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I have build an electron app that works fine with electron .. When I build that app using electron-packager it is working fine on Mac. However, I need that app to run on Linux. & I have ubuntu for OS.

when I run electron-packager . --out=\"build\" --overwrite --icon=\"icons/icon.png\" it builds the files and executable. But it won't open or execute. Double click would give me a popup window says Couldn't display the app. No application installed for shared library.

Few things to notice that -

  1. It does not show the icon it suppose to show.
  2. I have checked the permission of that file by right click - it Allow executing file as program is checked.

I have done all the googling I can. no luck. I have tried electron-builder npm as well. NO luck. I really need little help here plz. Really stuck, feels like I have nowhere to go. Help please.

jahid
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  • Does this answer your question? [Electron executable not recognized by Nautilus](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55060402/electron-executable-not-recognized-by-nautilus) – snwflk Oct 17 '20 at 22:57
  • tried that. didn't work – jahid Oct 18 '20 at 13:00
  • Be more specific. What didn't work, how did it not work. There are two things to do in the answer. – snwflk Oct 18 '20 at 20:46

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Try the following command:

electron-packager . appname --overwrite --asar=true --platform=linux --arch=x64 --icon=icons/icon.png --prune=true --out=build
Adrian Mole
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