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Debugging your Desktop App

Troubleshooting

node-gyp

Follow the installation instructions on node-gyp README.
In case of any package failures, cross-check or better still make sure you have these packages available on your environment.
Windows
MacOS
Ubuntu
Fedora
On Windows you may have to follow option 2 of the node-gyp install guide and install Visual Studio.
​Xcode​
  • You also need to install the XCode Command Line Tools by running xcode-select --install. Alternatively, if you already have the full Xcode installed, you can find them under the menu Xcode -> Open Developer Tool -> More Developer Tools.... This step will install clang, clang++, and make.
  1. 1.
    build-essential
  2. 2.
    libevas-dev
  3. 3.
    libxss-dev
  1. 1.
    libX11
  2. 2.
    libXScrnSaver-devel
  3. 3.
    gcc-c++d
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