Failed installing frontside-javascript from Melpa: test-support.el not found

[WorikQCI]

I am running emacs: GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32)

on a Windows virtual machine on azure. (I am not in control of much here, that is all I know)

I installed frontside-javascript from Melpa

I get the error:

Compiling file c:/Users/worik/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/frontside-javascript-20220315.1057/test-suppport.el at Wed Aug  9 23:05:06 2023
test-suppport.el:1:2: Error: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, buttercup

I can then install buttercup from Melpa

Delete/install frontside and get a different error:

Compiling file c:/Users/worik/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/frontside-javascript-20220315.1057/test-suppport.el at Wed Aug  9 23:05:06 2023
test-suppport.el:1:2: Error: Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, buttercup

[cowboyd]

@WorikQCI Is this a different error? It looks like it still cannot find the buttercup package. It's odd that it would be trying to run the tests upon install.

[WorikQCI]

Is this a different error?

The first error was naively installing from packeges-list

The second was after I manually installed Buttercup

I am using it. I do not know what to expect. It has been many years since I programmed JavaScript, and I am just starting out again.

All going to plan i will not be doing much....

Thanks for all your hard work!

[cowboyd]

@WorikQCI I might be missing something, but both of the errors look the same to me, coming from test-support.el:1:2

What do you see if you run emacs --debug-init ?

[WorikQCI]

@WorikQCI I might be missing something, but both of the errors look the same to me, coming from test-support.el:1:2

What do you see if you run emacs --debug-init ?

I expect you are correct re test-support.el

I will run emacs --debug-init when I get time.

Thanks for your attention. I am happily using RJSX mode. This is not a show stopper, just disconcerting during install.

[cowboyd]

@WorikQCI No worries, keep me posted as using all the refactoring modes and code navigation functions are really nice.