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Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

DavidMurray_ODWC — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 01:32:15 GMT

I was tempted to poke around the Developers section of ArcGIS, in the hopes of perhaps fingaling my way to a widget that behaved the way I wanted it to.

The requirements included your own installation of the ExB Developer Edition ~for which there is a handy video that purports to 'walk the viewer through the installation steps.' There's a bit of a gap in the instructions 37 seconds in.

But I was able to download & install nodejs, and the various "necessary tools" for its use, including "Chocolatey."

I have opened cmd prompts to "clean install" the client and server, but typing npm ci does nothing.

So, I'm stuck on Step #8 of installing the Developer Edition.

Any ideas re: how to proceed?

This is probably a rookie mistake, and we'll all have a good laugh later, but I'm no where near starting the 15 minute 'Create a starter widget' tutorial.

Re: Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

DavidMartinez — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:43:45 GMT

Hey David,

What version of node do you have installed?

Re: Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

JianT — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:46:56 GMT

Can you try just install Node.js default option (not select like Chocolatey)? and run npm comments as administrator.

Re: Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

DavidMurray_ODWC — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:03:07 GMT

Latest LTS Version: 14.15.4 (includes npm 6.14.10)

Re: Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

DavidMurray_ODWC — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:17:38 GMT

It was, as I'd supposed, a newbie error. And it was your question that led me to the solution.

The failing cmd window printed:

Need to pay attention

...clearly showing that it was trying to find nodejs in C:\Program Files (x86)\ and version 1.3.2

When I'd downloaded the newest version into C:\Program Files\

So I renamed the original nodejs folder to nodejs_old, and reinstalled the nodejs to the x86 folder.
Step #8 now works without a hitch.

Re: Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

DavidMartinez — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:25:43 GMT

Hi David,

Glad you got it working.

Cheers,

David

Re: Attempted to Install Experience Builder - Developer v1.2 : failed at npm

Brian_McLeer — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:16:45 GMT

I have a similar issue when trying to do a new install Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.14. I have Node.js v 22.3.0 and it is installed in the x86 folder. When I run step 10 on the workflow below, the slash bar spins for a very long time and nothing reports. Has anybody else experienced this?

https://developers.arcgis.com/experience-builder/guide/install-guide/