Rocket.Chat Development Setup: yarn dsv Stuck for Over 2 Hours on Windows 11 (WSL 2)

priyanshu · December 16, 2024, 12:44am

I followed the official guide for setting up Rocket.Chat development on Windows, using Ubuntu WSL 2. However, when I run the yarn dsv command to start the development server, it gets stuck after a certain point and has been running for over 2 hours without completing. I’ve attached a screenshot showing where it gets stuck.

Server Setup Information

Version of Rocket.Chat Server: (version you are working with)
Operating System: Windows 11
Deployment Method: Local development setup (following the Windows local setup guide)
Number of Running Instances: 1
DB Replicaset Oplog: (information if available)
NodeJS Version: v20.18.0
MongoDB Version: (version if available)
Proxy: N/A
Firewalls involved: N/A

Any additional Information

I followed the setup instructions in the official Rocket.Chat Windows 10 setup guide:

I opened the Ubuntu WSL 2 shell and updated the distro.
Installed necessary build tools: sudo apt-get install build-essential python3 make g++.
Installed Node.js and verified the version.
Installed Deno with curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh.
Installed Meteor version 3.x.
Installed Yarn with npm install --global yarn.
Forked and cloned the Rocket.Chat repository from GitHub.
Installed dependencies using yarn.

The setup was completed as per the guide, but when I ran yarn dsv to start the server, it gets stuck and doesn’t progress after a certain point.

Here are the versions I have installed:

Node.js: v20.18.0
npm: 10.8.2
Deno: 1.43.6
Meteor: 3.0.4
Yarn: 4.5.3

I have attached a screenshot showing the point at which yarn dsv is stuck (for 2+ hours).

You can view the setup guide I followed here: https://developer.rocket.chat/v1/docs/windows-10.

Logs

(Attach any logs, error messages, or other information you feel would be helpful for diagnosis.)

turbo 2.2.3

• Packages in scope: @rocket.chat/account-utils, @rocket.chat/agenda, @rocket.chat/api-client, @rocket.chat/apps, @rocket.chat/apps-engine, @rocket.chat/base64, @rocket.chat/cas-validate, @rocket.chat/core-services, @rocket.chat/core-typings, @rocket.chat/cron, @rocket.chat/ddp-client, @rocket.chat/eslint-config, @rocket.chat/favicon, @rocket.chat/freeswitch, @rocket.chat/fuselage-ui-kit, @rocket.chat/gazzodown, @rocket.chat/i18n, @rocket.chat/instance-status, @rocket.chat/jest-presets, @rocket.chat/jwt, @rocket.chat/license, @rocket.chat/livechat, @rocket.chat/log-format, @rocket.chat/logger, @rocket.chat/message-parser, @rocket.chat/meteor, @rocket.chat/mock-providers, @rocket.chat/model-typings, @rocket.chat/models, @rocket.chat/network-broker, @rocket.chat/omnichannel-services, @rocket.chat/password-policies, @rocket.chat/patch-injection, @rocket.chat/pdf-worker, @rocket.chat/peggy-loader, @rocket.chat/poplib, @rocket.chat/presence, @rocket.chat/random, @rocket.chat/rest-typings, @rocket.chat/server-cloud-communication, @rocket.chat/server-fetch, @rocket.chat/sha256, @rocket.chat/tools, @rocket.chat/tracing, @rocket.chat/ui-avatar, @rocket.chat/ui-client, @rocket.chat/ui-composer, @rocket.chat/ui-contexts, @rocket.chat/ui-kit, @rocket.chat/ui-theming, @rocket.chat/ui-video-conf, @rocket.chat/ui-voip, @rocket.chat/web-ui-registration
• Running dsv in 53 packages
• Remote caching disabled
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@rocket.chat/ui-kit:build: Typia Setup Wizard
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@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv: cache bypass, force executing 974bc8fe7a7d2784
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv:

@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv: > @rocket.chat/meteor@7.2.0-develop dev
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv: > NODE_OPTIONS=“–trace-warnings” meteor --exclude-archs “web.browser.legacy, web.cordova”
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv:
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv: [[[[[ /mnt/d/opensource/rocket.chat/apps/meteor ]]]]]
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv:
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv: => Started proxy.
@rocket.chat/meteor:dsv: => Started MongoDB.

thepiyush · December 16, 2024, 5:38am

It’s not get stuck it just not complete yet you have to wait for some time as mentioned in Docs it will take 10-15 min to run server completely at first.

priyanshu · December 16, 2024, 7:31am

After waiting for almost 3 hours I cancel the command with ctrl + c. I think it’s not working
My sytem has sufficient ram :16 Gb
And sufficient free storage about 200 Gb SSD

reetp · December 16, 2024, 8:49am

The docs for W10 are not quite right.

Read the ubuntu/linux ones. You need deno.

Read all this, including the links.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/reetp/b0ba4e3d0ea2ff48ca9da00a5a647d42#it-wont-build

developers-readme.md

# Developers

<!-- TOC depthFrom:1 depthTo:6 withLinks:1 updateOnSave:1 orderedList:0 -->
 - [Intro](#introduction)
 - [Github](#github)
 - [Links](#links)
 - [FAQ](#faq)
<!-- /TOC -->

## Introduction

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priyanshu · December 16, 2024, 12:37pm

yeah i use the suggested deno version while doing the setup but it still stucks for long hours after which i lose my patience

reetp · December 16, 2024, 2:32pm

If you want to be a developer you are going to have go and grab yourself a huge bag of patience. You will need a lot if you want a career in software.

Most importantly is triaging an issue.

Quite simply it should not 3 hours to complete - more like 10-20 minutes depending on your hardware.

As lots of people have managed to do this there are only two scenarios here.

Your hardware/basic OS environment isn’t correct
You have got the instructions wrong

I think it is likely you are at 2.

So I just sparked up my box, and did the following from scratch:

git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.git
cd Rocket.Chat
sudo deno upgrade --version 1.43.6 (I had deno previously installed)
curl https://install.meteor.com/?release=3.0.4 | sh
nvm install 20.18.0
npm install --global yarn
yarn 
yarn dsv

Yarn took a couple of minutes, yarn dsv took between 5 and 10.

Job done.

priyanshu · December 16, 2024, 3:58pm

I have been continuously trying for the past 4 days with 5 unsuccessful attempts, investing 15-20 hours of effort. I hope it will work this time!

Additionally, I found a log file at D:\Rocket.Chat\.turbo\daemon, and I see the following common log every time I execute the yarn dsv command:

2024-12-16T12:50:19.880391Z  WARN turborepo_filewatch: failed to wait for initial filesystem cookie: filewatching failed to start: waiting for cookie timed out: deadline has elapsed

reetp · December 16, 2024, 5:30pm

It’s what happens when you do the same thing wrong everytime.

You will learn to stop, think, and reassess before wasting lots of your time. Everyone does it.

I have said it is either 1. or 2. above.

Clearly you have not told us everything because we know it works easily.

I literally tested it earlier and it took minutes. I know there are lots who run it on WSL.

(Personally) Your biggest hurdle is your OS. I haven’t touched Windoze in over 15 years. I’d never recommend it for development - it’s why they crowbarred Linux into Windows.

Using Linux for this is much easier.

I know you are convinced you have done it correctly and it must be a problem with Rocket, but I can assure the issue is with your setup, somehow.

Something you have not told us, or something you skipped, or didn’t think mattered.

Go back, clear it all out, and start afresh.
Follow the steps, write down in your own notes EXACTLY what you do and what happens, and show us.

Post long logs elsewhere eg pastebin.

priyanshu · December 17, 2024, 6:03am

@reetp i don’t know what i am doing wrong again and again
yesterday i do everything from beginning but it has no effect
i am sharing the screenshot for timestamps and full logs in gdrive link
as they are excedding the msg limit so i copy them in text file and save in gdrive

shrey_dev.mishra · December 22, 2024, 8:42am

Bro I also faced the same issue and got to know that I was cloning the repo in a Windows drive based directory basically the C drive instead I had to do it in the ubuntu/root directory to reach where you have to just run (cd ~) in wsl 2 terminal

post that use yarn and yarn dsv and process will be completed in bare 10 mins

before doing this It was taking 3 4 hrs and not starting as well

priyanshu · December 22, 2024, 9:15am

priyanshu@LAPTOP-OVV3993F:~$ cd ~
priyanshu@LAPTOP-OVV3993F:~$ pwd
/home/priyanshu
priyanshu@LAPTOP-OVV3993F:~$

is i have to clone the rocket chat here to avoid the issue’s

reetp · December 22, 2024, 11:13am

Yes. If you clone you should get a rocket.chat dir.

cd in there and start.

(All the perils of using Windows for development)

shrey_dev.mishra · December 22, 2024, 11:16am

true i guess this will be the last time I will use windows

thinking of dual booting soon

reetp · December 22, 2024, 12:31pm

I would…

Takes a bit of time to get used to it, and you need to find a distro you are comfortable with, but so much easier for a lot of dev.

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