electron-update-release
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electron-prebuilt
Install electron prebuilt binaries for command-line use using npm. This module helps you easily install the electron
command for use on the command line without having to compile anything.
Electron is a JavaScript runtime that bundles Node.js
and Chromium. You use it similar to the node
command on the command line for
executing JavaScript programs. For more info you can read this intro blog post or dive into the Electron documentation
Installation
Note As of version 1.3.1, this package is published to npm under two names:
electron
and electron-prebuilt
. You can currently use either name, but
electron
is recommended, as the electron-prebuilt
name is deprecated, and
will only be published until the end of 2016.
Download and install the latest build of electron for your OS and add it to your
project's package.json
as a devDependency
:
npm install electron --save-dev
This is the preferred way to use electron, as it doesn't require users to install electron globally.
You can also use the -g
flag (global) to symlink it into your PATH:
npm install -g electron
If that command fails with an EACCESS
error you may have to run it again with sudo
:
sudo npm install -g electron
Now you can just run electron
to run electron:
electron
If you need to use an HTTP proxy you can set these environment variables
If you want to change the architecture that is downloaded (e.g., ia32
on an x64
machine), you can use the --arch
flag with npm install or set the npm_config_arch
environment variable:
npm install --arch=ia32 electron
About
Works on Mac, Windows and Linux OSes that Electron supports (e.g. Electron does not support Windows XP).
The version numbers of this module match the version number of the offical Electron releases, which do not follow semantic versioning.
This module is automatically released whenever a new version of Electron is released thanks to electron-prebuilt-updater written by John Muhl.
Usage
First you have to write an electron application
Then you can run your app using:
electron your-app/
Related modules
- electron-packager - package and distribute your electron app in OS executables (.app, .exe etc)
- electron-builder - create installers for Windows and OS X. It's built to work together with electron-packager
- menubar - high level way to create menubar desktop applications with electron
Find more at the awesome-electron list
Programmatic usage
Most people use this from the command line, but if you require electron
inside
your node app (not your electron app) it will return the file path to the
binary. Use this to spawn electron from node scripts:
var electron = require('electron')
var proc = require('child_process')
// will something similar to print /Users/maf/.../Electron
console.log(electron)
// spawn electron
var child = proc.spawn(electron)