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Roger99
Roger99

Reputation: 1002

Visual Studio iOS deployment fails because "The edge module has not been pre-compiled"

I am trying to deploy a HTML/CSS/JS Apache Cordova application from a windows machine to a Mac. I believe they are communicating properly through the remotebuild agent but when I attempt to build a blank project to deploy on the Mac this error is thrown at the very beginning of the build:

MDAVSCLI : error : The edge module has not been pre-compiled for node.js version v4.1.1. You must build a custom version of edge.node. Please refer to https://github.com/tjanczuk/edge for building instructions.

I have followed the link and have searched for the solution as to how to fix this error but the link does not seem to apply to what I am doing at all. I am not using any node.js functions in my code so I am confused as to why this error is occuring. I am only trying to build a nearly blank HTML page and I still get the error regardless of how simple I make the page.

How can I go about fixing this solution? what is the best way to get rid of this error or to as the error suggests pre-compile edge to work with node.js version 4.1.1?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2084

Answers (3)

Neil Watson
Neil Watson

Reputation: 2831

After losing a fair bit of hope and following a lot of posts, blogs and bug work-arounds with no luck I decided to click on the 'Run Dependency Checker' button in Visual Studio - Tools -> Options -> Tools For Apache Cordova -> Cordov Tools. This checker told me that Joyent Node.js wast installed. I did have node.js and npm set up on the latest version, im not sure what the difference is.

I went through the process of modifying the VS installation (change or remove a program) and sure enough Joyent Node.js wasnt checked. I cheked it and it went through the process of installing.

My VS installation now looks like the below and my project is building without:

MDAVSCLI : error : The edge module has not been pre-compiled for node.js version v4.1.1

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Upvotes: 0

naturallyfoster
naturallyfoster

Reputation: 411

There is an issue with Cordova 5.3.1 and Node v4. https://github.com/Microsoft/cordova-docs/blob/master/articles/known-issues/known-issues-ios.md#building-for-ios-hangs-when-nodejs-v40-is-installed

I fixed by uninstalling Node v4.1.1 and installing Node v0.12.7 https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/

Upvotes: 1

user3255670
user3255670

Reputation:

@Dustin,
you have a misconception about how Cordova works. You say you want to deploy to a Mac, but I think you mean iOS. If so, you should read:

What's needed for iOS Development?
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/phonegap/bf1Hgkel3W4

I Quote

The short and sweet of it is as follows:

  • You need OS X + Xcode
  • You need several iDevices
  • You need $99/year for Apple Developer program (which you've already indicated is not a problem)

All of the above = cost-of-doing-business.

If you read the entire thread (especially the part from Kerri Shotz), you will get more information and more options.

Best of Luck

Upvotes: 0

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