App will be installed but is not visible due to invalid JS syntax

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Please describe your issue: Hello.I have made an app using electron-forge.I run npm run make to generate a deb file for Ubuntu 18.04.After app is made I install it.However after that I am not able to find it in the app drawer or starting it from cli using its name

Console output when you run electron-forge with the environment variable DEBUG=electron-forge:*. (Instructions on how to do so here). Please include the stack trace if one exists.

DEBUG=electron-forge:* npm run make:only

> app-list@1.0.0 make:only /home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list
> electron-forge make --skip-package

WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected.  Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Checking your system +0ms
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Checking your system +4s
  electron-forge:runtime-config setting key: verbose to value: false +0ms
WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected.  Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Resolving Forge Config +0ms
  electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: /home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list +0ms
  electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in /home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/package.json +19ms
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Resolving Forge Config +41ms
  electron-forge:require-search searching [ '../makers/linux/deb.js',
  '../makers/generic/deb.js',
  'electron-forge-maker-deb',
  'deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/makers/linux/deb.js',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/makers/generic/deb.js',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api/electron-forge-maker-deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api/makers/linux/deb.js',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api/makers/generic/deb.js',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api/node_modules/electron-forge-maker-deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api/node_modules/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/deb',
  '/home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/deb' ] relative to /home/mkcodergr/Documents/GitHub/app-list/node_modules/electron-forge/dist/api +0ms
  electron-forge:require-search testing ../makers/linux/deb.js +6ms
WARNING: Skipping the packaging step, this could result in an out of date build
Making for the following targets:
  electron-forge:hook could not find hook: preMake +0ms
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Making for target: deb - On platform: linux - For arch: x64 +193ms
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Making for target: deb - On platform: linux - For arch: x64 +3m
  electron-forge:hook could not find hook: postMake +3m

What command line arguments are you passing?

Put the arguments here

What does your config.forge data in package.json look like?

Paste the config.forge JSON object here
"config": {
    "forge": {
      "make_targets": {
        "win32": [
          "squirrel"
        ],
        "darwin": [
          "zip"
        ],
        "linux": [
          "deb"
        ]
      },
      "electronPackagerConfig": {
        "packageManager": "yarn"
      },
      "electronWinstallerConfig": {
        "name": "app_list"
      },
      "electronInstallerDebian": {
        "productName":"Node app lister",
        "name":"app-list",
        "description":"Manage your node apps with ease"
      },
      "electronInstallerRedhat": {},
      "github_repository": {
        "owner": "",
        "name": ""
      },
      "windowsStoreConfig": {
        "packageName": "",
        "name": "applist"
      }
    }
  },

Please provide either a failing minimal testcase (with a link to the code) or detailed steps to reproduce your problem. Using electron-forge init is a good starting point, if that is not the source of your problem.

Run electron-forge init app-list
copy and paste the following package.json
{
  "name": "app-list",
  "productName": "Node app lister",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Manage NodeJS apps with eNode app lister",
  "main": "src/bootstrap.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron-forge start",
    "package": "electron-forge package",
    "make": "electron-forge make",
    "make:only": "electron-forge make --skip-package",
    "publish": "electron-forge publish",
    "lint": "eslint src --color"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "mkcodergr",
  "license": "MIT",
  "config": {
    "forge": {
      "make_targets": {
        "win32": [
          "squirrel"
        ],
        "darwin": [
          "zip"
        ],
        "linux": [
          "deb"
        ]
      },
      "electronPackagerConfig": {
        "packageManager": "yarn"
      },
      "electronWinstallerConfig": {
        "name": "app_list"
      },
      "electronInstallerDebian": {
        "productName":"Node app lister",
        "name":"app-list",
        "description":"Manage your node apps with ease"
      },
      "electronInstallerRedhat": {},
      "github_repository": {
        "owner": "",
        "name": ""
      },
      "windowsStoreConfig": {
        "packageName": "",
        "name": "applist"
      }
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "dialogs": "^1.1.20",
    "electron-compile": "^6.4.2",
    "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
    "mongoose": "^5.1.4",
    "pm2": "^2.10.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "electron-forge": "^5.2.2",
    "electron-prebuilt-compile": "2.0.2",
    "eslint": "^3",
    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^15",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2",
    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^5",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7"
  }
}

Run npm make and Install the generated deb file
Try to find it in the app drawer or by typing app-list.None works

My system is running on Ubuntu 18.04 Electron forge version 5.2.2

[malept]

Run npm init app-list

Do you mean electron-forge init app-list?

Also, it sounds less like a problem with Electron Forge and more of a problem with your app code. Can you provide a link to your app code (a GitHub repo, perhaps)?

[malept]

This isn’t a bug with Electron Forge. Here’s the error message:

Failed to compile file: /tmp/electron-packager/linux-x64/Node app lister-linux-x64/resources/app/src/scripts/index.js
/tmp/electron-packager/linux-x64/Node app lister-linux-x64/resources/app/src/scripts/index.js: Unexpected token, expected { (158:11)

Here’s the code that it’s failing on:

https://github.com/kounelios13/App-list/blob/cae4b9d2e92cc4604f0134c96008a1555ddc2ee6/src/scripts/index.js#L157-L158

Remove the function keyword and it’ll probably work.

In the future, you may want to visit one of the community forums if you want a more timely answer.