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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

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


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.

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

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

Extended by

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"]


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


executableArgs?

readonly optional executableArgs: null | string[]

The executable parameters. Pass to executableName

Inherited from

CommonLinuxOptions.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"]


icon?

readonly optional icon: string


maintainer?

readonly optional maintainer: null | string


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


packageCategory?

readonly optional packageCategory: null | string

The package category.


packageName?

readonly optional packageName: null | string

The name of the package.


publish?

optional publish: Publish

Inherited from

TargetSpecificOptions.publish


synopsis?

readonly optional synopsis: null | string

The short description.

Inherited from

CommonLinuxOptions.synopsis


vendor?

readonly optional vendor: null | string