Error when creating/building installer for linux (ubuntu 16.04)

[Rongky]

When running npm run desktop -- build-installer [ddp_url], below is the error:

...
Packaging for platform linux x64 using electron 1.4.4 to .desktop-installer/linux-unpacked

Unhandled rejection Error: Exit code: ENOENT. spawn icns2png ENOENT
at /home/user/myMeteorApp/node_modules/electron-builder/src/util/util.ts:102:16
at exithandler (child_process.js:220:5)
at ChildProcess.errorhandler (child_process.js:232:5)
at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:169:7)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:344:16)
at nextTickCallbackWith2Args (node.js:442:9)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:356:17)
From previous event:
...
ERROR installerBuilder: error while building installer: [Error: Exit code: ENOENT. spawn icns2png ENOENT]

However, its fine when only packaging for linux (npm run desktop -- package [ddp_url]).

[aboire]

sudo apt-get install icnsutils

[wojtkowiak]

You have to add linux property in builderOptions in settings.json and conform to these requirements https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Multi-Platform-Build#linux.
I am interested if somebody could prepare a default linux config for the default settings.json in current scaffold as this is absent currently.

[wojtkowiak]

I will add some notes about it in the docs.

[Rongky]

Thanks for the replies.

After following this link (https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/wiki/Multi-Platform-Build#linux), below is the error:

ERROR  installerBuilder:  error while building installer:  [Error: Exit code: 1. Command failed: gm convert -size 96x96 /tmp/electron-builder-1107-15860e9a7dc-0/t-1107-1-electron-builder-linux.iconset/icon_256x256x32.png -resize 96x96 /tmp/electron-builder-1107-15860e9a7dc-0/t-1107-1-electron-builder-linux.iconset/icon_96x96x32.png
gm convert: Unable to open file (/tmp/electron-builder-1107-15860e9a7dc-0/t-1107-1-electron-builder-linux.iconset/icon_256x256x32.png) [No such file or directory].
gm convert: Unable to open file (/tmp/electron-builder-1107-15860e9a7dc-0/t-1107-1-electron-builder-linux.iconset/icon_256x256x32.png) [No such file or directory].]

As a workaround per discussion here: electron-userland/electron-builder#239,
creating a build/icons folder at the app's root directory and placing inside the following images/icons found at https://github.com/develar/onshape-desktop-shell/tree/master/build/icons, addresses the issue.

However, it would be much cleaner if build/icons folder is inside .desktop/assets directory since it is part of meteor-desktop build process in linux. But either way, it doesn't matter as long as it works!!!

Very much grateful for this package!!! Thanks!

[wojtkowiak]

I'm glad you have managed to work it out.
Thanks for sharing that knowledge. I will think about it as I already had a .desktop/build directory in plan for 0.3.0 as it is not nice that currently you can not split your assets to the ones needed by build process and the ones needed by the desktop app itself.

[SantoshSrinivas79]

@Rongky I'm trying to create a testapp but running into all sorts of issues.

I did meteor create testApp first, then meteor --mobile-server=127.0.0.1:3000 in one terminal .. it shows the below warning:

I20161116-08:18:29.259(5.5)? [meteor-desktop] .desktop HCP will not work because either web.cordova architecture is missing or the bundler had troubles with creating desktop.asar. Be sure that you are running mobile target or with --mobile-server.

meteor run desktop throws the following error:

ERROR meteorApp: no mobile build found at /home/ghost/temp/testApp/.meteor/local/build/programs/web.cordova ERROR meteorApp: are you sure you did run meteor with --mobile-server?

Can you pls advise on the exact steps to following to create a test app on Ubuntu?

Thank you.

[SantoshSrinivas79]

@Rongky ... pls ignore ... I didn't realize that I need to add a platform even I didnt need one ... I ran meteor add-platform ios and it started fine. Sorry!

[Rongky]

No probs @SantoshSrinivas79. That was also my initial error. This step was commented out in the docs, that's why.