fix(windows): remove the need for admin

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Check for new kubo version
         id: check
         uses: ./.github/actions/check-for-kubo-release
       - name: Set up node
         if: steps.check.outputs.publish == 'true'
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 20.x
       - name: Install
         if: steps.check.outputs.publish == 'true'
         run: npm install

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, linux-latest]
+        node-version: [20.x]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: 14.x
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - run: npm install
     - uses: gozala/[email protected]
     - run: npm run build --if-present

src/download.js

@@ -204,7 +204,23 @@ async function link ({ depBin, version }) {
   }
 
   console.info('Linking', depBin, 'to', localBin)
-  fs.symlinkSync(depBin, localBin)
+  try {
+    fs.symlinkSync(depBin, localBin)
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Try to recover when creating symlink on modern Windows fails (https://github.com/ipfs/npm-kubo/issues/68)
+    if (isWin && typeof err === 'object' && err !== null && 'code' in err && err.code === 'EPERM') {
+      console.info('Symlink creation failed due to insufficient privileges. Attempting to copy file instead...')
+      try {
+        fs.copyFileSync(depBin, localBin)
+        console.info('Copying', depBin, 'to', localBin)
+      } catch (copyErr) {
+        console.error('File copy also failed:', copyErr)
+        throw copyErr
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw err
+    }
+  }
 
   if (isWin) {
     // On Windows, update the shortcut file to use the .exe

test/download.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const test = require('tape-promise').default(require('tape'))
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const os = require('os')
-const path= require('path')
+const path = require('path')
 const { download, downloadAndUpdateBin } = require('../src/download')
 const { path: detectLocation } = require('../')
 const clean = require('./fixtures/clean')
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('Ensure calling download function manually with static values works', async
     platform: 'darwin',
     arch: 'arm64',
     distUrl: 'https://dist.ipfs.tech',
-    installPath: tempDir,
+    installPath: tempDir
   })
   console.log(kuboPath)
   const stats = await fs.stat(kuboPath)