I've got Atom from git (from https://github.com/atom/atom), and checked out version 1.5.0-beta0 some time ago, when I built a 32-bit deb out of it; I'm on Ubuntu 14.04.
Now, I would like to build the exact same version, as a 64-bit deb. I thought it would be straightforward, so I just issued in the git source folder:
script/build
script/grunt mkdeb
That built me a /tmp/atom-build/atom-1.5.0-beta0-amd64.deb, but when I installed it, it told me:
/usr/share/atom/atom: error while loading shared libraries: libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
... which was weird, because on my 64-bit system:
$ locate libnotify.so.4
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnotify.so.4
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnotify.so.4.0.0
I thought, it cannot possibly be, that the build system of atom cannot distinguish between 32 and 64-bit builds? But it turned to be exactly that, because I tried LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu atom and it gave me some error (EDIT: most likely it was: "/usr/share/atom/atom: error while loading shared libraries: libnotify.so.4: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64") that pointed to me that it probably did have a problem with this...
Great. Ok, now I tried cleaning first:
script/clean
script/build
Now, while I was doing the build here over wireless network, npm (or apm) would have COMPLETELY clogged my internet connection, eventually producing messages like:
....
Installing build modules...
npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-0.3.0.tgz
npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/oauth-sign/-/oauth-sign-0.5.0.tgz
....
At this point, if I tried to load a page in say Firefox, then it would have just kept spinning, and never loaded the page.
So, I changed from wireless to wired, and finally got to this:
atom_git$ script/clean
atom_git$ script/build
Node: v4.0.0
npm: v2.14.2
Installing build modules...
=> Took 94239ms.
Installing apm...
=> Took 67760ms.
Deleting old packages...
=> Took 418ms.
Installing modules ✓
Installing atom-dark-syntax@0.27.0 ✓
Installing atom-dark-ui@0.51.0 ✓
Installing atom-light-syntax@0.28.0 ✓
Installing atom-light-ui@0.43.0 ✓
Installing base16-tomorrow-dark-theme@1.1.0 ✓
Installing base16-tomorrow-light-theme@1.1.1 ✓
Installing one-dark-ui@1.1.9 ✓
Installing one-light-ui@1.1.9 ✓
Installing one-dark-syntax@1.1.2 ✓
Installing one-light-syntax@1.1.2 ✓
Installing solarized-dark-syntax@0.39.0 ✓
Installing solarized-light-syntax@0.23.0 ✓
Installing about@1.3.0 ✓
Installing archive-view@0.61.0 ✓
Installing autocomplete-atom-api@0.9.2 ✓
Installing autocomplete-css@0.11.0 ✓
Installing autocomplete-html@0.7.2 ✓
Installing autocomplete-plus@2.25.0 ✓
Installing autocomplete-snippets@1.9.0 ✓
Installing autoflow@0.26.0 ✓
Installing autosave@0.23.0 ✓
Installing background-tips@0.26.0 ✓
Installing bookmarks@0.38.0 ✓
Installing bracket-matcher@0.79.0 ✓
Installing command-palette@0.38.0 ✓
Installing deprecation-cop@0.54.0 ✓
Installing dev-live-reload@0.47.0 ✓
Installing encoding-selector@0.21.0 ✓
Installing exception-reporting@0.37.0 ✓
Installing find-and-replace@0.195.0 ✓
Installing fuzzy-finder@0.94.0 ✓
Installing git-diff@0.57.0 ✓
Installing go-to-line@0.30.0 ✓
Installing grammar-selector@0.48.0 ✓
Installing image-view@0.56.0 ✓
Installing incompatible-packages@0.25.0 ✓
Installing keybinding-resolver@0.33.0 ✓
Installing line-ending-selector@0.3.0 ✓
Installing link@0.31.0 ✓
Installing markdown-preview@0.157.1 ✓
Installing metrics@0.53.1 ✓
Installing notifications@0.62.1 ✓
Installing open-on-github@0.40.0 ✓
Installing package-generator@0.41.0 ✓
Installing settings-view@0.232.3 ✓
Installing snippets@1.0.1 ✓
Installing spell-check@0.65.0 ✓
Installing status-bar@0.80.0 ✓
Installing styleguide@0.45.0 ✓
Installing symbols-view@0.110.1 ✓
Installing tabs@0.88.0 ✗
Package version: 0.88.0 not found
... and now the build process here stops. I thought damn it - how can I build from source, now that they rely on packages from internet that keep being removed? But then I browser a bit, and found https://github.com/atom/tabs/releases/tag/v0.88.0 - great; so I tried this:
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/atom/tabs/archive/v0.88.0.zip
unzip v0.88.0.zip
cd /path/to/atom_git
mv /tmp/tabs-0.88.0 ./node_modules/
... and tried the build again:
atom_git$ script/build
Node: v4.0.0
npm: v2.13.3
Installing build modules...
=> Took 3473ms.
Installing apm...
=> Took 1122ms.
Deleting old packages...
Removing tabs-0.88.0 ✓
=> Took 1290ms.
Installing modules ✓
Installing tabs@0.88.0 ✗
Package version: 0.88.0 not found
Damn it - it found tabs@0.88.0, AND it removed it!! How can I persuade the build process now, to NOT look for tabs@0.88.0 online, but instead to use the one that I'm supplying to it, so the build script can continue building?
