Create installers

[martpie]

What ?

• Windows (.exe)
• Mac (?)
• Linux
  • .deb (debian package)
  • .tag.gz for other distributions

How ?

I'm sure we'll have to implement some custom rules/build scripts, but I guess electron-builder will help us get this done.

[YurySolovyov]

electron/windows-installer - Official, Win-only
electron-userland/electron-builder community, All 3 platforms are supported.

[martpie]

I was thinking to electron-builder in particular. I just don't have time currently to get that done, that's why I let this with PR appreciated label.

[jcgomes]

Hello, chek out: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ci29jiwf4hrans0/museeks-linux-x64.tar.gz?dl=0

[martpie]

About Linux distribution:

Differences between snaps, appimage, flatpak and others

https://askubuntu.com/questions/866511/differences-between-snaps-appimage-flatpak-and-others/866600

Snaps were created by Canonical for Ubuntu. The main advantages of snaps are:

Independence on dependencies - all libraries and dependencies are included in the package. This also allows to have more versions of the same program.
Sanboxing - snaps are using modified AppArmor to sandbox the apps
Delta updates - snaps should also allow delta updates
The main drawback of snaps is that software can only use libraries included in it's package. This is a potential security risk as the author of the package needs to keep all libraries patched and updated.

Snaps can currently run in Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Fedora, Linux Mint, CentOS and Gentoo. They are also used in Ubuntu Touch. They are designed for desktops, servers, phones, IoT and routers.

Flatpak has the same advantages as snaps. However, it uses SELinux instead of AppArmour for sandboxing. The main difference is that Flatpaks can both use libraries included in the package and shared libraries from another Flatpak.

The developer of Flatpak is the Red Hat employee Alexander Larsson. Flatpak software is currently available in Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Mageia and Ubuntu. It is focused on desktops only.

AppImages are developed by Simon Peter. As in snaps or Flatpak, the package includes all libraries neccessary to run the program. AppImage programes are not sandboxed and they don't require root rights to run. According to website of the project, AppImages should run on Arch Linux, Centos, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Red Hat Linux and Ubuntu.