Tried to build an electron based app by running npm run make
in terminal, everything went fine except when it had to go thru Making distributables
. Out folder has been created but app is not bundled in one exe.
dependencies in Package.json
"devDependencies": {
"@electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.3",
"electron": "^6.1.12"
},
module.exports = {
packagerConfig: {},
rebuildConfig: {},
makers: [
{
name: '@electron-forge/maker-squirrel',
config: {},
},
{
name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
platforms: ['darwin'],
},
{
name: '@electron-forge/maker-deb',
config: {},
},
{
name: '@electron-forge/maker-rpm',
config: {},
},
],
};
Full error I'm getting
any solutions?
Make sure you have author and description properties not empty in package.json like so: "author": "John".
Here is a full example:
{
"name": "test",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "test",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron-forge start",
"package": "electron-forge package",
"make": "electron-forge make"
},
"author": "John",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"@electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.3",
"electron": "^21.2.3"
},
"dependencies": {
"electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0"
}
}
It seems like a weird bug, but this fix worked for me.