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Installing Electron fails under Node.js 26.1.0+ and 24.16.0+ #51619

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@khassel

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Electron Version

42.0.1

What operating system(s) are you using?

Other Linux

Operating System Version

debian trixie

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Does the issue also appear in Chromium / Google Chrome?

No

Expected Behavior

Running npx install-electron should install the electron binaries under node_modules/...

Actual Behavior

Binaries are not installed. The extraction of the zip file fails because of this problem in the used extract-zip npm package.

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No response

Additional Information

Electron v42.x installation fails on latest node v26.x and v24.x versions.

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