diff --git a/get-started/get-help.md b/get-started/get-help.md index 2704d41c6..96b274357 100644 --- a/get-started/get-help.md +++ b/get-started/get-help.md @@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ Even with this dependency added, on macOS and Linux the built-in implementation +### How to fix "`Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried: ...`" + +You probably have `ignore-scripts` set to `true` in your npm configuration. While this is generally a good idea, it prevents certain libraries, like `better-sqlite3`, from running a required postinstall script. +To solve this, you can either temporarily allow scripts and run a reinstall, or manually run the build script for the library in question. For `better-sqlite3`, run `npm run build-release` from within the _node_modules/better-sqlite3_ directory. The first line after the error message shows the relevant _node_modules_ directory. + + ## Java ### How to bypass authorization checks?