nodegui-deb-builder

Debian package builder for nodegui (Based on nodegui-starter and nodegui-mvc-starter)

Note: (As of now) This deb builder generates debian according to the structure of nodegui-starter and nodegui-mvc-starter.

Building Source

• Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/rahul-vashishtha/nodegui-deb-builder.git
• Install required packages using npm install
• Transpile the source by running tsc

Prequisites before building Debian Package

• Make sure you have updated control file according to your requirements

• Update the .desktop file in <project-folder>/deploy/linux/<app-name>/ directory with following data.

  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=Your Application Name
  Exec="/usr/bin/<your app name>"
  Comment=Info about your application.
  Terminal=false
  Icon="/usr/lib/<app name in lowercase without spaces>/<icon name>.png"
  Type=Application
  

  The double quotes are used in-case there are spaces in your application name or icon name.

Building Debian Package

• Copy the following to the root of your project folder:

  • deb-struct directory
  • build-deb.js file from ./dist folder.
  • control file
  • deb-config.json file (As of now this file has no use, but will be used in future)

• Make sure you have created package using packaging guide from NodeGUI Packer. (This generates all the files required to build the Debian package.)

• Run node build-deb.js. You'll find your .deb file in the root folder itself.

Roadmap

• Use deb-config.js to main config file to create .desktop and control file.