problem with "npm run dist" when using electron-builder

im having a problem with electron-builder.

https://medium.com/how-to-electron/a-complete-guide-to-packaging-your-electron-app-1bdc717d739f

i have followed this complete guide for packaging electron app using electron builder, but i dunno why im getting this error.

any thoughts will be appreciated thanks.

here are the sample error logs im getting.

1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe', 1 verbose cli 'C:\\Users\\ROG\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js', 1 verbose cli 'run', 1 verbose cli 'dist' ] 2 info using [email protected] 3 info using [email protected] 4 verbose run-script [ 'predist', 'dist', 'postdist' ] 5 info lifecycle [email protected]~predist: [email protected] 6 info lifecycle [email protected]~dist: [email protected] 7 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~dist: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 8 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~dist: PATH: C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\xampp\htdocs\electron-quick-start\node_modules\.bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\xampp\php;C:\composer;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\;C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin;C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Local\Yarn\bin 9 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~dist: CWD: C:\xampp\htdocs\electron-quick-start 10 silly lifecycle [email protected]~dist: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'build' ] 11 silly lifecycle [email protected]~dist: Returned: code: 1 signal: null 12 info lifecycle [email protected]~dist: Failed to exec dist script 13 verbose stack Error: [email protected] dist: `build` 13 verbose stack Exit status 1 13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16) 13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:198:13) 13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\ROG\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14) 13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13) 13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16) 13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5) 14 verbose pkgid [email protected] 15 verbose cwd C:\xampp\htdocs\electron-quick-start 16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.17134 17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\ROG\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "dist" 18 verbose node v10.16.0 19 verbose npm v6.12.0 20 error code ELIFECYCLE 21 error errno 1 22 error [email protected] dist: `build` 22 error Exit status 1 23 error Failed at the [email protected] dist script. 23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. 24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]``` here is my package.json { "name": "electron-quick-start", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "A minimal Electron application", "main": "main.js", "scripts": { "postinstall": "install-app-deps", "start": "electron .", "pack": "build --dir", "dist": "build" }, "build": { "appID": "com.demo.quickstart", "win": { "target": ["nsis"], "icon": "build/icon.ico" } }, "repository": "https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start", "keywords": [ "Electron", "quick", "start", "tutorial", "demo" ], "author": "GitHub", "license": "CC0-1.0", "devDependencies": { "electron": "^6.0.12", "electron-builder": "^21.2.0" } }