How to run packaged electron app on linux?

Question

I haven't used Linux much but I'm trying to run an application which I've packaged using electron-packager.

So while on Linux, I can run npm start and my app works fine. But when I package it, there doesn't seem to be an installer or anything. Packaging and running on Windows work fine.

I packaged using:

npm run package-linux

Edit as requested:

I'm using Linux mint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.

The package script I used is;

"package-linux": "electron-packager . electron-tutorial-app --overwrite --asar=true --platform=linux --arch=x64 --icon=assets/icons/png/icon.png --prune=true --out=release-builds"

Running the npm run package-linux completes successfully and produces a folder called electron-tutorial-app-linux-x64 in a release-builds folder.

It would help if you mentioned which Linux distro & version you're using, what the `package-linux` script is and _exactly_ what it outputs. — Itai Steinherz, Jan 18 '19 at 08:41
It would also help if you mentioned what the `electron-tutorial-app-linux-x64` folder the script created contains :) — Itai Steinherz, Jan 18 '19 at 08:53
@ItaiSteinherz It's just the code from this video :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN1Czs0m1SU — Physicsman, Jan 18 '19 at 09:44
@ItaiSteinherz here is paste of the main.js code https://pastebin.com/CfamtKxu — Physicsman, Jan 18 '19 at 09:47
I'm also wondering the same thing. I created a linux package but how to I execute it? — chovy, Dec 30 '19 at 16:51

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 08 '20 at 17:46

Apparently, recent versions of Electron output the packaged app in a "shared library" format on Linux, which the file managers don't recognize as an executable. I found this answer sufficiently explained why this issue occurs and different ways to work around it: https://stackoverflow.com/a/55064060/4774167

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '19 at 17:42

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Okay I found the answer here:

https://www.christianengvall.se/electron-installer-debian-package/

answered Jan 18 '19 at 17:42

Physicsman

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how did you manage to run the project like .exe for windows so what is for Linux? – Mohammad Quanit Jul 04 '19 at 20:45

How to run packaged electron app on linux?

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