Using install-app-deps on ARM

[r4zzz4k]

• Version: 19.28.4
• Target: arm

I'm trying to build an app with some native dependencies on Raspberry Pi 3. While running install-app-deps it correctly detects target arch (default: "arm"), but it's not listed in available architectures. I know that electron-builder build supports --armv7l flag, but is it possible to retarget native dependencies to Electron's Node?

node_modules/.bin/electron-builder install-app-deps

Options:
  --help      Show help                                                [boolean]
  --platform  The target platform
                        [choices: "linux", "darwin", "win32"] [default: "linux"]
  --arch      The target arch   [choices: "ia32", "x64", "all"] [default: "arm"]

Invalid values:
  Argument: arch, Given: "arm", Choices: "ia32", "x64", "all"

[r4zzz4k]

Tried to add arm manually to install-app-deps.ts, it seemed to work, but I'm not sure if it actually rebuilt libraries. node-java, which I'm using, seem to support only armv6, but modified electron-builder install-app-deps finished successfully (and electron-builder build failed as expected).
By the way, is there a way to skip specific depdendency rebuilding? I'm not seeing anything useful in config docs.

Edit: I found beforeBuild hook and an example of direct invocation of installOrRebuild, so I'll try to go that route with filtering productionDeps. Anyway, It would be useful to have uniform architecture processing for both build and install-app-deps actions.

[develar]

Will be fixed 22 September.

[r4zzz4k]

Cool, thank you!

[elboletaire]

Any news on this?

[r4zzz4k]

Sorry for the long delay. I've written simple JS script which basically passing the following flags to electron-builder based on current arch:

const isArm = os.arch().startsWith('arm')
// Flag for install-app-deps:
isArm ? ' --arch all' : ' --arch x64'
// Flag for build:
isArm ? ' --armv7l' : ' --x64'

Of course this is not generic solution as I needed something for my particular usecase. Somehow I managed to build the app for Raspberry, but building process for my project is messy overall, and I didn't have time to investigate much further (you know, tight deadlines as usual). Due to dependency on node-java, which is itself a bit strange in regards of finding needed libraries, I had to have custom build script anyway.

[Mattb230]

Any updates on this? Still observed in 19.47.1 running on armv71

[mateodelnorte]

Bump.