Cannot make deb due to mismatched executableName

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Please describe your issue:

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.

An unhandled error has occurred inside Forge:
An error occured while making for target: deb
Error creating contents of package: Error creating binary symlink: could not find the Electron app binary at "/home/george/Documents/Code/free-dice/out/Free Dice-linux-x64/free-dice". You may need to re-bundle the app using Electron Packager's "executableName" option.
Error: Error creating contents of package: Error creating binary symlink: could not find the Electron app binary at "/home/george/Documents/Code/free-dice/out/Free Dice-linux-x64/free-dice". You may need to re-bundle the app using Electron Packager's "executableName" option.
    at err (/usr/lib/node_modules/electron-forge/node_modules/electron-installer-common/src/error.js:12:13)

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**What command line arguments are you passing?**

None

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

“config”: { “forge”: { “make_targets”: { “win32”: [ “squirrel” ], “darwin”: [ “zip” ], “linux”: [ “deb”, “rpm” ] }, “electronPackagerConfig”: { “packageManager”: “npm” }, “electronWinstallerConfig”: { “name”: “Free Dice” }, “electronInstallerDebian”: {}, “electronInstallerRedhat”: {}, “github_repository”: { “owner”: “GBora”, “name”: “free-dice” }, “windowsStoreConfig”: { “packageName”: “”, “name”: “Free Dice” } } },

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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.

Issue happens every time when I try to build on ubuntu.

[cronvel]

I bumped into this issue too.

In fact config.forge.packagerConfig.executableName should be the same as the top-level name in the package.json, or the rpm and deb builder will fail with that error.

So there is really a bug either on forge or on electron-packager end.

[IshanKBG]

in what file i have to put the string “executableName” in electron packager 15? I tried to put it in package.json but doesn’t work.

@Stefano19-Bongiovanni put it inside "packagerConfig': {}