update to electron-forge-maker-appimage [ BLOCKED - awaiting update ]

build/linux/AppRun

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# modified AppRun script from https://github.com/develar/app-builder/blob/master/pkg/package-format/appimage/templates/AppRun.sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -z "$DEBUG" ] ; then
+  env
+  set -x
+fi
+
+THIS="$0"
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3190818/
+args=("$@")
+NUMBER_OF_ARGS="$#"
+
+if [ -z "$APPDIR" ] ; then
+  # Find the AppDir. It is the directory that contains AppRun.
+  # This assumes that this script resides inside the AppDir or a subdirectory.
+  # If this script is run inside an AppImage, then the AppImage runtime likely has already set $APPDIR
+  path="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${THIS}")")"
+  while [[ "$path" != "" && ! -e "$path/$1" ]]; do
+    path=${path%/*}
+  done
+  APPDIR="$path"
+fi
+
+export PATH="${APPDIR}:${APPDIR}/usr/sbin:${PATH}"
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="./share/:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${APPDIR}/usr/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${APPDIR}"/usr/share/:"${XDG_DATA_DIRS}":/usr/share/gnome/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
+export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="${APPDIR}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas:${GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR}"
+
+BIN="$APPDIR/HelloPear"
+
+if [ -z "$APPIMAGE_EXIT_AFTER_INSTALL" ] ; then
+  trap atexit EXIT
+fi
+
+isEulaAccepted=1
+
+atexit()
+{
+  if [ $isEulaAccepted == 1 ] ; then
+    if [ $NUMBER_OF_ARGS -eq 0 ] ; then
+      exec "$BIN" --no-sandbox
+    else
+      exec "$BIN" --no-sandbox "${args[@]}"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+error()
+{
+  if [ -x /usr/bin/zenity ] ; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" zenity --error --text "${1}" 2>/dev/null
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/kdialog ] ; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" kdialog --msgbox "${1}" 2>/dev/null
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/Xdialog ] ; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" Xdialog --msgbox "${1}" 2>/dev/null
+  else
+    echo "${1}"
+  fi
+  exit 1
+}
+
+yesno()
+{
+  TITLE=$1
+  TEXT=$2
+  if [ -x /usr/bin/zenity ] ; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" zenity --question --title="$TITLE" --text="$TEXT" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/kdialog ] ; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" kdialog --title "$TITLE" --yesno "$TEXT" || exit 0
+  elif [ -x /usr/bin/Xdialog ] ; then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="" Xdialog --title "$TITLE" --clear --yesno "$TEXT" 10 80 || exit 0
+  else
+    echo "zenity, kdialog, Xdialog missing. Skipping ${THIS}."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+
+check_dep()
+{
+  DEP=$1
+  if [ -z $(which "$DEP") ] ; then
+    echo "$DEP is missing. Skipping ${THIS}."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ -z "$APPIMAGE" ] ; then
+  APPIMAGE="$APPDIR/AppRun"
+  # not running from within an AppImage; hence using the AppRun for Exec=
+fi
+

electron/main.js

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const appName = productName ?? name
 const cmd = command(
   appName,
   flag('--storage', 'pass custom storage to pear-runtime'),
-  flag('--no-updates', 'start without OTA updates')
+  flag('--no-updates', 'start without OTA updates'),
+  flag('--no-sandbox', 'disable Chromium sandboxing')
 )
 
 cmd.parse(app.isPackaged ? process.argv.slice(1) : process.argv.slice(2))

forge.config.js

@@ -22,15 +22,25 @@ if (process.env.MAC_CODESIGN_IDENTITY) {
 
 module.exports = {
   packagerConfig,
-
+  hooks: {
+    packageAfterCopy: async (forgeConfig, buildPath) => {
+      if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+        const path = await import('path')
+        const fs = await import('fs')
+        const customAppRun = path.resolve('build', 'linux', 'AppRun')
+        const targetPath = path.join(buildPath, '..', '..', 'AppRun')
+        fs.copyFileSync(customAppRun, targetPath)
+      }
+    }
+  },
   makers: [
     {
       name: '@electron-forge/maker-dmg',
       platforms: ['darwin'],
       config: {}
     },
     {
-      name: '@forkprince/electron-forge-maker-appimage',
+      name: 'electron-forge-maker-appimage',
       platforms: ['linux']
     }
   ],

package.json

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
     "@electron-forge/maker-dmg": "^7.11.1",
     "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^7.11.1",
     "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^7.11.1",
-    "@forkprince/electron-forge-maker-appimage": "^1.0.11",
+    "app-builder-lib": "^26.8.1",
     "electron": "^40.2.1",
+    "electron-forge-maker-appimage": "^26.8.1",
     "electron-forge-plugin-prune-prebuilds": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-forge-plugin-universal-prebuilds": "^1.0.0",
     "lunte": "^1.6.0",