DAY 3 👾 I’m back 💙 Today I created MD, short for MarkDown, Desktop Previewer Firstly, I created the App which is very simple, screenshot provided below On Linux Distro, Ubuntu Gnome 16.04
I’ve used Electron Packager to ship it, I currently use only Linux so I’ve done shipping for that only
(1) Firstly Package it for the Current OS ( Mine is Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 ) 1
$ electron-packager --prune . MyApp
Note : prune flag will package it without node_modules folder (2) Then I compressed the source code into 1 file using a package called Asar 1
$ asar pack MyApp-linux-x64/resources/app MyApp-linux-x64/resources/app.asar
(3) Then I deleted the original source code folder 1
$ rm -rf MyApp-linux-x64/resources/app
(4) Then I can start the Application by simply Double Clicking It Final Application Here
Note : If u want to Package Application to Windows, copy & paste the below code & follow from step 2 1
$ electron-packager . MD-PREVIEW --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --version=1.4.7
Sometimes it gives EACCES error, so for a workaround download Electron Version 1.4.7 from the official website & copy the .zip file & paste it into ~/.electron directory & it’ll work like a charm. External Resources Packaging and Distributing Electron Desktop Apps
Till the next time 👻
