Running `dart run rive_native:setup --platform windows` (or android) fails on Windows with: [rive_native] Exception: Failed to unzip the file: Expand-Archive : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument

[edrossy]

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• I have confirmed the issue is present in the latest version of the rive Flutter package
• I have searched the documentation and forums and could not find an answer
• I have searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate

Description

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add rive_native: ^0.1.9 to pubspec.yaml
2. Run flutter pub get
3. Run dart run rive_native:setup --verbose --clean --platform android (or windows)

Environment

• OS: Windows 10/11
• rive_native version: 0.1.9
• Flutter version: [paste output of flutter --version]

Workaround that worked

Replacing the _unzipFile method in bin/setup.dart with a pure Dart implementation using the archive package successfully unzips the files.

Expected behavior

Setup should download and extract binaries on Windows without PowerShell parsing errors (short paths like XXXXXX~1 seem to trigger it).

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Additional info:
This affects both Android and Windows platform setup on Windows hosts.

Reproduction steps / code

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add rive_native: ^0.1.9 to pubspec.yaml
2. Run flutter pub get
3. Run dart run rive_native:setup --verbose --clean --platform android (or windows)

Upload your reproduction files / stack trace

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Source .riv / .rev file

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Screenshots / video

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Rive Flutter package version

0.14.9

Flutter version

Flutter 3.44.7 • channel stable • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
Framework • revision 84fc5cbb22 (4 days ago) • 2026-07-17 10:20:17 -0700
Engine • hash 7076f47b1d1a3a0edfd8837b17dc15be6abab661 (revision 69c8c61792) (5 days ago) • 2026-07-15 20:46:58.000Z
Tools • Dart 3.12.2 • DevTools 2.57.0

Device

Samsung S23 Ultra

OS version

Android 16

Additional context

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[majeed-abdul]

does your user name has a space like "pc 123" or "Firstname secondName", then package is not a problem.

1. Run command "flutter pub cache clean" then enter "y" to accept and clear all pub cache.
2. Change the path to pub-cache in environment variables via command "setx PUB_CACHE "C:\pub-cache".
3. Close all IDEs, logout or restart pc.

import latest rive package and run.

It worked for me, it might help you if you have space in user name.

[edrossy]

Yes, that is the fix. But the code can be adjusted to not have to do this for windows users with spaces in the name.

[majeed-abdul]

Yep, this needs to be addressed.
It's not appropriate to change cache path, just because a random package refuses to to unzip due to a space in user name.