electron-builder: Linux build is not using productName

Version: 19.18.0
Target: linux squirrel

I am trying to build for Linux with -- linux configuration and I am using productName in package.json.

For a mac build, productName is picked up correctly for both artifacts (dmg and zip).

For linux name is being used. This causes an error.

I cannot use name for product name as my app is also a scoped npm package.

package.json example:

"scripts": {
  build:mac: build --mac,
  build:win: build --win,
  build:linux: build --linux,
},
"version":"0.0.0",
"name": "@myscope/my-package-name",
"productName": "My Desktop App",
"build": {
    "appId": ".....",
...

Error:

xorriso : FAILURE : Cannot acquire drive '.../repos/electron/myapp/build/@myscope/my-package-name-0.0.0-x86_64.AppImage'
xorriso : aborting : -abort_on 'FAILURE' encountered 'FAILURE'

    at .../repos/electron/.../electron-builder-util/src/util.ts:67:16

I have a related issue for Windows Squirrel but that has a workaround (thanks to @develar for pointing it out):

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1879

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 8
Comments: 18 (8 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Override executable name on Linux GitHub issue: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1895 — committed to mullvad/mullvadvpn-app by pronebird 6 years ago
Override executable name on Linux GitHub issue: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1895 — committed to mullvad/mullvadvpn-app by pronebird 6 years ago
Override executable name on Linux GitHub issue: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1895 — committed to mullvad/mullvadvpn-app by pronebird 6 years ago
Use extraMetadata to override package.json GitHub issue: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1895 — committed to mullvad/mullvadvpn-app by pronebird 6 years ago
Use extraMetadata to override package.json GitHub issue: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/1895 — committed to mullvad/mullvadvpn-app by pronebird 6 years ago
feat: product name for AppImage file Close #1895, Close #3334 — committed to develar/electron-builder by develar 6 years ago
feat: product name for AppImage file Close #1895, Close #3334 — committed to electron-userland/electron-builder by develar 6 years ago
feat: product name for AppImage file Close #1895, Close #3334 — committed to develar/electron-builder by develar 6 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Please reopen, this still seems not to be working: https://github.com/tunepack/tunepack-desktop/issues/6#issuecomment-497230517

When

"name": "tunepack-desktop", 
"productName": "Tunepack",

is set, then we currently get

Tunepack-1.0.6-x86_64.AppImage would be expected. In other words, the dmg and the AppImage should always use the same name.

probonopd on May 30, 2019

The correct option to set is linux.artifactName.

e.g. package.json

{
  "name": "@my-scope/my-package"
  ...
  "build": {
    ...
    "linux": {
      "artifactName": "my-package-${version}"
    }
  }
}

achingbrain on Aug 18, 2017