'ava' is not recognized as an internal or external command - When testing compatibility about npm-pdfreader

[adrienjoly]

Hi!

Indeed, the testing instructions are incorrect. ava is a development dependency of pdfreader, so it's not installed when you add pdfreader as a dependency of your own project.

Can you try running them with the command npx ava (instead of just ava) and tell me if it works, please?

Adrien

[bhdzllr]

Hello.
I tested with npx ava but only got × Couldn’t find any files to test.
Same result when I do npm install inside the "node_modules/pdfreader" folder.

• Windows 10
• Node 16.10.0
• npm 7.24.0

[adrienjoly]

Even if you run npx ava from the pdfreader directory?

[bhdzllr]

Even if you run npx ava from the pdfreader directory?

Yes. Tried npx ava insdie "node_modules/pdfreader". Same result.

Just realised there is no "test" folder inside "node_modules/pdfreader", because its listed in ".npmignore" to reduce package size.

[adrienjoly]

Just realised there is no "test" folder inside "node_modules/pdfreader", because its listed in ".npmignore" to reduce package size.

Good catch! That makes sense, as test files are not needed by projects that rely on pdfreader as a dependency.

If you need to run pdfreader's tests, you need to git clone https://github.com/adrienjoly/npm-pdfreader.git.