Failed to make RPM package on Ubuntu and Fedora 41

[niklauslee]

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Electron Forge version

7.4.0

Electron version

31.3.0

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04

Last known working Electron Forge version

7.4.0

Expected behavior

Try to make .rpm package but failed with errors

Actual behavior

Failed with the below errors:

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
Error: Command failed with a non-zero return code (1):
rpmbuild -bb /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/SPECS/frame0.spec --target x86_64-none-linux --define _topdir /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64
Building target platforms: x86_64-none-linux
Building for target x86_64-none-linux
Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zcb8Zx

RPM build errors:

+ umask 022
+ cd /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/BUILD
+ /bin/rm -rf /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/BUILDROOT/frame0-1.0.0.beta.0-1.x86_64
+ /bin/mkdir -p /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/BUILDROOT
+ /bin/mkdir /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/BUILDROOT/frame0-1.0.0.beta.0-1.x86_64
+ mkdir -p /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/BUILDROOT/frame0-1.0.0.beta.0-1.x86_64/usr/
+ cp -r usr/bin usr/lib usr/share /tmp/electron-installer--30018-OEWdZ25er7DK/frame0_1.0.0.beta.0_x86_64/BUILDROOT/frame0-1.0.0.beta.0-1.x86_64/usr/
+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-compress /usr
+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-elfperms
+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip /usr/bin/strip
xargs: /usr/bin/strip: No such file or directory
xargs: /usr/bin/strip: No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zcb8Zx (%install)
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.zcb8Zx (%install)
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/niklaus/git/frame0/node_modules/electron-installer-redhat/node_modules/@malept/cross-spawn-promise/src/index.ts:172:16)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:488:12)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)

Steps to reproduce

npm run make

# or
npm run make -- --targets=@electron-forge/maker-rpm

Additional information

forge.config.ts

import type { ForgeConfig } from "@electron-forge/shared-types";
import { VitePlugin } from "@electron-forge/plugin-vite";
import { FusesPlugin } from "@electron-forge/plugin-fuses";
import { FuseV1Options, FuseVersion } from "@electron/fuses";
import packageJson from "./package.json";

const config: ForgeConfig = {
  packagerConfig: {
    icon: "./build/icons/icon",
    asar: true,
    osxSign: {},
    osxNotarize: {
      appleId: "...",
      appleIdPassword: "...",
      teamId: "...",
    },
    executableName: "frame0",
  },
  rebuildConfig: {},
  makers: [
    {
      name: "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
      platforms: ["darwin"],
      config: (arch: string) => ({
        macUpdateManifestBaseUrl: `https://...`,
      }),
    },
    {
      name: "@electron-forge/maker-dmg",
      config: {
        icon: "./build/icons/icon.icns",
        format: "ULFO",
      },
    },
    {
      name: "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel",
      config: (arch: string) => ({
        iconUrl: `https://frame0.app/icons/icon.ico`,
        setupIcon: "./build/icons/icon.ico",
        certificateFile: "....",
        CertificatePassword: "...",
        remoteReleases: `https://...`,
      }),
    },
    {
      name: "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
      config: {
        options: {
          icon: "./build/icons/icon.png",
          name: packageJson.name,
          productName: packageJson.productName,
          maintainer: packageJson.author,
          homepage: packageJson.homepage,
        },
      },
    },
    {
      name: "@electron-forge/maker-rpm",
      config: {
        options: {
          icon: "./build/icons/icon.png",
          name: packageJson.name,
          productName: packageJson.productName,
          maintainer: packageJson.author,
          homepage: packageJson.homepage,
        },
      },
    },
  ],
  publishers: [
    {
      name: "@electron-forge/publisher-s3",
      config: {
        endpoint: "...",
        region: "auto",
        bucket: "...",
        folder: "releases",
        public: true,
        accessKeyId: "...",
        secretAccessKey: "...",
      },
    },
  ],
  plugins: [
    new VitePlugin({
      ...
    }),
    new FusesPlugin({
      ...
    }),
  ],
};

export default config;

package.json

{
  "name": "frame0",
  "productName": "Frame0",
  "version": "1.0.0-beta.0",
  "author": "niklauslee",
  "homepage": "https://frame0.app",
  "description": "My Electron application description",
  "main": ".vite/build/main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish",
    "lint": "eslint --ext .ts,.tsx ."
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@electron-forge/cli": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/maker-dmg": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/plugin-auto-unpack-natives": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/plugin-fuses": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/plugin-vite": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron-forge/publisher-s3": "^7.4.0",
    "@electron/fuses": "^1.8.0",
    "@electron/notarize": "^2.3.2",
    "@electron/osx-sign": "^1.3.1",
    "@types/node": "^20.14.10",
    "@types/path-browserify": "^1.0.2",
    "@types/react": "^18.3.3",
    "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.62.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.62.0",
    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.3.1",
    "autoprefixer": "^10.4.19",
    "electron": "^31.3.0",
    "eslint": "^8.57.0",
    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^3.6.1",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.29.1",
    "lucide-static": "^0.424.0",
    "postcss": "^8.4.38",
    "tailwindcss": "^3.4.4",
    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
    "typescript": "^5.5.3",
    "vite": "^5.3.2"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "@dgmjs/core": "^0.31.2",
    "@dgmjs/export": "^0.8.1",
    "@dgmjs/react": "^0.20.4",
    "@hello-pangea/dnd": "^16.6.0",
    "@radix-ui/colors": "^0.1.8",
    "@radix-ui/react-accordion": "^1.1.2",
    "@radix-ui/react-alert-dialog": "^1.0.5",
    "@radix-ui/react-avatar": "^1.0.4",
    "@radix-ui/react-checkbox": "^1.0.4",
    "@radix-ui/react-collapsible": "^1.0.3",
    "@radix-ui/react-context-menu": "^2.1.4",
    "@radix-ui/react-dialog": "^1.0.5",
    "@radix-ui/react-dropdown-menu": "^2.0.6",
    "@radix-ui/react-icons": "^1.3.0",
    "@radix-ui/react-label": "^2.0.2",
    "@radix-ui/react-popover": "^1.0.7",
    "@radix-ui/react-radio-group": "^1.2.0",
    "@radix-ui/react-scroll-area": "^1.0.5",
    "@radix-ui/react-select": "^2.1.1",
    "@radix-ui/react-separator": "^1.0.3",
    "@radix-ui/react-slider": "^1.1.2",
    "@radix-ui/react-slot": "^1.0.2",
    "@radix-ui/react-switch": "^1.0.3",
    "@radix-ui/react-tabs": "^1.0.4",
    "@radix-ui/react-toast": "^1.1.5",
    "@radix-ui/react-toggle": "^1.0.3",
    "@radix-ui/react-toggle-group": "^1.0.4",
    "@radix-ui/react-tooltip": "^1.0.7",
    "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
    "clsx": "^2.1.1",
    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.1",
    "immer": "^10.1.1",
    "lucide-react": "^0.407.0",
    "next-themes": "^0.3.0",
    "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
    "react": "^18.3.1",
    "react-colorful": "^5.6.1",
    "react-dom": "^18.3.1",
    "sonner": "^1.5.0",
    "tailwind-merge": "^2.4.0",
    "tailwindcss-animate": "^1.0.7",
    "update-electron-app": "^3.0.0",
    "vaul": "^0.9.1",
    "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.23.1",
    "zustand": "^4.5.4"
  }
}

[niklauslee]

More test results:

• Ubuntu 24.04 : Failed
• Ubuntu 22.04 : Failed
• Fedora 40 : Success

[bcdrme]

Additionally:

• Fedora 41 : Failed

[egalanos]

Fedora 41 not working appears to be due to https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-installer-redhat not being compatible with rpm 4.2 changes.

electron-installer-redhat sets app files to be installed under BUILD/usr. Meanwhile rpm 4.2 sets up the build directory to be under a sub directory.

The cause of breaking changes: rpm-software-management/rpm#2078

[yelishgiri]

Has the issue has been solved upto now. As I am trying to build on Fedora 41 and it is still not working.

[anechunaev]

Fedora 41 not working appears to be due to https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-installer-redhat not being compatible with rpm 4.2 changes.

electron-installer-redhat sets app files to be installed under BUILD/usr. Meanwhile rpm 4.2 sets up the build directory to be under a sub directory.

The cause of breaking changes: rpm-software-management/rpm#2078

For me on Fedora 41 the solution that worked was to change the argument of cp command:

node_modules/electron-installer-redhat/resources/spec.ejs:27

- cp <%= process.platform === 'darwin' ? '-R' : '-r' %> usr/* %{buildroot}/usr/
+ cp <%= process.platform === 'darwin' ? '-R' : '-r' %> ../usr/. %{buildroot}/usr/

Although I'm not sure if it is correct for every use case so I didn't open pull request.