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I am using Embark version 2.1 .I have used the command 'embark ipfs' but it returns the following error. 

/usr/local/bin/ipfs
/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/node_modules/solc/soljson.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { var  Module;if(!Module)Module=(typeof Module!=="undefined"?Module:null)||{};var  moduleOverrides={};for(var key in Module){if(Module.hasOwnProperty(key)){moduleOverrides[key]=Module[key]}}var ENVIRONMENT_IS_WEB=typeof window==="object";var ENVIRONMENT_IS_WORKER=typeof importScripts==="function";var ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE=typeof process==="object"&&typeof require==="function"&&!ENVIRONMENT_IS_WEB&&!ENVIRONMENT_IS_WORKER;var ENVIRONMENT_IS_SHELL=!ENVIRONMENT_IS_WEB&&!ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE&&!ENVIRONMENT_IS_WORKER;if(ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE){if(!Module["print"])Module["print"]=function print(x) {process["stdout"].write(x+"\n")};if(!Module["printErr"])Module["printErr"]=function printErr(x){process["stderr"].write(x+"\n")};var nodeFS=require("fs");var nodePath=require("path");Module["read"]=function read(filename,binary){filename=nodePath["normalize"](filename);var ret=

ReferenceError: build_dir is not defined
at IPFS.deploy (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/lib/ipfs.js:16:37)
at Object.ipfs (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/lib/index.js:265:10)
at Command.<anonymous> (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/lib/cmd.js:136:17)
at Command.listener (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/node_modules/commander/index.js:301:8)
at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
at Command.emit (events.js:191:7)
at Command.parseArgs (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/node_modules/commander/index.js:615:12)
at Command.parse (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/node_modules/commander/index.js:458:21)
at Cmd.process (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/lib/cmd.js:19:11)
at Object.process (/home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/lib/index.js:31:9)

How can i solve this issue?

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This has been fixed in 2.2.0, please update to 2.2.0 and use the new command embark upload ipfs. you'll need to have a ipfs node running.

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  • @ iurimatias I have tried to update but it generates the following error while using embark commands /home/toshiba/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules/embark/node_modules/web3/lib/web3/httpprovider.js:37 XMLHttpRequest = require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest; // jshint ignore: line ^ ReferenceError: XMLHttpRequest is not defined – Crissi Mariam Robert Jan 13 '17 at 4:17
  • That's an ongoing issue with web3.js which is affecting all tools & frameworks dependant on it: github.com/ethereum/web3.js/issues/548 it should be fixed soon, once it does you can reinstall embark and it should work again – iurimatias Jan 13 '17 at 11:50
  • it's been fixed (github.com/ethereum/web3.js/releases/tag/0.18.2) please try again or try updating with npm install -g embark@2.2.1 – iurimatias Jan 13 '17 at 12:49
  • I have updated embark successfully. – Crissi Mariam Robert Jan 16 '17 at 4:10
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This issue is related to Embark and not Ethereum.

The source of the error is this line from ipfs.js:

var cmd = ipfs_bin + " add -r " + build_dir;

Make sure you follow Installation & EmbarkJS

The documentation specifies:

To deploy a dapp to IPFS, all you need to do is run a local IPFS node and then run embark ipfs. If you want to deploy to the livenet then after configuring you account on config/blockchain.json on the production environment then you can deploy to that chain by specifying the environment embark ipfs production.

I assume you did not run a local node first. To run a local IPFS node read IPFS: Getting Started

To run on livenet, configure blockchain.json, then run embark ipfs production

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