pkg-rpm

Create a Debian package from an executable binary.

Usage

pkg-rpm requires a specific structure for your binary directory. For example:

.
└── project 
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── README.md
    ├── package.json
    └── dist 
        └── executable 

Your source directory must have a package.json for a properly generated SPECS/packageName.spec with the following fields:

• name
• description
• license
• homepage

const pkgRhel = require('pkg-rpm')
const path = require('path')

const opts = {
  version: '0.0.1',
  name: 'executable',
  dest: path.join(__dirname, 'project', 'dist'),
  src: path.join(__dirname, 'project'), 
  input: path.join(__dirname, 'project', 'dist', 'executable'),
  arch: 'amd64',
  logger: console.log
}

await pkgRhel(opts)

API

await pkgRhel(opts)

Creates a RedHat package in your dest directory. Under the hood pkgRhel generates an applicable SPECS/packageName.spec file and runs rpmbuild to create the package.

Options:

• opts.version: Version number of the package.
• opts.name: Name of the package.
• opts.dest: Destination where to write the final package. It will be saved as name-version-arch.rpm in the provided dest.
• opts.src: Path to source directory. Must have a package.json.
• opts.input: Binary to be packaged.
• opts.arch: Architecture. You can specify: x64 or amd64.
• opts.logger: Logger to help you debug. Defaults to debug.

The full directory structure that pkgRhel creates is as follows:

.
└── pkg-rpm-tmpdirectory (created by pkgRhel.createStagingDir())
    ├── BUILD
    │   └── provided_binary (copied over with pkgRhel.copyApplication())
    ├── BUILDROOT
    ├── RPMS (this will contain the built RPM)
    │   └── amd64 (current architecture directory)
    │       └── packageName-version-arch.rpm (created by pkgRhel.createPackage())
    ├── SOURCES
    ├── SPECS
    │   └── module.spec (will be created with pkgRhel.createSpec())
    └── SRPMS

See Also:

• electron-installer-redhat
• pkg-deb

License

Apache-2.0