Cannot install jspdf 1.5.3

Question

I need to convert html to pdf and I am using jspdf 1.5.2. It shows the error Cannot read property 'charAt' of undefined (using with html2canvas).

When I try to install jspdf 1.5.3 I get this:

npm ERR! path git
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn git
npm ERR! enoent Error while executing:
npm ERR! enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git
npm ERR! enoent 
npm ERR! enoent 
npm ERR! enoent spawn git ENOENT
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

I have read the other threads and none of them are helpful.

'npm is not able to find a file' it says. pls check other lines printed to see if the file is mentioned — vasanthcullen, Jun 04 '19 at 16:44
This is the complete error. jspdf versions 1.5 and below work fine for this. Anyway I worked around it by calling the window.print() method. — Abdul Ahad, Jun 06 '19 at 03:04

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '19 at 01:56

With Version 1.5.3 of jsPDF they use a dependency directly from GitHUB. I'm assuming you're running the build in a CI? Either you install git + ssh or at that point return to version 1.5.2 of jsPDF. There's a bunch of issues in their bug tracker. This seems to be the relevant issue https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF/issues/2208. It's marked fixed, but so far no new version 1.5.4.

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '19 at 09:03

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Try installing jspdf in git bash (GIT command line) using

npm i jspdf

answered Jul 09 '19 at 09:03

Vaibhav Patil

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 07 '19 at 14:32

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I had the same problem. I solved installing git.

answered Jul 07 '19 at 14:32

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 14 '19 at 19:41

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For any passerby here because of html2pdf.js failing on CI, we're in the same boat.

It requires ^1.4.1, and resolves to 1.5.3 as of now, so either:

publish your own release on NPM rolling out the dependency fix,
install git on your Alpine image (docker: RUN apk add --no-cache git) and pray it'll pass through your enterprise firewall (it did not for me),
force 1.4.1 by requiring jsPDF in your package.json, and commit with the package-lock.json (worked for me).

answered Jul 14 '19 at 19:41

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Yeah downgrading to 1.4.1 worked for me (I'm using Bitbucket CI/Pipelines). Downgrading to 1.5.2 was causing a breaking issue with autotable so that was not an option. – cvb Jul 18 '19 at 15:32
Also using Bitbucket pipelines, downgrading jspdf to 1.4.1 worked for me. Apparently, pdf generating packages are dependent on the child packages of their peers, because uninstalling jspdf since I wasn't using it did nothing to help my case. – Benneee_ Jul 16 '20 at 14:31

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 18 '20 at 17:59

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I solved like this:

Install Git.
Open a new cmd window.
Execute npm i jspdf.

edited May 18 '20 at 17:59

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answered May 18 '20 at 17:00

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Cannot install jspdf 1.5.3

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