Cannot build rpm and deb on macOS #9261
Description
Versions:
- Node: 22.14.0
- Electron Builder: 26.0.18
- Electron: 37.2.0
- mac version: Sequoia 15.3.2
What I did
Running electron-builder with bundled fpm to produce Linux .deb packages on macOS:
npx electron-builder --linux deb --arm64 --publish=never
Expected
.deb artifact generated successfully.
Actual
Build fails with ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE.
fpm process exits with code null (no explicit error).
⨯ Cannot cleanup:
Error #1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: .../electron-builder/[email protected]/fpm-1.16.0-ruby-3.4.3-darwin-arm64/fpm process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
Exit code: null
Command failed: .../fpm -s dir --force -t deb \
-d libgtk-3-0 -d libnotify4 -d libnss3 -d libxss1 -d libxtst6 -d xdg-utils \
-d libatspi2.0-0 -d libuuid1 -d libsecret-1-0 \
--deb-recommends libappindicator3-1 \
--deb-compression xz \
--architecture amd64 \
--description "App" \
--version 2.0.0 \
--package release/build/app_2.0.0_amd64.deb \
--name app \
--maintainer "App Maintainer <[email protected]>" \
--url https://github.com/example/app \
--vendor "App Vendor <[email protected]>" \
--deb-priority optional \
--license MIT \
release/build/linux-unpacked/=/opt/App \
assets/icons/png/256x256.png=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/app.png \
<temp>/8-app.desktop=/usr/share/applications/app.desktop
Error #2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error: .../electron-builder/[email protected]/fpm-1.16.0-ruby-3.4.3-darwin-arm64/fpm process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
Exit code: null
Command failed: .../fpm -s dir --force -t deb \
-d libgtk-3-0 -d libnotify4 -d libnss3 -d libxss1 -d libxtst6 -d xdg-utils \
-d libatspi2.0-0 -d libuuid1 -d libsecret-1-0 \
--deb-recommends libappindicator3-1 \
--deb-compression xz \
--architecture armhf \
--description "App" \
--version 2.0.0 \
--package release/build/app_2.0.0_armv7l.deb \
--name app \
--maintainer "App Maintainer <[email protected]>" \
--url https://github.com/example/app \
--vendor "App Vendor <[email protected]>" \
--deb-priority optional \
--license MIT \
release/build/linux-armv7l-unpacked/=/opt/App \
assets/icons/png/256x256.png=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/app.png \
<temp>/a-app.desktop=/usr/share/applications/app.desktop
"linux": {
"icon": "./icons/png/256x256.png",
"target": [
{
"target": "AppImage",
"arch": [
"x64",
"armv7l",
"arm64"
]
},
{
"target": "deb",
"arch": [
"x64",
"armv7l",
"arm64"
]
},
{
"target": "rpm",
"arch": [
"x64",
"armv7l",
"arm64"
]
}
],
"executableName": "app",
"desktop": {
"entry": {
"Name": "app"
}
},
"category": "Development",
"mimeTypes": [
"x-scheme-handler/com.app"
]
},
Notes
This happens consistently on macOS.
Building on Ubuntu works fine, but i need on macOS.
Using bundled fpm (not system fpm).
.deb artifacts are never generated (ENOENT).
AppImage build works fine. Only deb and rpm doesn't work.