"Can't find bash-language-server on your PATH...." on Windows

[fakuivan]

I've installed the package as advised but the extension fails with this error:

PS C:\Users\fakui> npm i -g bash-language-server
C:\Users\fakui\AppData\Roaming\npm\bash-language-server -> C:\Users\fakui\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bash-language-server\bin\main.js
+ bash-language-server@1.3.0
updated 1 package in 1.253s
PS C:\Users\fakui> node -v
v10.0.0
PS C:\Users\fakui> (Get-ChildItem Env:Path).Value
C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Python36\Scripts\;C:\Program Files\Python36\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;D:\Program_Files\Strawberry\c\bin;D:\Program_Files\Strawberry\perl\site\bin;D:\Program_Files\Strawberry\perl\bin;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\fakui\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\fakui\AppData\Roaming\npm

[skovhus]

Thanks for reporting this. It might be related to #40

[mads-hartmann]

@fakuivan Thanks for reporting this. I've released version 1.3.1 which includes #40. Please upgrade the bash language server (npm i -g bash-language-server) and re-open if this is still an issue :)

[fakuivan]

Nope, still having the same issue.

PS C:\Windows\system32> npm i -g bash-language-server
C:\Users\fakui\AppData\Roaming\npm\bash-language-server -> C:\Users\fakui\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bash-language-server\bin\main.js
+ bash-language-server@1.3.1
updated 1 package in 5.686s

[mads-hartmann]

@fakuivan Damn, alright, as I don't have access to windows machines at the moment I'd love your help debugging this issue. Head over to #5 to see what other users have tried.

[fakuivan]

@mads-hartmann As far as I understand it, finding the path to the executable is not the problem:

PS C:\Windows\system32> &"$(Join-Path "$(npm.cmd bin -g)" "bash-language-server.cmd")" -v
Version is 1.3.1

(if that's what vscode-client/src/util.ts does)

[antonio-petricca]

I have the same issue:

• Linux Mint 18.3 (Ubuntu 16.04)
• NodeJS 10.1.0
• Bash Language Server 1.3.1

Running it from shell I get this error:

$ bash-language-server
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:573
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module './build/Debug/tree_sitter_runtime_binding'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:571:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:497:25)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:626:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bash-language-server/node_modules/tree-sitter/index.js:5:13)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:678:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:589:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:520:3)

[fakuivan]

Just to clarify, this issue is supposed to be open.

[JoshRagem]

I think this is failing to require the Debug build because of this error (or similar) trying to get the Release build:

> require('./build/Release/tree_sitter_runtime_binding')
Error: The module '/usr/lib/node_modules/bash-language-server/node_modules/tree-sitter/build/Release/tree_sitter_runtime_binding.node'
was compiled against a different Node.js version using
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 59. This version of Node.js requires
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 64. Please try re-compiling or re-installing
the module (for instance, using `npm rebuild` or `npm install`).

this is my setup with npm:6.1.0 node:v10.2.1 on ubuntu

[roblogic]

This thread could be conflating 2 issues here. I think that you can build bash-language-server successfully on Windows if you have the correct prerequisites. Building it with the npm build tools, puts the application somewhere in your user profile and in your PATH (in my case it's %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm\bash-language-server, YMMV.

However the ability of VSCode or Atom to launch it is a separate issue. Despite the bash-language-server existing in the Windows %PATH% and responding correctly in Powershell, it seems that the Node applications have trouble spawning it as a process and issue misleading error messages like ENOENT and claim that they can't find bash-language-server. IMHO it looks like a bug in the Node spawn command in Windows. Some elaboration here: bash-lsp/ide-bash#4

Building on Windows

First you need to install python and windows build tools via npm in Powershell (Administrator mode)... per https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools
installed to %USERPROFILE%.windows-build-tools\python27
be patient, it may take 15 minutes or more, even on a high spec PC

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

Then install bash-language-server

npm i -g bash-language-server

Launching from VSCode or Atom

For Atom, I think it's happening here in main.js. Maybe "spawn" isn't smart enough to find the npm package in windows

https://github.com/mads-hartmann/ide-bash/blob/ff7acfe95a37915ed8e1effe75df88e2b073c5e0/src/main.js#L29-L31

Similar "spawn" issues on SO:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27688804/how-do-i-debug-error-spawn-enoent-on-node-js
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37288044/atom-electron-cant-find-path-of-child-process

Possible alternatives to Node spawn on windows:

• https://github.com/MarcDiethelm/superspawn
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/cross-spawn

[antonio-petricca]

Hi, I am on Linux, not Windows. Thank you ☺️

[Amourspirit]

I am running window 10 home. I am having the same issues.
I tried installing and re-installing
VS code reports

I also tried

Possible alternatives to Node spawn on windows:

https://github.com/MarcDiethelm/superspawn
https://www.npmjs.com/package/cross-spawn

Nothing seems to work still getting same error

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> bash-language-server -v
Version is 1.3.1
Any Fix for this?