Distributing Homebrew dependencies along with electron-packager

Question

I have an electron application that has the following dependencies:

ffmpeg
libmagic
gdbm

Currently, I use Homebrew and run brew install ffmpeg etc. upon startup of the app.

However, this is terrible for distribution. Is there a way to distribute these dependencies packaged alongside my application so that the end user doesn't have to have Homebrew or deal with installation errors? I'm distributing my app using electron-packager to create a Desktop Mac app.

I gave the specific dependencies just for context -- hopefully there is a solution that would work with any generic dependency?

This is a very broad question; please add more context regarding your app and how you distribute it. — bfontaine, Jul 24 '19 at 12:04
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38361996/how-can-i-bundle-a-precompiled-binary-with-electron/43389268#43389268 — Fraser, Dec 22 '20 at 10:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '20 at 19:40

It is possible with dynamic linking

use https://www.npmjs.com/package/ffmpeg-static

Example Usage

Returns the path of a statically linked ffmpeg binary on the local filesystem.

var pathToFfmpeg = require('ffmpeg-static');
console.log(pathToFfmpeg);
/Users/j/playground/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg

check https://discuss.atom.io/t/information-about-bundled-ffmpeg/28456/6

Distributing Homebrew dependencies along with electron-packager

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