PKG Failed to make Bytecode

Question

I am getting this warning when I try and run .. pkg index.js -t macOS

node v17.3.1 [email protected]

Warning Failed to make bytecode node17-arm64 for file /snapshot/______/index.js

was hoping anyone could help,

I have also tried to use -b and got

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/var/folders/fy/c5tgsjcj63q73kfvg_dd53fh0000gn/T/pkg.d5ef9dd92b18360a4ff95824/node/out/Release/node

thank you

Egide

See my answer here: https://mcmap.net/q/1355945/-pkg-failed-to-make-bytecode – Mcclintock

Answer 1

I used @vercel/ncc to generate one index.js file and then use pkg on the generated index.js file.

My package.json scripts is like this:

"scripts": {
    "test": "jest",
    "start": "node src/index.js",
    "dev": "nodemon src/index.js",
    "build": "ncc build  -o build/lib ./src/index.js && pkg --target node16-win-x64 -o build/MY-API.exe ./build/lib/index.js"
  },

Mcclintock

Worked for me! Thanks. Is there a way to use npx with ncc? – Strabismus

@SovatthaSok of course. Just do npx ncc ... – Mcclintock

Answer 2

My Script was written in ES6, I ran it threw Babel and then tried again and it worked perfectly!!

Egide

Hi, Can you provide the commands used with babel and configs? I have similar issues. – Coquelicot

Hey sorry for late reply. I can't even remember what project this was from .. but im pretty sure I ran the code threw babeljs.io s website and just copy and pasted the results! .. I know it was kinda a hack job.. but it worked for me! – Egide