@web-auto/webauto 0.1.2 → 0.1.3

package/apps/desktop-console/entry/ui-console.mjs

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async function startConsole(noDaemon = false) {
   const env = { ...process.env };
   if (noDaemon) env.WEBAUTO_NO_DAEMON = '1';
 
-  const child = spawn('electron', [DIST_MAIN], {
+  const child = spawn('npx', ['electron', DIST_MAIN], {
     cwd: APP_ROOT,
     env,
     stdio: 'inherit',

package/bin/webauto.mjs

@@ -261,7 +261,16 @@ async function runInDir(dir, cmd, args) {
 }
 
 function checkDesktopConsoleDeps() {
-  return exists(path.join(ROOT, 'apps', 'desktop-console', 'node_modules', 'electron'));
+  // Check for electron in various locations:
+  // 1. Global npm root (when installed globally alongside webauto)
+  // 2. Package's own node_modules
+  // 3. apps/desktop-console/node_modules (local dev)
+  const globalRoot = path.resolve(ROOT, '..', '..');
+  return (
+    exists(path.join(globalRoot, 'electron')) ||
+    exists(path.join(ROOT, 'node_modules', 'electron')) ||
+    exists(path.join(ROOT, 'apps', 'desktop-console', 'node_modules', 'electron'))
+  );
 }
 
 function checkDesktopConsoleBuilt() {
@@ -333,11 +342,15 @@ async function uiConsole({ build, install, checkOnly }) {
   }
 
   if (!okDeps) {
-    if (!install && !build) {
+    // For global install, okDeps is always true since we check global electron
+    // For local dev, require explicit --install or --build
+    if (!isGlobalInstall() && !install && !build) {
       console.error('❌ missing apps/desktop-console/node_modules. Run: npm --prefix apps/desktop-console install');
       process.exit(2);
     }
-    await runInDir(path.join(ROOT, 'apps', 'desktop-console'), npmBin(), ['install']);
+    if (!isGlobalInstall()) {
+      await runInDir(path.join(ROOT, 'apps', 'desktop-console'), npmBin(), ['install']);
+    }
   }
 
   if (!okUiBuilt) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web-auto/webauto",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "webauto": "bin/webauto.mjs"
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@
     "tsx": "^4.16.5",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3"
   }
-}
+}