discord.js - Imagine an app•16mo ago

Building .exe file with pkg results in "Failed to make bytecode"

Hey, I'm trying to build my node discord.js project into .exe file for ease of use. I managed to do so with https://www.npmjs.com/package/pkg by simply running it with pkg . --targets node18-win-x64 and below configuration:

  "pkg": {
    "scripts": "commands/**/*.js"
  }

  "pkg": {
    "scripts": "commands/**/*.js"
  }

I got following warnings though:

> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\core.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\supported.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\util.js

> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\index.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\core.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\supported.js
> Warning Failed to make bytecode node18-x64 for file C:\snapshot\bounty-rune-bot\node_modules\file-type\util.js

and I have noticed that the .exe won't work without all node_modules copied into it's directory. I suspect it might be related to file-type not being bundled correctly, but maybe I'm missing something else. Thanks for help in advance.

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pkg

Package your Node.js project into an executable. Latest version: 5.8.1, last published: 5 months ago. Start using pkg in your project by running npm i pkg. There are 224 other projects in the npm registry using pkg.

4 Replies

d.js toolkit•16mo ago

- What's your exact discord.js npm list discord.js and node node -v version? - Not a discord.js issue? Check out #other-js-ts. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button!

darp•16mo ago

just dont do it.

chewie•16mo ago

not djs related, #useful-servers or #other-js-ts

RoirrawOP•16mo ago

thank you @thehairy

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Building .exe file with pkg results in "Failed to make bytecode"