Startup fails: Cannot find module 'electron'

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Describe the bug

The IDE fails to start with the error:

$ ./Arduino\ IDE.exe

Starting backend process. PID: 3844
Failed to start the backend application:
Error: Cannot find module 'electron'
Require stack:
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\grpc-client-provider.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\core-client-provider.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\library-service-server-impl.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\arduino-ide-backend-module.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\src-gen\backend\server.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\src-gen\backend\main.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:934:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:779:27)
    at Function.c._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:5:13331)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1006:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:93:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\grpc-client-provider.js:14:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1110:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1140:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:982:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:823:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\grpc-client-provider.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\core-client-provider.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\library-service-server-impl.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\arduino-ide-backend-module.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\src-gen\\backend\\server.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\src-gen\\backend\\main.js'
  ]
}
C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\@theia\core\lib\node\main.js:22
    throw reason;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'electron'
Require stack:
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\grpc-client-provider.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\core-client-provider.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\library-service-server-impl.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\arduino-ide-backend-module.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\src-gen\backend\server.js
- C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\src-gen\backend\main.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:934:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:779:27)
    at Function.c._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:5:13331)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1006:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:93:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\ide 2\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\resources\app\node_modules\arduino-ide-extension\lib\node\grpc-client-provider.js:14:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1110:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1140:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:982:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:823:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\grpc-client-provider.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\core-client-provider.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\library-service-server-impl.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\node_modules\\arduino-ide-extension\\lib\\node\\arduino-ide-backend-module.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\src-gen\\backend\\server.js',
    'C:\\ide 2\\arduino-ide_2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74_Windows_64bit\\resources\\app\\src-gen\\backend\\main.js'
  ]
}

To Reproduce

1. Attempt to start the Arduino IDE.

🐛 It does not start.

If you run it from the command line, you will see the output I provided above.

Expected behavior

IDE starts up

Desktop

• OS: Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04
• Version: 2.0.0-rc3-snapshot-5ab3a74
  CLI Version: 0.21.0 [10107d24]

Additional context

I bisected the bug to 5ab3a74 (it does not occur in the build from the previous commit 877c1a1).