Failed to load gRPC binary module because it was not installed for the current system Expected directory: electron-v9.2-linux-arm64-glibc

[herico516]

Problem description

we build a plugin of the vs code for version 1.50.0 in win_x86_64 is success, but when we build it in the linux arm64 ，an error occurred:
`Activating extension 'xxx.xxx' failed: Failed to load gRPC binary module because it was not installed for the current system
Expected directory: electron-v9.2-linux-arm64-glibc
Found: [node-v72-linux-arm64-glibc]
This problem can often be fixed by running "npm rebuild" on the current system
Original error: Cannot find module '/root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/electron-v9.2-linux-arm64-glibc/grpc_node.node'
Require stack:

• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/node_modules/grpc/src/grpc_extension.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/node_modules/grpc/src/client_interceptors.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/node_modules/grpc/src/client.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/node_modules/grpc/index.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/rmproto/rm_grpc_pb.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/rm_grpc_client.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/src/js/connect.js
• /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/extension.js
• /usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/loader.js
• /usr/share/code/resources/app/out/bootstrap-amd.js
• /usr/share/code/resources/app/out/bootstrap-fork.js.`

Environment

• Linux Ubuntu 18.04 arm64
• Node version 12.18.0
• Package name and version [gRPC@1.24.3]

Additional context

use the following command to install grpc
npm install grpc@1.24.3 --target=9.2.1 --runtime=electron
，an error occurred:
`> grpc@1.24.3 install /root/Downloads/20200806_CV1/xxx.xxx/node_modules/grpc

node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library

node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://node-precompiled-binaries.grpc.io/grpc/v1.24.3/electron-v9.2-linux-arm64-glibc.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for grpc@1.24.3 and electron@9.2.1 (electron-v9.2 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)

sh: 1: node-pre-gyp: Permission denied
npm WARN nudt-slurm@0.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN nudt-slurm@0.0.1 No license field.
npm WARN The package grpc-tools is included as both a dev and production dependency.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.1.3 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! grpc@1.24.3 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grpc@1.24.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2020-10-20T09_41_45_680Z-debug.log`

grpc install fail ,and no refer directory generate in the "node_modules".

[badsyntax]

Have you tried using the pure javascript version? (@grpc/grpc-js) it works fine in a vscode extension.

[murgatroid99]

I agree with recommending @grpc/grpc-js. The specific error here occurred because we have not yet published binaries for Electron 9.2. Work on that is in progress in #1615 but we have run into some build issues.

[murgatroid99]

Electron 9.2 binaries have been published with version 1.24.4 of the package.