macOS auto-update without extra zip file #2199

develar · 2017-10-13T18:04:05Z

There is no any reason to require ZIP file. DMG should be enough.

Stay tuned — delta updates using DMG files are coming next week :)

Ajeey · 2017-10-13T18:32:53Z

Will it matter if I have installed my app via pkg?

develar · 2017-10-13T21:03:09Z

You can ask us to support pkg but... #1728 (comment) Depends on user demand / donation.

develar · 2017-10-19T17:34:29Z

To make clear — when this feature will be implemented, it will be very easy to support virtually any format, including pkg. Not because our position about DMG is changed, but because of backward compatibility (need to support both zip and DMG, so, old clients will be able to update).

farfromrefug · 2017-11-13T08:55:52Z

@develar i think this feature has broken zip auto update. Right now i am building my app with only zip on mac, and since this my latest.yml is not generated anymore
I pinpointed the issue to come from here:

electron-builder/packages/electron-builder/src/macPackager.ts

Line 68 in 58179b7

    
           mapper(name, outDir => new ArchiveTarget(name, outDir, this, targets.some(it => it === "dmg") && (electronUpdaterCompatibility == null || semver.satisfies("2.16.0", electronUpdaterCompatibility))))

The ArchiveTarget is called with isWriteUpdateInfo to false, so my latest.yml is not generated anymore

develar · 2017-11-13T09:02:27Z

@farfromrefug By intention. If you need auto-update on macOS, you build both dmg and zip. Why do you build only zip and not dmg?

farfromrefug · 2017-11-13T10:26:27Z

Because i dont need dmg :D What's hard is that you broke support for it while it was there.
Also as i only use zip for now (even thinking about 7z to get smaller) building dmg and zip makes the build longer...

Now i am not against switching to dmg! But does it mean i can only use dmg ,and update files will still be built ? If so, do the distrib updater my clients have within their app already know how to install dmg updates?

Thanks

develar · 2017-11-13T10:29:27Z

I was not aware about such use case. Fix will be today evening CET (better if you will duplicate your comment as a new issue).

farfromrefug · 2017-11-13T10:31:24Z

@develar no problem, thanks for fixing this
Will create a new issue about the dmg thing

XuluWarrior · 2017-11-26T01:46:01Z

What is the current status of this issue?
I see a number of WIP commits from about a month ago but I get "Unhandled rejection Error: ZIP file not provided" when running against GitHub release with a DMG but no ZIP file.

ilyaLibin · 2018-02-04T12:16:23Z

Hi @develar
Are there any updates on that issue? Getting the same error.
Unhandled rejection Error: ZIP file not provided

mark-buer · 2018-02-05T20:33:53Z

Adding the following to my electron builder config allowed me to proceed:

mac:
  electronUpdaterCompatibility: '>=2.15'
win:
  electronUpdaterCompatibility: '>=2.15'

develar · 2018-02-06T11:25:28Z

Feature is not implemented yet. zip is still required for macOS auto-updates.

damianobarbati · 2018-06-01T09:12:27Z

Same as @ilyaLibin. Any update on this?

brunolemos · 2019-01-04T11:44:14Z

Bumping this issue, I see no reason to have both .zip and .dmg for users to download. I'd like to keep only .dmg so they can easily drag to Applications.

vladimiry · 2019-02-05T12:21:13Z

Friendly ping from my side :)

Until this issue is fixed electron-userland/electron-builder#2199, a zip file is requied for auto update.

Delagen · 2021-01-12T10:52:35Z

Any news?

LukeXF · 2021-04-10T18:50:29Z

Any update? 2017 feels like a while ago now!

LukeXF · 2021-04-10T18:50:36Z

Any update? 2017 feels like a while ago now!

acnebs · 2021-05-15T18:53:32Z

@develar I'd like to see this feature and am happy to work on a PR towards this goal. Seemed like you were actively working on it a few years ago, is there somewhere we can start?

Or is the reason it was never implemented because it is a difficult problem to solve?

I haven't actually tried using it, but this project claims to do differential updates on mac.

https://github.com/imjsElectron/electron-differential-updater

ashgrover · 2021-06-22T00:43:16Z

I'm running into this issue as well. For now, I'm building both dmg and zip so that auto-update works even if the app was installed using dmg. Would be nice if we didn't have to build zip file.

mmaietta · 2021-07-14T03:05:49Z

@acnebs I'm happy to review any PR.
It's relatively simple to get a local dev env set up too 🙂
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#to-setup-a-local-dev-environment

For fully automatic macOS updates, electron-updater requires: 1. Distributing macOS file as .zip (electron-userland/electron-builder#2199) 2. Code signing for the application privacy.sexy as of today lacks both the distribution and code signing. This commit introduces auto-updates through automatically checking for updates, downloading them but requiring user to drag application icons to Applications by opening dmg file. This commit also fixes: 1. Progress state in update progress bar not being shown. 2. Downloading updates were being triggered even though it was not desired as downloads are being handled using different based on OS and user choice. In the end it refactors the code for handling updates of two different kinds, and making message dialog use enums for results instead of response integers as well as setting default and cancel button behavior. Refactorings make behaviors more explicit and extends the control.

lidel · 2021-12-13T13:20:17Z

This is extremely frustrating to realize that disabling zip package format will break autoupdates in dmg.
I've updated docs in #6496 to save other folks from that fate.

This is the bare minimum to save people from breaking auto update on macos, as noted in electron-userland#2199 (comment)

This is the bare minimum to save people from breaking auto update on macos, as noted in #2199 (comment)

taratatach · 2022-10-12T09:56:25Z

@lidel's warning was removed from the doc by the very next release… Could we get this back into the documentation as nothing warns us about the necessity of generating the zip file?
I created a new PR to bring back the warning into the doc: #7188

Although our users install Cozy Desktop via the `dmg` target on macOS, the `zip` target is still required for the updater to work. Indeed, if the generated zip file isn't published, the updater will fail as it is looking for its presence. The issue has been reported a long time ago in electron-userland/electron-builder#2199 but there is no recent work on any potential solution.

For fully automatic macOS updates, electron-updater requires: 1. Distributing macOS file as .zip (electron-userland/electron-builder#2199) 2. Code signing for the application privacy.sexy as of today lacks both the distribution and code signing. This commit introduces auto-updates through automatically checking for updates, downloading them but requiring user to drag application icons to Applications by opening dmg file. This commit also fixes: 1. Progress state in update progress bar not being shown. 2. Downloading updates were being triggered even though it was not desired as downloads are being handled using different based on OS and user choice. In the end it refactors the code for handling updates of two different kinds, and making message dialog use enums for results instead of response integers as well as setting default and cancel button behavior. Refactorings make behaviors more explicit and extends the control.

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