Uncaught Error: libsqlcipher.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

[pasupathy1611]

• Version: 20.7.1

• Target: Linux, MAC, Windows

Is there any way to include the sqlcipher shared object in the build config.
I’m using https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3 SQLCipher with --build-from-source and also attached the build property.

build.txt

[develar]

node-sqlite3 doesn't provide prebuilt binaries and so, you can build app only on the target platform. Do build for Linux on Linux?

[pasupathy1611]

Yes I'm building for a linux dist on my local ubuntu machine.

Do the shared libraries get bundled in the asar?

[develar]

No. You should bundle it somehow. What do you use — AppImage or Snap?

[pasupathy1611]

My target for
linux is AppImage
mac is DMG
windows is NSIS

Is there a recommended solution to include shared libs in a cross platform way?

"build": {
		"productName": "retail",
		"appId": "com.electron.evoluzin-retail",
		"compression": "store",
		"linux": {
			"category": "Office",
			"target": [
				{
					"target": "AppImage",
					"arch": [
						"x64"
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"mac": {
			"icon": "resources/osx/icon.icns",
			"category": "public.app-category.business",
			"target": [
				{
					"target": "dmg",
					"arch": [
						"x64"
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"dmg": {
			"icon": "resources/osx/dmg-icon.icns",
			"background": "resources/osx/dmg-background.png",
			"contents": [
				{
					"x": 110,
					"y": 150
				},
				{
					"x": 240,
					"y": 150,
					"type": "link",
					"path": "/Applications"
				}
			]
		},
		"win": {
			"target": [
				{
					"target": "nsis",
					"arch": [
						"x64"
					]
				}
			],
			"icon": "resources/windows/icon.ico"
		},
		"nsis": {
			"oneClick": true,
			"installerHeaderIcon": "resources/windows/setup-icon.ico"
		},
		"extraResources": [
			{
				"from": "build/assets",
				"to": "assets",
				"filter": [
					"db/*",
					"export/**/*",
					"data/**/*"
				]
			}
		],
		"directories": {
			"app": "build",
			"buildResources": "resources",
			"output": "dist"
		},
		"files": [
			"**/*",
			"!**/node_modules/*/{README.md,README,readme.md,readme,test}",
			"!**/node_modules/.bin",
			"!**/node_modules/fs-jetpack/spec${/*}",
			"!**/*.{o,hprof,orig,pyc,pyo,rbc,db,sql}",
			"!**/._*",
			"!**/{.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn,CVS,RCS,SCCS,__pycache__,thumbs.db,.gitignore,.gitattributes,.editorconfig,.idea,appveyor.yml,.travis.yml,circle.yml}",
			"!assets/{db,export,data}${/*}"
		],
		"nodeGypRebuild": false,
		"npmRebuild": false
	}

[develar]

Got your error. So, it is definitely not your misconfiguration or user error.

Please try to copy shared lib (so file) to usr/lib. To do it, please define extraFiles configuration in the linux (under the field linux).

I hope this hint will help you. Please set debug env DEBUG=electron-builder and in this case stage dir for AppImage will be not deleted. So you can easily ensure after build that so file copied correctly.

[develar]

Do know where to grab so file?

[pasupathy1611]

I have the location for the so files. /usr/local/lib/libsqlcipher.so

Do I place the dll files in usr/lib for windows? Or is there a different location for windows libs?

[develar]

for windows

I guess sqlite3 binary for windows is static. You only need this for Linux (and maybe for macOS). That's why "under the field linux"

[pasupathy1611]

Using extraFiles configuration under the field linux in package.json for copying the library file it works. thank you.

[pasupathy1611]

sorry, using extraFiles is not working with the latest version of electron. but have to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH is there any other way to get this work?

[develar]

@pasupathy1611 extraFiles will be supported again in next 20.15.0 version.

[saeta-eth]

I have seen many opened and closed issues redirecting to here, but I didn't find a clear example to figure out how to proceed with this. @develar Could you provide a good example?

[rudolfs]

@slorenzo adding this to package.json is what worked for us:

{
  "build": {
    "linux": {
      "target": [
        "Appimage",
        "snap"
      ],
      "extraFiles": [
        {
          "from": "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4",
          "to": "usr/lib/libhogweed.so.4"
        },
        {
          "from": "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6",
          "to": "usr/lib/libnettle.so.6"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

from: is the file location on your build host
to: is the file location within the image

The AppImage layout looks like this when extracted with ./MyApp.AppImage --appimage-extract:

~/squashfs-root » tree
.
├── usr
│   ├── lib
│   │   ├── libhogweed.so.4
│   │   └── libnettle.so.6