Error: Failed to locate module "debug" from "/Users/.../electron-forge-template/node_modules/electron-squirrel-startup"

[caoxuccc]

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• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Forge version

7.3.0

Electron version

v29.0.1

Operating system

macOs 14.3.1

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

Running 'pnpm make' can be successful.

Actual behavior

electron-forge make

✔ Checking your system
✔ Loading configuration
✔ Resolving make targets
› Making for the following targets: ,
❯ Running package command
✔ Preparing to package application
✔ Running packaging hooks
✔ Running generateAssets hook
✔ Running prePackage hook
❯ Packaging application
❯ Packaging for x64 on darwin
✖ Copying files
› Failed to locate module "debug" from "/Users/.../node_modules/electron-squirrel-startu…
This normally means that either you have deleted this package already somehow (check your ignore settings if using electron-packager). Or your…
◼ Preparing native dependencies
◼ Finalizing package
◼ Running postPackage hook
◼ Running preMake hook
◼ Making distributables
◼ Running postMake hook

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
Error: Failed to locate module "debug" from "/Users/.../node_modules/electron-squirrel-startup"

    This normally means that either you have deleted this package already somehow (check your ignore settings if using electron-packager).  Or your module installation failed.

at Walker.walkDependenciesForModuleInModule (/Users/.../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/flora-colossus/lib/Walker.js:57:19)
at async Walker.walkDependenciesForModule (/Users/.../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/flora-colossus/lib/Walker.js:113:13)
at async Walker.walkDependenciesForModuleInModule (/Users/.../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/flora-colossus/lib/Walker.js:63:13)
at async Walker.walkDependenciesForModule (/Users/.../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/flora-colossus/lib/Walker.js:113:13)
at async /Users/.../node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/flora-colossus/lib/Walker.js:133:21
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

Steps to reproduce

pnpm create electron-app@latest my-app

pnpm install

pnpm make

Additional information

No response

[TechQuery]

This comment resolves my similar bug: #2633 (comment)

then I build an Electron scaffold with PNPM 9: idea2app/Electron-Parcel-PNPM.tsx#1

[ycjcl868]

same issue

[shansec]

Using the npm package management tool is normal, but this problem will occur when using pnpm.