Error module did not self-register ( drivelist.node ) while starting electron app

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Bug Description:

Repeating the issue I've also left a comment on in eclipse-theia/theia#13126 , where I'm noticing I can't seem to build theia-blueprint (commit 4682fb9 ) in my current environment and end up with this error:

Steps to Reproduce:

• cd into theia-blueprint folder
• ensure nothing else is in the repo - run git reset --hard master and yarn clean
• run yarn && yarn build && yarn download:plugins
• run yarn electron package:preview
• run ./applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/theia-ide-electron-app

end up with the following error:

Error: node-loader:
Error: Module did not self-register: '/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/native/drivelist.node'.
    at 26747 (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/849.js:2:166)
    at o (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/main.js:1:12188)
    at e.exports (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/main.js:1:2880)
    at 59135 (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/849.js:2:555008)
    at o (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/main.js:1:12188)
    at 80934 (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/849.js:2:53480)
    at o (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/main.js:1:12188)
    at 33299 (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/849.js:2:55250)
    at o (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/main.js:1:12188)
    at 42737 (/home/myPathTo/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/linux-unpacked/resources/app/lib/backend/849.js:2:48212)

Node.js v18.12.1
theia-ide-electron-app [file]

#Environment:

• Operating System: Linux (fedora 39), global node installed via nvm at 20.10.0
• Theia Version: 4682fb9 build, so Theia 1.47.1

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Also bumping into the same build issue with Theia-bluprint tagged at Theia 1.44.0 ( 81553f9 ), so perhaps it's something more to do with my environment.

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I was still experiencing this issue months later with the latest theia-blueprint, where doing a what should be an updated checkout (with git reset --hard) would still lead to this issue. I also tried changing the cacheRoot directory location to ./applications (suggested in eclipse-theia/theia#13126 (comment) ), but can't tell if that improved anything and reverted cacheroot back to the pwd (.).

Somehow what seemed to work (and I'm still confused as to why) was trying git clean -xfd per the advice in eclipse-theia/theia#9508 (comment) , which'll clean out node_modules akin to the advice in eclipse-theia/theia#13126 (comment) . Notably, this was also added to the Jenkinsfile in bf31e6c .

All this said, is there perhaps some guidance that could be added into the Readme to help those encountering this issue? Particularly for those just getting started and not doing automated builds? I've been bumping into it intermittently for a couple years.