Electron-vue: Error building with electron-builder: "Error: Exit code: ENOENT. spawn icns2png ENOENT"

[nicklaw5]

Getting this error when running npm run build:

Packaging for linux x64 using electron 1.6.0 to dist/linux-unpacked
Unhandled rejection Error: Exit code: ENOENT. spawn icns2png ENOENT

Describe the issue / bug.

Unable to build with electron-builder. Here is the console output

This issue seems to indicate a problem with icns2png not being able to convert the macOS icns file to a png. But I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps we can specifically set a 32x32.png for the build?

How can I reproduce this problem?

Stock standard install:

vue init simulatedgreg/electron-vue my-project # select electron-builder for build tool
cd my-project
npm install
npm run build

Tell me about your development environment.

• Node version: v7.5.0
• NPM version: v4.1.2
• vue-cli version: v2.8.1
• Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.1

[SimulatedGREG]

@nicklaw5

I think you would be right about there being issues trying to convert the icns to a png. Luckily, it seems that electron-builder now supports an option for a linux specific image icon now. I'll be pushing out an update to support this soon. Hopefully this new feature solves your problem.
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Options#LinuxBuildOptions

[nicklaw5]

@SimulatedGREG Any progress on getting the Linux image option added? I'm hoping to start work on a new project over the weekend.

[arthurvasconcelos]

@SimulatedGREG @nicklaw5 it turns out to me that to make a build in my machine I would have to install and configure a LOT of things. So after a long research I ended up finding a "solution" using electron-builder docker image that is already configured with all you need to build in linux and windows. I tried to build in MacOs without success...

docker run --rm --name electron -ti -d -v ${PWD}:/project -v ${PWD##*/}-node-modules:/project/node_modules electronuserland/electron-builder:wine
docker exec electron npm install && npm prune
docker exec electron npm run build:linux
docker exec electron npm run build:windows
docker stop electron

If you don't need build to Windows you can use electron-builder:latest instead.

build:linux >> npm run pack && build --linux --x64
build:windows >> npm run pack && build --windows --x64

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Docker

EDIT

@nicklaw5 here you can find all the configuration needed to ubuntu to compile to Linux/Windows/Mac.

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Multi-Platform-Build

Something important to note is that .dmg and .pkg need to be signed and can be compiled only in Mac machine.

[SimulatedGREG]

This has been fixed in the dev branch and will be released in the next milestone; #171 for more info. Closing.

[NPellet]

With electron-builder 19.19.1 and Ubuntu 17, I solved it by running:
sudo apt install icnsutils
and
sudo apt install graphicsmagick

[xuzc]

@NPellet it has been solved in my Ubuntu 16 with latest electron-builder

[justUmen]

For Arch : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libicns/