linux.js

linux.js is a Nodejs library to make a debian based linux distro for your electron project.

Installation

First make sure you have these programs installed:

build-essential
wget
squashfs-tools
mkisofs

Then install the linux.js library and run npx reqs to get the required filesystem:

npm i @mainsilent/linux.js --save-dev
npx reqs

If you have problems with downloading the filesystem, you can download it from Releases then place the filesystem.squashfs in the root directory of your project and use the command below to extract the filesystem:

unsquashfs -d filesystem filesystem.squashfs

You can also delete the filesystem.squashfs after decompressing.

Usage

Specify the AppImage path in package.json, for example "AppImage": "dist/test.AppImage".

Then run the command below to make the ISO file (it will be located in filesystem directory):

npx linuxjs

You can edit the Makefile in filesystem directory to change the behaviour of npx linuxjs, for example put the ISO file in the root directory of your project.

Chroot

To install new programs for your linux distro, change the directory to filesystem and use chroot command to change the root directory:

sudo chroot ./chroot
apt install whatever
exit