Package Installers (Dist)

Create platform packages with electron-builder.

All-in-one (host-based)

npm run dist

• Linux host: builds .deb and .rpm
• Windows host: builds .exe (NSIS)
• Artifacts in release/<platform>/<arch>/

Linux details

sudo apt install -y fakeroot dpkg-dev rpm   # Ubuntu
npm ci
npm run dist

• DEB + RPM appear in release/linux/x64/
• If rpmbuild is missing, RPM is skipped

Windows details

npm ci
npm run dist

• NSIS installer in release/win/x64/
• If building on Linux via Wine, install wine64 and mono-complete

Naming & checksums

• Files named via electron-builder config in package.json
• Checksums generated by scripts in scripts/*.mjs (SHA256SUMS.txt)

Common flags

• npm run dist:linux — Linux-only
• npm run dist:win — Windows-only (when on Windows)