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Looks like it's just missing the git submodules.

This should work:

(/edit: fixed the patch, didn't apply cleanly)

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 496380c..3205afe 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgname=ferdi
 _pkgver="5.4.1-beta.2"
 # use beta because of electron 7 compatibility
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/_}
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='Ferdi is a messaging browser that allows you to combine your favorite messaging services into one application.'
 arch=(x86_64 i686)
 url='https://getferdi.com/'
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ license=(Apache)
 depends=(electron)
 conflicts=('ferdi-git')
 makedepends=(expac git npm python2)
+_recipes=ecf037c
+_server=cca6cd9
 source=("git+https://github.com/getferdi/$pkgname#tag=v$_pkgver"
+        "git+https://github.com/getferdi/recipes#commit=${_recipes}"
+        "git+https://github.com/getferdi/internal-server#commit=${_server}"
         'ferdi.desktop'
         'ferdi.sh')
 sha512sums=('SKIP'
+            'SKIP'
+            'SKIP'
             'SKIP'
             'SKIP')

@@ -27,8 +33,12 @@ prepare() {
   mkdir python2_path
   ln -s `which python2` python2_path/python

-  # Small patching
   cd ferdi
+  git submodule init
+  git config submodule.recipes.url $srcdir/recipes
+  git config submodule.src/internal-server.url $srcdir/internal-server
+
+  git submodule update --init --recursive

   # Prevent ferdi from being launched in dev mode
   sed -i "s|export const isDevMode = .*|export const isDevMode = false;|g" \
@@ -37,13 +47,19 @@ prepare() {
     src/index.js

   # Adjust the electron version to use when building
-  # electron_version="`expac %v electron4 | cut -d'-' -f1`"
-  # sed -i "s|\(\s\+\"electron4\":\).*,|\1 \"$electron_version\",|" package.json
+  electron_version="`expac %v electron | cut -d'-' -f1`"
+  sed -i "s|\(\s\+\"electron\":\).*,|\1 \"$electron_version\",|" package.json
+
+  # Better configuration for npm cache and calling installed binaries
+  export npm_config_cache="$srcdir"/npm_cache
+  export PATH="$srcdir/$pkgname/node_modules/.bin:$srcdir/python2_path:$PATH"

   # Adjust node-sass version to avoid build issues
-  npm install "node-sass@4.12.0"
+  npm install "node-sass@4.13.0"

   # Prepare the packages for building
+  npm install lerna
+  lerna bootstrap
 }

 build() {
@@ -53,9 +69,6 @@ build() {
   export npm_config_cache="$srcdir"/npm_cache
   export PATH="$srcdir/ferdi/node_modules/.bin:$srcdir/python2_path:$PATH"

-  npm install lerna
-  lerna bootstrap
- 
   gulp build
   electron-builder --linux dir
 }
diff --git a/ferdi.sh b/ferdi.sh
index 3e1eb77..1e01e72 100644
--- a/ferdi.sh
+++ b/ferdi.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh

-electron4 /usr/lib/ferdi/resources/app.asar "$@"
+electron /usr/lib/ferdi/resources/app.asar "$@"

Unfortunatelly, it didn't help. Still same error.

Can you please try again? I think I fixed the error with the electron version

I'm on arch, building using yay. Clean build also giving this error.

Electron is on 7.1.3

I do not know about the manjaro packages.. is electron on version 7? Yaourt is unsupported and shout not be used neither on manjaro nor on arch...

I'm on Manjaro and use yaourt and yeah, tried a clean build without luck and switched to ferdi-bin for now, which works fine.

It builds perfectly for me... what do you use? Did you try a clean build with yay?

$ ferdi App threw an error during load Error: Cannot find module '../../internal-server/start' at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584:15) at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/usr/lib/electron4/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:43:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:510:25) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:640:17) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/ferdi/resources/app.asar/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js:1:355) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/ferdi/resources/app.asar/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js:2:3) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:693:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:704:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:32) A JavaScript error occurred in the main process Uncaught Exception: Error: Cannot find module '../../internal-server/start' at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584:15) at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/usr/lib/electron4/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:43:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:510:25) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:640:17) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/ferdi/resources/app.asar/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js:1:355) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/ferdi/resources/app.asar/electron/ipc-api/localServer.js:2:3) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:693:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:704:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:32)

Unfortunatelly doesn't work after update: App threw an error during load Error: Cannot find module '../../internal-server/start' at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584:15) at Function.Module._resolveFilename