implemented a shell command for working with packaging

gulpfile.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const {src, dest, series, task} = require('gulp');
 const del = require('del');
 const ts = require('gulp-typescript');
-const npmDist = require('gulp-npm-dist');
+const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 let tsSource = ts.createProject('tsconfig.json')
 
 let pageFiles = ['src/assets/pages/**', 'src/assets/pages/scripts/*', 'src/assets/pages/styles/*']
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ function typescript() {
         .pipe(dest('build/util/'));
 }
 
-function dependencies() {
+function dependencies(cb) {
     // Installs dependencies into build folder
-
-    return src(npmDist(), {base: './node_modules'})
-        .pipe(dest('./build/node_modules'));
-
+    exec('npm --prefix ./build install ./build --production', './node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -m ./build/node_modules',
+        (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+            console.log(stdout);
+            console.log(stderr)
+            cb(err);
+        });
 }
 
 exports.clean = clean;

package-lock.json

@@ -2316,11 +2316,27 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "gulp-npm-dist": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-npm-dist/-/gulp-npm-dist-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-7nank8dgqYXOR6K7VM5VdzvAmCGCaudUEbVKOkCVyu+/EK3QuD8PUJ+UlV/f2QWswN0jDXnHlM7FuT2BUt8P3w==",
-      "dev": true
+    "gulp-exec": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-exec/-/gulp-exec-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XFW5GJr5gpdRc7nAS6fNK2cqtLDjNnIKLbcVGIA6XAWCx7E4aVn/pzEJm6NvjtIU9VMsl4igkkSAo8Le8L1Lww==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "plugin-error": "^1.0.1",
+        "through2": "^3.0.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "through2": {
+          "version": "3.0.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through2/-/through2-3.0.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-enaDQ4MUyP2W6ZyT6EsMzqBPZaM/avg8iuo+l2d3QCs0J+6RaqkHV/2/lOwDTueBHeJ/2LG9lrLW3d5rWPucuQ==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "inherits": "^2.0.4",
+            "readable-stream": "2 || 3"
+          }
+        }
+      }
     },
     "gulp-typescript": {
       "version": "6.0.0-alpha.1",

package.json

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "@types/jquery": "^3.5.1",
     "gulp": "^4.0.2",
     "gulp-typescript": "^6.0.0-alpha.1",
-    "gulp-npm-dist": "^1.0.3",
+    "gulp-exec": "^5.0.0",
     "del": "^6.0.0"
   }
 }