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 NX   Successfully ran target build for project element-web and 4 tasks it depends on (1m)


 ERR_PNPM_NO_SCRIPT  Missing script: build:ts

Command "build:ts" not found. Did you mean "pnpm run build:32"?
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
 -> error making: element-desktop-git-exit status 4
 -> nothing to install for element-desktop-git

Package fails to build. Output follows.

==> Making package: element-desktop-git 1.12.2.r43.gd6e50598cd-1 (Mon 02 Mar 2026 12:55:09 AM EST)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Updating element-web git repo...
  -> Updating element-desktop git repo...
  -> Found io.element.Element.desktop
  -> Found element-desktop.sh
==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    element-web ... Skipped
    element-desktop ... Skipped
    io.element.Element.desktop ... Passed
    element-desktop.sh ... Passed
==> Making package: element-desktop-git 1.12.2.r43.gd6e50598cd-1 (Mon 02 Mar 2026 12:55:11 AM EST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Updating element-web git repo...
  -> Updating element-desktop git repo...
  -> Found io.element.Element.desktop
  -> Found element-desktop.sh
==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    element-web ... Skipped
    element-desktop ... Skipped
    io.element.Element.desktop ... Passed
    element-desktop.sh ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Creating working copy of element-web git repo...
Cloning into 'element-web'...
done.
  -> Creating working copy of element-desktop git repo...
Cloning into 'element-desktop'...
done.
==> Starting prepare()...
error This project's package.json defines "packageManager": "yarn@pnpm@10.29.3". However the current global version of Yarn is 1.22.22.

Presence of the "packageManager" field indicates that the project is meant to be used with Corepack, a tool included by default with all official Node.js distributions starting from 16.9 and 14.19.
Corepack must currently be enabled by running corepack enable in your terminal. For more information, check out https://yarnpkg.com/corepack.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare().
    Aborting...
error: failed to build 'element-desktop-git-1.12.2.r43.gd6e50598cd-1 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)': 
error: packages failed to build: element-desktop-git-1.12.2.r43.gd6e50598cd-1 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)

It seems to me that there is some mismatch in the Yarn or pnpm versioning.

Package seems broken:

==> Starting prepare()... error This project's package.json defines "packageManager": "yarn@pnpm@10.29.3". However the current global version of Yarn is 1.22.22.

Presence of the "packageManager" field indicates that the project is meant to be used with Corepack, a tool included by default with all official Node.js distributions starting from 16.9 and 14.19. Corepack must currently be enabled by running corepack enable in your terminal. For more information, check out https://yarnpkg.com/corepack. ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare(). Aborting... error: failed to build 'element-desktop-git-1.12.2.r43.gd6e50598cd-1 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)': error: packages failed to build: element-desktop-git-1.12.2.r43.gd6e50598cd-1 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)

Can't install via yay for me personally, fails after like 15+ minutes of working and compiling. Log output: https://pastebin.com/H8eYSbuG

Are there any Plans to add the experimental search components to be able to use the search in Encrypted rooms/chats? https://github.com/element-hq/element-desktop/blob/develop/docs/native-node-modules.md#adding-seshat-for-search-in-e2e-encrypted-rooms

yarn run v1.22.22
$ yarn run build:ts && yarn run build:res && electron-builder
$ tsc
$ tsx scripts/copy-res.ts
  • electron-builder  version=26.0.16 os=6.15.2-arch1-1
  • artifacts will be published if draft release exists  reason=CI detected
  • loaded configuration  file=/home/iud5/.cache/yay/element-desktop-git/src/element-desktop/electron-builder.ts
  • writing effective config  file=dist/builder-effective-config.yaml
  • executing @electron/rebuild  electronVersion=36.4.0 arch=x64 buildFromSource=false appDir=./
  • installing native dependencies  arch=x64
  • preparing       moduleName=keytar-forked arch=x64
  • finished        moduleName=keytar-forked arch=x64
  • completed installing native dependencies
  • packaging       platform=linux arch=x64 electron=36.4.0 appOutDir=dist/linux-unpacked
(node:205091) [DEP0190] DeprecationWarning: Passing args to a child process with shell option true can lead to security vulnerabilities, as the arguments are not escaped, only concatenated.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
  • executing @electron/fuses  electronPath=dist/linux-unpacked/element-desktop
  • building        target=tar.gz arch=x64 file=dist/element-desktop-1.11.103.tar.gz
  • building        target=deb arch=x64 file=dist/element-desktop_1.11.103_amd64.deb
  • adding autoupdate files for: deb. (Beta feature)  resourceDir=dist/linux-unpacked/resources
  ⨯ GitHub Personal Access Token is not set, neither programmatically, nor using env "GH_TOKEN"
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
 -> error making: element-desktop-git-exit status 4
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
element-web-git - exit status 4
element-desktop-git - exit status 4

With nodejs version 23 this crashes with Segmentation Fault.

Latest working nodejs version seems to be 22, lowest 20.

You need to adapt the build script to use explicit version.

(This also should be done for electron, by the way.)

See e.g. the PKGBUILD of schildichat-desktop-git on how to implement versioned nodejs and electron in the build script.

Regards and thanks for the package!

Hey I'm noticing the latest builds seem to fail, reporting a missing "rimraf" command. It appears to be a node module that i guess isn't getting bundled or upstream forgot to bundle it.

yarn run v1.22.22 $ yarn clean && yarn build:genfiles && yarn build:bundle $ rimraf lib webapp /bin/sh: line 1: rimraf: command not found error Command failed with exit code 127. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command. error Command failed with exit code 127. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command. ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... error: failed to build 'element-desktop-git-1.11.39.r16.g65f7545ba5-2 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)': error: packages failed to build: element-desktop-git-1.11.39.r16.g65f7545ba5-2 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)

I can't build it and here's what I got:

  -> Creating working copy of element-web git repo...
Cloning into 'element-web'...
/bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US)
done.
  -> Creating working copy of element-desktop git repo...
Cloning into 'element-desktop'...
/bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US)
done.
==> Starting prepare()...
/home/tjw123hh/.cache/paru/clone/element-desktop-git/PKGBUILD: line 41: 74442 Illegal instruction     (core dumped) yarn install --no-fund
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare().
    Aborting...
error: failed to build 'element-desktop-git-1.11.39.r16.g65f7545ba5-2 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)': 
error: packages failed to build: element-desktop-git-1.11.39.r16.g65f7545ba5-2 (element-web-git element-desktop-git)