Install electron on node for windows hangs

Question

I am following the quick installtion guide on electron :http://electron.atom.io/

Script:

Clone the Quick Start repository

git clone https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start

Go into the repository

cd electron-quick-start

Install the dependencies and run

npm install && npm start

The installation is stuck at :

Node Install.js - this command is executed with npm install && npm start.

Is there a way i could find out what node install.js is doing in the backend to workout why it's stuck?

Answer 1

with --verbose it makes it much more obvious if you're somehow interrupting the electron module download during node_modules install this will help to correct this by observing the download and installation process with:

npm install electron -g --verbose

With this command you will install global Electron. You can not cancel until the download process is complete. Delete the folder node_modules and reinstall.