Electron-builder: Linux Target build not working from Mac

Created on 2 Nov 2018 · 6Comments · Source: electron-userland/electron-builder

Version: 20.31.2

Target: Linux

I am trying to build for Linux. I am seeing this error constantly. Following below is the log:

• application Linux category is set to default "Utility" reason=linux.category is not set and cannot map from macOS docs=https://electron.build/configuration/configuration#LinuxBuildOptions-category
  • application Linux category is set to default "Utility" reason=linux.category is not set and cannot map from macOS docs=https://electron.build/configuration/configuration#LinuxBuildOptions-category
  ⨯ expected argument for flag '--executable'

  ⨯ error: exit status 1
path: /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-9.1.0/darwin/mksquashfs
args: [/Users/<user>/Library/Caches/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-9.1.0/darwin/mksquashfs /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/build/__appImage-x64 /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/build/@mrgodhani/rss-reader-0.3.6-x86_64.AppImage -offset 100024 -all-root -noappend -no-progress -quiet -no-xattrs -no-fragments]
output: Could not create destination file: No such file or directory

github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/util.Execute
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/util/util.go:66
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage.createSquashFs
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage/appImage.go:183
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage.AppImage
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage/appImage.go:126
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage.ConfigureCommand.func1
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage/appImage.go:72
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*actionMixin).applyActions
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/actions.go:28
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*Application).applyActions
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/app.go:557
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*Application).execute
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/app.go:390
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*Application).Parse
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/app.go:222
main.main
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/main.go:74
runtime.main
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.11.1/libexec/src/runtime/proc.go:201
runtime.goexit
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.11.1/libexec/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1333
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage.createSquashFs
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage/appImage.go:185
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage.AppImage
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage/appImage.go:126
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage.ConfigureCommand.func1
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/appimage/appImage.go:72
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*actionMixin).applyActions
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/actions.go:28
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*Application).applyActions
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/app.go:557
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*Application).execute
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/app.go:390
github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin.(*Application).Parse
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/vendor/github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/app.go:222
main.main
    /Users/develar/go/src/github.com/develar/app-builder/main.go:74
runtime.main
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.11.1/libexec/src/runtime/proc.go:201
runtime.goexit
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.11.1/libexec/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1333

Error: Cannot cleanup:

Error #1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder exited with code 1
    at ChildProcess.childProcess.once.code (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:253:14)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:273:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5)
From previous event:
    at SnapTarget.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts:146:44)
    at Function.buildAsyncTargets (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:139:36)
    at LinuxPackager.packageInDistributableFormat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:118:24)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:113:10
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
From previous event:
    at LinuxPackager.pack (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:110:95)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:375:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.stat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:162:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:343:39)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:313:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:284:133)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:280:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:237:14)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:58:28)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at then (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:46:19)

Error #2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder exited with code 1
    at ChildProcess.childProcess.once.code (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:253:14)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:273:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5)
From previous event:
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
From previous event:
    at AppImageTarget.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppImageTarget.ts:28:44)
    at Function.buildAsyncTargets (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:139:36)
    at LinuxPackager.packageInDistributableFormat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:118:24)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:113:10
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
From previous event:
    at LinuxPackager.pack (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:110:95)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:375:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.stat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:162:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:343:39)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:313:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:284:133)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:280:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:237:14)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:58:28)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at then (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:46:19)
    at ChildProcess.childProcess.once.code (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:253:14)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:273:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5)
    at SnapTarget.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts:146:44)
    at Function.buildAsyncTargets (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:139:36)
    at LinuxPackager.packageInDistributableFormat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:118:24)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:113:10
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
    at LinuxPackager.pack (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:110:95)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:375:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.stat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:162:5)
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:343:39)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:313:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
    at Packager._build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:284:133)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:280:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
    at Packager.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:237:14)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:58:28)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at then (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:46:19)
    at ChildProcess.childProcess.once.code (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:253:14)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:273:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
    at AppImageTarget.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppImageTarget.ts:28:44)
    at Function.buildAsyncTargets (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:139:36)
    at LinuxPackager.packageInDistributableFormat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:118:24)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:113:10
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
    at LinuxPackager.pack (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:110:95)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:375:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.stat (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:162:5)
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:343:39)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:313:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
    at Packager._build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:284:133)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:280:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
    at Packager.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:237:14)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:58:28)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at then (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:46:19)
    at throwError (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/asyncTaskManager.ts:90:11)
    at checkErrors (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/asyncTaskManager.ts:53:9)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/asyncTaskManager.ts:67:7
From previous event:
    at AsyncTaskManager.awaitTasks (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/builder-util/src/asyncTaskManager.ts:44:19)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:387:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:343:39)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:313:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:148:20)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:284:133)
    at /Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:280:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:632:19)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:237:14)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:58:28)
    at build (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at then (/Users/<user>/Desktop/WebProjects/rss-reader/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:46:19)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

any help how to resolve this ? Or am I missing anything ? Even though if I assign category I would still get Could not create destination file: No such file or directory error.

Source

mrgodhani

Most helpful comment

TL;DR;

Could get over that by setting this is in package.json build config:

"linux": {
    "executableName": "desiredName",
    "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}.${ext}"
}

Found out that electron-builder wasn't using the productName set in package.json (only for the --linux build).

Changing executableName was halfway of fixing this. I also had to change artifactName.

I followed the documentation that says the default artifactName is ${productName}-${version}.${ext}. It says that it can change a bit from platform to platform but I didn't found anything about what is being used as artifactName for linux builds. Changed to the documentation default and everything works.

Are artifactName and executableName ignoring productName? If so, should that be fixed or maybe written in the docs?

artdiniz on 7 Mar 2019

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What is the name in package.json? Maybe problem is that path contains @ (@mrgodhani/rss-reader).

develar on 5 Nov 2018

@develar Yes that's the name of the package. I will try to change the package name and try to build again. But this only happens for Linux FYI works well for other platform

mrgodhani on 5 Nov 2018

@develar You are right that fixes it. Thank you !

mrgodhani on 5 Nov 2018

I'm getting this error too.

• Version: 20.38.5
• Target: Linux

Removing (@)scope from package name fixes it, but leaving the package name without scope is not desirable right now.

Tried to change executableName, and resulted in error:

Could not create destination file: No such file or directory

Is there any config I can set to get over this?

artdiniz on 7 Mar 2019

TL;DR;

Could get over that by setting this is in package.json build config:

"linux": {
    "executableName": "desiredName",
    "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}.${ext}"
}

Found out that electron-builder wasn't using the productName set in package.json (only for the --linux build).

Changing executableName was halfway of fixing this. I also had to change artifactName.

Are artifactName and executableName ignoring productName? If so, should that be fixed or maybe written in the docs?

artdiniz on 7 Mar 2019

👍7 🎉3

Was facing same issue while trying to create Linux distributions on Windows via WSL. The above solution by @artdiniz 🎉:

"linux": {
    "executableName": "desiredName",
    "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}.${ext}"
}

fixed it.

maneetgoyal on 19 Oct 2020

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