electron-builder: extraResources get copied to the wrong folder on Linux/Windows

I am trying to build a .deb, and the folder that I specify in extraResources ends up in the wrong place.

Config:

"build": {
    "app-bundle-id": "apple.app.id",
    "app-category-type": "public.app-category.utilities",
    "productName": "Product",
    "asar": false,
    "extraResources": ["dist/"],
    "osx": {
      "background": "app/assets/bg.jpg",
      "icon": "build/icons/app.icns"
    },
    "linux": {
    }
  },
  "directories": {
    "output": "release"
  },

The intermediate packager output looks like

release/
|-Product-linux-x64/
  |-...
  |-resources/
  |-dist/
  |-...

When I install and run the .deb I electron gives me file not found errors looking for resources/dist/bundle.js and resources/dist/bundle.css.

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 8 years ago
Comments: 15 (8 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

fix: extra resources copied to wrong folder on linux/windows Closes #379. — committed to GabeIsman/electron-builder by GabeIsman 8 years ago
docs: add link to #379 and #326 — committed to develar/electron-builder by develar 8 years ago
docs: add link to #379 and #326 — committed to develar/electron-builder by develar 8 years ago
docs: add link to #379 and #326 — committed to electron-userland/electron-builder by develar 8 years ago
docs: add link to #379 and #326 — committed to develar/electron-builder by develar 8 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Hey @develar, thanks for answering!

I’m building my app with webpack so the distinction between ‘application source code’ and ‘built javascript app’ is important, and I got confused about which corresponded to the electron-builder ‘app’ folder (it’s the built javascript app). So basically I was packaging up my source code and then trying to copy in the actual app 😄.

My working setup now looks like this:

src/ folder for my source code (es6) that will be compiled through webpack
app/ folder for my static source (main.js, app.html, etc.), built assets (bundle.js, bundle.css, etc), and package.json describing any external app dependencies that can’t be packaged with webpack (native dependencies mostly).
build/ folder for electron-builder related assets (icons, etc.)
asar turned off since it’s irrelevant when your entire app is ~4 files, and also it breaks ffi.Library

This is a project using a similar setup: https://github.com/xwartz/douban.fm. Would be worth, I think, adding a sentence to the documentation for people with related setups.

GabeIsman on May 11, 2016

Fix:

extraResources must copy files into the same dir where electron app located (app.asar).
In addition to extraResources, extraFiles must be added to copy files as extraResources does before with one exception – on OS X into the Contents.

Will be implemented in the next major release.

develar on May 27, 2016