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electron-packager — Build Electron app executables for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Requires a valid package.json in the a

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Problem

How to use the electron-packager command: Build Electron app executables for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Requires a valid package.json in the application directory. More information: <https://github.com/electron/packager>.

Solution

electron-packager — Build Electron app executables for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Requires a valid package.json in the application directory. More information: <https://github.com/electron/packager>.

Package an application for the current architecture and platform:

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}"

Package an application for all architectures and platforms:

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}" --all

Package an application for 64-bit Linux:

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}" --platform="{{linux}}" --arch="{{x64}}"

Package an application for ARM macOS:

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}" --platform="{{darwin}}" --arch="{{arm64}}"

Code Snippets

Package an application for the current architecture and platform

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}"

Package an application for all architectures and platforms

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}" --all

Package an application for 64-bit Linux

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}" --platform="{{linux}}" --arch="{{x64}}"

Package an application for ARM macOS

electron-packager "{{path/to/app}}" "{{app_name}}" --platform="{{darwin}}" --arch="{{arm64}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/electron-packager

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