@cryptix

Reproduced the UTP-Native build problem. I think what's happening is that optionalDependency allows the install to fail but since UTP-Native is running the prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild as a postinstall that isn't allowed to fail.

To be honest the whole "install and rebuild" pattern is a major pain point because it means that the stack has to build for both:

• your native Node version
• your chosen Electron version

We can bypass the Node step and just build straight for Electron with:

./node_modules/.bin/electron-builder install-app-deps

(If you don't already have electron-builder installed, try npm install --only=dev.)