Any Linux Target

The top-level linux key contains set of options instructing electron-builder on how it should build Linux targets. These options applicable for any Linux target.

Base Linux Configuration¶

Electron-Builder / app-builder-lib / LinuxConfiguration

Extends¶

CommonLinuxOptions.PlatformSpecificBuildOptions

Properties¶

appId?¶

readonly optional appId: null | string

The application id. Used as CFBundleIdentifier for MacOS and as Application User Model ID for Windows (NSIS target only, Squirrel.Windows not supported). It is strongly recommended that an explicit ID is set.

Default¶

com.electron.${name}

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.appId

artifactName?¶

readonly optional artifactName: null | string

The artifact file name template. Defaults to ${productName}-${version}.${ext} (some target can have other defaults, see corresponding options).

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.artifactName

asar?¶

readonly optional asar: null | boolean | AsarOptions

Whether to package the application’s source code into an archive, using Electron’s archive format.

Node modules, that must be unpacked, will be detected automatically, you don’t need to explicitly set asarUnpack - please file an issue if this doesn’t work.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.asar

asarUnpack?¶

readonly optional asarUnpack: null | string | string[]

A glob patterns relative to the app directory, which specifies which files to unpack when creating the asar archive.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.asarUnpack

category?¶

readonly optional category: null | string

The application category.

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.category

compression?¶

readonly optional compression: null | CompressionLevel

The compression level. If you want to rapidly test build, store can reduce build time significantly. maximum doesn’t lead to noticeable size difference, but increase build time.

Default¶

normal

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.compression

cscKeyPassword?¶

optional cscKeyPassword: null | string

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.cscKeyPassword

cscLink?¶

optional cscLink: null | string

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.cscLink

defaultArch?¶

readonly optional defaultArch: string

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.defaultArch

description?¶

readonly optional description: null | string

As description from application package.json, but allows you to specify different for Linux.

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.description

desktop?¶

readonly optional desktop: null | LinuxDesktopFile

The Desktop file

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.desktop

detectUpdateChannel?¶

readonly optional detectUpdateChannel: boolean

Whether to infer update channel from application version pre-release components. e.g. if version 0.12.1-alpha.1, channel will be set to alpha. Otherwise to latest. This does not apply to github publishing, which will never auto-detect the update channel.

Default¶

true

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.detectUpdateChannel

disableDefaultIgnoredFiles?¶

optional disableDefaultIgnoredFiles: null | boolean

Whether to exclude all default ignored files(https://www.electron.build/contents#files) and options. Defaults to false.

Default¶

false

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.disableDefaultIgnoredFiles

electronLanguages?¶

readonly optional electronLanguages: string | string[]

The electron locales to keep. By default, all Electron locales used as-is.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.electronLanguages

electronUpdaterCompatibility?¶

readonly optional electronUpdaterCompatibility: null | string

The electron-updater compatibility semver range.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.electronUpdaterCompatibility

executableArgs?¶

readonly optional executableArgs: null | string[]

The executable parameters. Pass to executableName

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.executableArgs

executableName?¶

readonly optional executableName: null | string

The executable name. Defaults to productName.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.executableName

extraFiles?¶

optional extraFiles: null | string | FileSet | (string | FileSet)[]

The same as extraResources but copy into the app’s content directory (Contents for MacOS, root directory for Linux and Windows).

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.extraFiles

extraResources?¶

optional extraResources: null | string | FileSet | (string | FileSet)[]

A glob patterns relative to the project directory, when specified, copy the file or directory with matching names directly into the app’s resources directory (Contents/Resources for MacOS, resources for Linux and Windows).

File patterns (and support for from and to fields) the same as for files.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.extraResources

fileAssociations?¶

readonly optional fileAssociations: FileAssociation | FileAssociation[]

The file associations.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.fileAssociations

files?¶

optional files: null | string | FileSet | (string | FileSet)[]

A glob patterns relative to the app directory, which specifies which files to include when copying files to create the package.

Defaults to:

[
"**/*",
"!**/node_modules/*/{CHANGELOG.md,README.md,README,readme.md,readme}",
"!**/node_modules/*/{test,__tests__,tests,powered-test,example,examples}",
"!**/node_modules/*.d.ts",
"!**/node_modules/.bin",
"!**/*.{iml,o,hprof,orig,pyc,pyo,rbc,swp,csproj,sln,xproj}",
"!.editorconfig",
"!**/._*",
"!**/{.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn,CVS,RCS,SCCS,.gitignore,.gitattributes}",
"!**/{__pycache__,thumbs.db,.flowconfig,.idea,.vs,.nyc_output}",
"!**/{appveyor.yml,.travis.yml,circle.yml}",
"!**/{npm-debug.log,yarn.lock,.yarn-integrity,.yarn-metadata.json}"
]

Development dependencies are never copied in any case. You don’t need to ignore it explicitly. Hidden files are not ignored by default, but all files that should be ignored, are ignored by default.

Default pattern **/* is not added to your custom if some of your patterns is not ignore (i.e. not starts with !). package.json and **/node_modules/**/* (only production dependencies will be copied) is added to your custom in any case. All default ignores are added in any case — you don’t need to repeat it if you configure own patterns.

May be specified in the platform options (e.g. in the mac).

You may also specify custom source and destination directories by using FileSet objects instead of simple glob patterns.

[
{
 "from": "path/to/source",
 "to": "path/to/destination",
 "filter": ["**/*", "!foo/*.js"]
}
]

You can use file macros in the from and to fields as well. from and to can be files and you can use this to rename a file while packaging.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.files

forceCodeSigning?¶

readonly optional forceCodeSigning: boolean

Whether to fail if app will be not code signed.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.forceCodeSigning

generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels?¶

readonly optional generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels: boolean

Please see Building and Releasing using Channels.

Default¶

false

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels

icon?¶

readonly optional icon: string

The path to icon set directory or one png file, relative to the build resources or to the project directory. The icon filename must contain the size (e.g. 32x32.png) of the icon. By default will be generated automatically based on the macOS icns file.

Overrides¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.icon

maintainer?¶

readonly optional maintainer: null | string

The maintainer. Defaults to author.

mimeTypes?¶

readonly optional mimeTypes: null | string[]

The mime types in addition to specified in the file associations. Use it if you don’t want to register a new mime type, but reuse existing.

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.mimeTypes

protocols?¶

readonly optional protocols: Protocol | Protocol[]

The URL protocol schemes.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.protocols

publish?¶

optional publish: Publish

Publisher configuration. See Auto Update for more information.

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.publish

releaseInfo?¶

readonly optional releaseInfo: ReleaseInfo

The release info. Intended for command line usage:

-c.releaseInfo.releaseNotes="new features"

Inherited from¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.releaseInfo

synopsis?¶

readonly optional synopsis: null | string

The short description.

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.synopsis

target?¶

readonly optional target: TargetConfigType

Target package type: list of AppImage, flatpak, snap, deb, rpm, freebsd, pacman, p5p, apk, 7z, zip, tar.xz, tar.lz, tar.gz, tar.bz2, dir.

electron-builder docker image can be used to build Linux targets on any platform.

Please do not put an AppImage into another archive like a .zip or .tar.gz.

Default¶

AppImage

Overrides¶

PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.target

vendor?¶

readonly optional vendor: null | string

The vendor. Defaults to author.

Debian Package Options¶

The top-level deb key contains set of options instructing electron-builder on how it should build Debian package.

Electron-Builder / app-builder-lib / DebOptions

Extends¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions

Properties¶

afterInstall?¶

readonly optional afterInstall: null | string

File path to script to be passed to FPM for --after-install arg.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.afterInstall

afterRemove?¶

readonly optional afterRemove: null | string

File path to script to be passed to FPM for --after-remove arg.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.afterRemove

appArmorProfile?¶

readonly optional appArmorProfile: null | string

File path to custom AppArmor profile (Ubuntu 24+)

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.appArmorProfile

artifactName?¶

readonly optional artifactName: null | string

The artifact file name template.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.artifactName

category?¶

readonly optional category: null | string

The application category.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.category

compression?¶

readonly optional compression: null | "gz" | "bzip2" | "xz" | "lzo"

The compression type.

Default¶

xz

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.compression

depends?¶

readonly optional depends: null | string[]

Package dependencies. If need to support Debian, libappindicator1 should be removed, it is deprecated in Debian. If need to support KDE, gconf2 and gconf-service should be removed as it’s no longer used by GNOME.

Default¶

["libgtk-3-0", "libnotify4", "libnss3", "libxss1", "libxtst6", "xdg-utils", "libatspi2.0-0", "libuuid1", "libsecret-1-0"]

Overrides¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.depends

description?¶

readonly optional description: null | string

As description from application package.json, but allows you to specify different for Linux.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.description

desktop?¶

readonly optional desktop: null | LinuxDesktopFile

The Desktop file

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.desktop

executableArgs?¶

readonly optional executableArgs: null | string[]

The executable parameters. Pass to executableName

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.executableArgs

fpm?¶

readonly optional fpm: null | string[]

Advanced only The fpm options.

Example: ["--before-install=build/deb-preinstall.sh", "--after-upgrade=build/deb-postinstall.sh"]

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.fpm

icon?¶

readonly optional icon: string

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.icon

maintainer?¶

readonly optional maintainer: null | string

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.maintainer

mimeTypes?¶

readonly optional mimeTypes: null | string[]

The mime types in addition to specified in the file associations. Use it if you don’t want to register a new mime type, but reuse existing.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.mimeTypes

packageCategory?¶

readonly optional packageCategory: null | string

The package category.

Overrides¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.packageCategory

packageName?¶

readonly optional packageName: null | string

The name of the package.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.packageName

priority?¶

readonly optional priority: null | string

The Priority attribute.

publish?¶

optional publish: Publish

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.publish

recommends?¶

readonly optional recommends: null | string[]

The recommended package dependencies.

Default¶

["libappindicator3-1"]

synopsis?¶

readonly optional synopsis: null | string

The short description.

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.synopsis

vendor?¶

readonly optional vendor: null | string

Inherited from¶

LinuxTargetSpecificOptions.vendor

All LinuxTargetSpecificOptions can be also specified in the deb to customize Debian package.

`LinuxTargetSpecificOptions` APK, FreeBSD, Pacman, P5P and RPM Options¶

The top-level apk, freebsd, pacman, p5p and rpm keys contains set of options instructing electron-builder on how it should build corresponding Linux target.

Electron-Builder / app-builder-lib / LinuxTargetSpecificOptions

Extends¶

CommonLinuxOptions.TargetSpecificOptions

Extended by¶

DebOptions

Properties¶

afterInstall?¶

readonly optional afterInstall: null | string

File path to script to be passed to FPM for --after-install arg.

afterRemove?¶

readonly optional afterRemove: null | string

File path to script to be passed to FPM for --after-remove arg.

appArmorProfile?¶

readonly optional appArmorProfile: null | string

File path to custom AppArmor profile (Ubuntu 24+)

artifactName?¶

readonly optional artifactName: null | string

The artifact file name template.

Inherited from¶

TargetSpecificOptions.artifactName

category?¶

readonly optional category: null | string

The application category.

Inherited from¶

CommonLinuxOptions.category

compression?¶

readonly optional compression: null | "gz" | "bzip2" | "xz" | "lzo"

The compression type.

Default¶

xz

depends?¶

readonly optional depends: null | string[]

Package dependencies. rpm defaults to ["gtk3", "libnotify", "nss", "libXScrnSaver", "(libXtst or libXtst6)", "xdg-utils", "at-spi2-core", "(libuuid or libuuid1)"] pacman defaults to ["c-ares", "ffmpeg", "gtk3", "http-parser", "libevent", "libvpx", "libxslt", "libxss", "minizip", "nss", "re2", "snappy", "libnotify", "libappindicator-gtk3"]