From 818ba0d1aef9e182105c9bb50fb6a5575157f175 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Bratsos Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:32:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Warning for Win10 on readme Added a warning for Windows 10 users facing npm errors. Most of the times that's the problem --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 78a36f9..66d66f5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ npm start Learn more about Electron and its API in the [documentation](http://electron.atom.io/docs/). +--- +Warning: Windows 10 users might encounter some errors while running `npm start` from Linux Bash for Windows. The reason for this is that Electron is a GUI application, but Linux bash for Windows is just a headless VM without any GUI ( [explained here](https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start/issues/129#issuecomment-279701745) ). +A temporary workaround is getting [NodeJS for Windows](https://nodejs.org/en/) and use the node cmd. + ## Other Example Apps For more example apps, see the