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stacklit binary not found #32
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im trying to install on windows, but...
PS C:\Users[removed]> stacklit
stacklit binary not found. Run: npm install stacklit
PS C:\Users[removed]> npm install stacklit
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PS C:\Users[removed]> stacklit
stacklit binary not found. Run: npm install stacklit
PS C:\Users[removed]> npm install -g stacklit
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PS C:\Users[removed]> stacklit
stacklit binary not found. Run: npm install stacklit
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thegdsks commentedon May 6, 2026
Thanks for the clean repro, @replicant026. Found it.
npm/install.jscallsunzipto extract the release zip, and Windows doesn't shipunzip. So the download works, extraction fails silently, andstacklit.exenever lands innpm/bin/. On first run you hit "binary not found" because that's all the wrapper knows to say.Fix in #35 switches Windows to PowerShell's
Expand-Archiveand makes the install fail loudly if the binary is missing afterward, so this stays visible next time.I'll ping you here once it's in a release so you can verify.
fix: Windows install + config docs (closes #32, #34) (#35)