Sample app is failing to run. Please help!!!

[fshafique]

I followed the directions to the letter:
From the project folder: C:\Development\Meteor Projects\meteor-auth0\examples\sample-app
I ran: meteor --settings production.settings.json

And I got an error that I have no idea how to fix:

[[[[[ C:\Development\Meteor Projects\meteor-auth0\examples\sample-app ]]]]]

=> Started proxy.
C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\meteor-promise\promise_server.js:218
      throw error;
      ^

TypeError: Path must be a string. Received undefined
    at assertPath (path.js:28:11)
    at relative (path.js:1262:5)
    at ImportScanner._getRelativeImportId (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:662:24)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:632:33)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._resolve (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:621:7)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:728:29)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._scanFile (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:719:5)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:812:12)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._scanFile (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:719:5)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:812:12)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._scanFile (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:719:5)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:812:12)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._scanFile (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:719:5)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:812:12)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._scanFile (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:719:5)
    at each (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:812:12)
    at _.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:87:22)
    at ImportScanner._scanFile (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:719:5)
    at outputFiles.forEach.file (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:414:14)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at ImportScanner.scanImports (C:\tools\isobuild\import-scanner.js:412:22)
    at sourceBatches.forEach.batch (C:\tools\isobuild\compiler-plugin.js:1045:17)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Function.computeJsOutputFilesMap (C:\tools\isobuild\compiler-plugin.js:1013:19)
    at ClientTarget._emitResources (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:1057:8)
    at buildmessage.enterJob (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:828:12)
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:359:18
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:352:34
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:350:23
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at Object.enterJob (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:324:26)
    at ClientTarget.make (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:819:18)
    at C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:2929:14
    at C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:3018:20
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Function._.each._.forEach (C:\Users\fshafique\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.6.1\mt-os.windows.x86_64\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
    at C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:3017:7
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:271:13
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:264:29
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:262:18
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:253:23
    at exports.EnvironmentVariable.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14)
    at Object.capture (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:252:19)
    at bundle (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:2910:31)
    at files.withCache (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:2857:32)
    at Object.withCache (C:\tools\fs\files.js:1664:12)
    at Object.exports.bundle (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:2857:16)
    at Profile.run (C:\tools\runners\run-app.js:579:36)
    at Function.run (C:\tools\tool-env\profile.js:490:12)
    at bundleApp (C:\tools\runners\run-app.js:578:34)
    at AppRunner._runOnce (C:\tools\runners\run-app.js:622:35)
    at AppRunner._fiber (C:\tools\runners\run-app.js:880:28)
    at C:\tools\runners\run-app.js:408:12

Please help!!!

[xcv58]

I think this is related to meteor/meteor#9755

Could you try to upgrade Meteor?

[fshafique]

Funny, I was on the same article when I saw your email.

I thought I'd update again - I'm new to Meteor, so I assume upgrade=update:

C:\Development\Meteor Projects\meteor-auth0\examples\sample-app>meteor update

Changes to your project's package version selections from updating the release:

babel-compiler  upgraded from 7.0.0 to 7.0.6
ecmascript      upgraded from 0.10.0 to 0.10.6

sample-app: updated to Meteor 1.6.1.1.

Changes to your project's package version selections from updating package versions:

babel-compiler             upgraded from 7.0.6 to 7.0.7
base64                     upgraded from 1.0.10 to 1.0.11
check                      upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1
ddp-client                 upgraded from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2
ecmascript                 upgraded from 0.10.6 to 0.10.7
ecmascript-runtime-client  upgraded from 0.6.0 to 0.6.2
http                       upgraded from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1
jquery                     upgraded from 1.11.10 to 1.11.11
logging                    upgraded from 1.1.19 to 1.1.20
meteor                     upgraded from 1.8.2 to 1.8.6
minifier-css               upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1
minifier-js                upgraded from 2.3.1 to 2.3.4
minimongo                  upgraded from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4
modules                    upgraded from 0.11.3 to 0.11.6
mongo                      upgraded from 1.4.2 to 1.4.7
mongo-id                   upgraded from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7
oauth                      upgraded from 1.2.1 to 1.2.3
promise                    upgraded from 0.10.1 to 0.10.2
rate-limit                 upgraded from 1.0.8 to 1.0.9
routepolicy                upgraded from 1.0.12 to 1.0.13
standard-minifier-css      upgraded from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1
standard-minifier-js       upgraded from 2.3.1 to 2.3.3

Then I tried running it again: meteor --settings production.settings.json

I still get the same error.

[xcv58]

According to https://github.com/meteor/meteor/releases
You may need to meteor update --release 1.7-beta.25

I have no Windows machines so it's really hard to reproduce the bug.

[fshafique]

I just tried it. It hasn't helped. My update also froze near the end, but let me try again from scratch. Thanks for all the help -- my last option might be to run it a Linux VM. I don't have anything setup for immediate use.

[xcv58]

np https://github.com/jshimko/meteor-launchpad This is a lighter solution than a Linux VM. And I usually use it to deploy Meteor app.

[fshafique]

Works on Linux!

[fshafique]

@xcv58 I just want to share my latest findings with you: meteor/meteor#9841 (comment)

I think it may have something to do with the colon in the package name "xcv58:auth0-lock". But I'm comparing it with "kadira:flow-router", because I have no issues with that package.

[xcv58]

@fshafique thanks for digging into this. I'll fix this if we can confirm it's caused by the : in the path.

[alvin]

Can confirm that I was getting the same TypeError: Path must be a string. Received undefined startup error until installing the package locally and removing the "xcv58:" prefix