Error cannot resolve https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v25.2.0+wvcus/electron-v25.2.0+wvcus-win32-x64.zip: status code 404

[vanminhquangtri]

Hello Brothers,

My app is Vue 3 + Electron to play Widevine DRM content.

Command electron:serve work fine. But the command electron:build alway give error 404:
cannot resolve https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v25.2.0+wvcus/electron-v25.2.0+wvcus-win32-x64.zip: status code 404.

The problem is electron:serve alway work fine so I don't know where issue from.

I have already change to many other version of electron-releases but the error still appear. I would appreciate to receive any advice.
My app version:
"vue": "^3.2.13",
"electron": "github:castlabs/electron-releases#v25.2.0+wvcus",
"vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder": "^3.0.0-alpha.0",
"@electron-forge/cli": "^6.2.1",

This is my full package.json:

{
  "name": "vue-3-electron",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "description": "Hello World!",
  "author": "Jane Doe",
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
    "electron:start": "electron .",
    "electron:build": "vue-cli-service electron:build",
    "electron:serve": "vue-cli-service electron:serve",
    "postinstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps",
    "postuninstall": "electron-builder install-app-deps",
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "core-js": "^3.8.3",
    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
    "vue": "^3.2.13"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.12.16",
    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.12.16",
    "@electron-forge/cli": "^6.2.1",
    "@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.2.1",
    "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.2.1",
    "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.2.1",
    "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.2.1",
    "@electron-forge/plugin-auto-unpack-natives": "^6.2.1",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~5.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~5.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-service": "~5.0.0",
    "electron": "github:castlabs/electron-releases#v25.2.0+wvcus",
    "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.1.0",
    "eslint": "^7.32.0",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3",
    "vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder": "^3.0.0-alpha.0"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "root": true,
    "env": {
      "node": true
    },
    "extends": [
      "plugin:vue/vue3-essential",
      "eslint:recommended"
    ],
    "parserOptions": {
      "parser": "@babel/eslint-parser"
    },
    "rules": {}
  },
  "browserslist": [
    "> 1%",
    "last 2 versions",
    "not dead",
    "not ie 11"
  ]
}

Thank you.

[khwaaj]

You need to set the mirror for electron-builder to use, e.g as this FAQ shows: https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/wiki/FAQ#how-can-i-use-electron-builder-with-ecs

[vanminhquangtri]

Thank @khwaaj , I instead change to cache instead of mirror then it works, in package.json, add build property. assets is the folder where we place the zip file of electron.

"build": {
    "electronDownload": {
      "cache": "./assets",
      "isVerifyChecksum": false,
      "platform": "win32"
    }
  }

[John7125]

@vanminhquangtri Brother, what is the format of the files in the assets folder?

[arcovoltaico]

I have

  "electronDownload": {
    "mirror": "https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases/releases/download/v"
  }

My build-mac works nicely, not my build-win resulting in a 404 error:

    "build": "BUILD_ENV=production && npm run castlabs && npm run electron:serve-tsc && ng build --source-map --base-href ./",
    "build:prod": "npm run build -- -c production",
   "build-mac": "npm run build:prod && npx electron-builder build --mac && node signMac.js && npm run no-castlabs" 
    "build-win": "npm run build:prod && npx electron-builder build --win && node signWin.js && npm run no-castlabs"
 "castlabs": "npm remove electron && npm i -dev 'https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases#v34.0.0+wvcus'",

Alternatively :
"castlabs": "npm remove electron && npm i -dev electron@github:castlabs/electron-releases#v33.4.1+wvcus",

Basically the win version is trying to get wvcus-win32-arm64 while it should try to get wvcus-win32-x64 .
I'm using my Apple Silicon mac. So I need to be able to define x64 when building electron for windows.

[khwaaj]

@arcovoltaico, IIRC you should be able to add --x64 your electron-builder command-line for Windows.