenshot

[benallfree]

Can you show me what's in C:\Users\nafee\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.8\x64\win32

[benallfree]

Also, try this:

npx gobot@latest reset pocketbase
npx gobot@latest pocketbase --help

[VictorioBerra]

This appears to be the same error as this #4

@benallfree was this fixed?

[VictorioBerra]

See @RayyanNafees last line:

Error: Could not find pocketbase.exe anywhere in path C:\Users\nafee\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.8\x64\win32

that is the exact same error I get.

[benallfree]

@VictorioBerra Can you please show me the directory listing for C:\Users\nafee\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.8\x64\win32

[VictorioBerra]

@benallfree that is nafee, mine is:

file:///C:/Users/toryb/source/repos/Failreactor-Pocketbase%20-%20JS/node_modules/gobot/dist/chunk-Y2WPSBSM.js:406
      throw new Error(`Could not find ${this.binName} anywhere in path ${path}`);
            ^

Error: Could not find pocketbase.exe anywhere in path C:\Users\toryb\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.7\x64\win32
    at _Gobot.findArchiveBinPath (file:///C:/Users/toryb/source/repos/Failreactor-Pocketbase%20-%20JS/node_modules/gobot/dist/chunk-Y2WPSBSM.js:406:13)
    at _Gobot.getBinaryPath (file:///C:/Users/toryb/source/repos/Failreactor-Pocketbase%20-%20JS/node_modules/gobot/dist/chunk-Y2WPSBSM.js:457:34)
    at async _Gobot.run (file:///C:/Users/toryb/source/repos/Failreactor-Pocketbase%20-%20JS/node_modules/gobot/dist/chunk-Y2WPSBSM.js:540:19)

Node.js v20.9.0
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

directory listing

PS C:\Users\toryb\source\repos\Failreactor-Pocketbase - JS> dir C:\Users\toryb\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.7\x64\win32


    Directory: C:\Users\toryb\AppData\Local\gobot-nodejs\Cache\pocketbase\pocketbase\archives\0.22.7\x64\win32


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----         4/10/2024   1:37 PM              0 CHANGELOG.md
-a----         4/10/2024   1:37 PM           1090 LICENSE.md
-a----         3/29/2024   7:35 PM       41448960 pocketbase.exe
-a----         4/10/2024   1:37 PM       14709671 pocketbase_0.22.7_windows_amd64.zip


PS C:\Users\toryb\source\repos\Failreactor-Pocketbase - JS> 

[benallfree]

Interesting, so it's there but it's not finding it... I'll look into it more

[VictorioBerra]

@benallfree Not sure if this helps, but this works for me:

Change this line https://github.com/benallfree/gobot/blob/main/src/Gobot.ts#L232

const fname2 = globSync(join(path, this.binName), { nodir: true })[0];

(remove the **):

[benallfree]

Interesting, I'm not sure that would search subdirectories if it were missing.

[VictorioBerra]

@benallfree I dont claim for it to be a fix, only to maybe help aid you in debugging.

[RayyanNafees]

@benallfree Not sure if this helps, but this works for me:

Change this line main/src/Gobot.ts#L232

const fname2 = globSync(join(path, this.binName), { nodir: true })[0];

(remove the **):

@benallfree can u apply this as fix for now in the version so it works for now on Windows ?

Also.. seems like the package cannot execute anymore

[benallfree]

I'll need to look into this more, I don't have Windows for testing so it's a bit difficult.

Also, I think gobot is evolving more toward an esbuild approach where the binaries are published on NPM. Are you able to try https://www.npmjs.com/package/gobot-pocketbase to see if that works any better?