Can't install PrimeCMS on my Windows PC

[JeremieLeblanc]

After running these two commands on my windows pc:

> npm install -g @primecms/cli
> primecms init my-project

I enter the name of the project, postgres username, password and database.
Then it crashes with this:

C:\Users\Jeremie-Desktop\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@primecms\cli\node_modules\yoga-layout-prebuilt\yoga-layout\build\Release\nbind.js:53
        throw ex;
        ^

Error: spawn yarn ENOENT
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:240:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:415:16)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)

It does create the folder with some files, namely:

• .editorconfig
• .env
• .gitignore
• app.json
• index.js
• package.json
• README.md

I then run "yarn" to install the packages.
Followed by "primecms start"

At this point I do get this:

prime:core building schema +0ms
prime:graphql building schema +0ms
prime:server � Server ready at http://localhost:4000/prime/graphql +0ms
prime:server � Subscriptions ready at ws://localhost:4000/graphql +0ms

When I go to http://localhost:4000/graphql I do get the playground, but if I go to http://localhost:4000 I get a "Network Error" after a few seconds.

When I check the console, similarly to #224, I get:

Could not parse prime config SyntaxError: Unexpected token W in JSON at position 251
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Module.1101 (main.529cbcdc.chunk.js:1)
    at f (localhost/:1)
    at Object.532 (main.529cbcdc.chunk.js:1)
    at f (localhost/:1)
    at a (localhost/:1)
    at Array.e [as push] (localhost/:1)
    at main.529cbcdc.chunk.js:1

Which makes sense because a config file was never generated...
I have tried every installation methods and none of them work on my PC, I have similarly tried on a mac without issues.

[birkir]

Can you try the manual installation?

You can use either yarn or npm.

npm init
npm install -S @primecms/core @primecms/ui

createdb prime

[JeremieLeblanc]

After running createdb prime I get:

createdb: command not found

[birkir]

You need to install postgres 👍

(and have the tools in PATH https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11460823/setting-windows-path-for-postgres-tools)

[JeremieLeblanc]

That's my bad I didn't have it in my PATH, ok I did that and it does create an empty db called prime.

What are the next steps?
I now have a folder with a node_modules, a package.json and package-lock.json
As well as an empty database called prime.

[olek-pastukhov]

I have also experienced such problem with JSON parsing:

Could not parse prime config SyntaxError: Unexpected token W in JSON at position 251
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Module.1101 (main.529cbcdc.chunk.js:1)
    at f (localhost/:1)
    at Object.532 (main.529cbcdc.chunk.js:1)
    at f (localhost/:1)
    at a (localhost/:1)
    at Array.e [as push] (localhost/:1)
    at main.529cbcdc.chunk.js:1

This happening due to the windows paths parsing. Seems to be you are not testing up&run on windows PC.

the buggy code located here:

let config = get(window, 'prime.config', '');
let coreUrl = isProd ? '/' : 'http://localhost:4000';
const fields: any = [];
let env: any = {};

try {
 
  // parsing brakes at processing win path like C:\project\prime_cms\ 
  config = JSON.parse(config);
 
  coreUrl = config.coreUrl || coreUrl;
  env = config.env || env;
} catch (err) {
  if (isProd) {
    console.error('Could not parse prime config', err); // tslint:disable-line no-console
  }
}

[olek-pastukhov]

I have found a root cause.
You have to fix the code in file serveUI (e.g. with adding one extra stringify and remove redundant quotes) at line:

res.send(data.toString().replace('"$PRIME_CONFIG$"', `${  JSON.stringify( JSON.stringify(config))}`));

also in file fields.js it would be better to use more universal regexp:

.replace(/\/?\\?package.json$/, '');

[robvenn]

For me this also didn't work on Windows, I just tried to clone the repository and then entered yarn install and then yarn run setup but it fails trying to link the packages :
error An unexpected error occurred: "ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'C:\\Users\\robin\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Data\\link\\@primecms\\cli\\lib\\index.js'". so might not work cross-env or I'must be doing something wrong, some suggestions:

• improve documentation if possible
• use cross-env scripts or use containers

I'd be glad to help out if I can