Can't build project on Ubuntu 22.04

[PhilLovesToCode]

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Problem description

Hello,
I tried to clone and build this project on my Ubuntu 22.04 development machine with no success. In summary, I encountered errors at every stage. The first set of errors had to do with dependency resolution. I was only able to fix those by npm removing all of the dependencies that reported errors and re-installing them one by one. However this left me with versions that differed from the original package.json, which likely caused subsequent errors. When trying to run the electron app, I again encountered numerous code errors. I fixed one or two but they kept coming, so I gave up.

Has anyone successfully built this project on Ubuntu or any other Linux distro? If so, could the contributors please find a way to update the app so it will successfully build and run on all three platforms: Windows, Mac OS, and Linux?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.
-Phil

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone and build the project on Ubuntu 22.04.

Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04
• App version: Latest clone

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[aleksey-hoffman]

Hi @PhilLovesToCode
I just tried to build the latest commit on Ubuntu 21.10 with npm run electron:serve with no errors

Node: v16.6.2
NPM: v7.20.3

The prod npm run electron:build builds successfully only on some specific Node versions (e.g. 15.14.0)

Can you please show me the errors you are getting? Perhaps you're using a different Node / NPM version?

[PhilLovesToCode]

Thanks for your quick response. I'll try the Node and NPM versions you provided and report back.

[PhilLovesToCode]

Success! I was able to build and run the project with Node 15.14.0 and NPM 7.7.6. When I npv installed Node 15.14.0, it automatically installed NPM 7.7.6, so I stuck with that version. The code I cloned was the latest as of a few hours ago. Thanks for your help, and congratulations on building an outstanding app!

[aleksey-hoffman]

@PhilLovesToCode thanks for the feedback, mate! It will only get better with every update