Cannot build for Windows using Mac -- wine refusing to create a configuration directory

• Version: 19.52.1

MacOS

I cannot successfully build for Windows. I first received error messages indicating that Wine must be installed. After installing Wine via brew, I tried building again, and received this lengthy error message:

  • electron-builder version=19.52.1
  • loaded configuration file=package.json ("build" field)
  • writing effective config file=build/electron-builder.yaml
  • rebuilding native production dependencies platform=linux arch=x64
  • packaging       platform=linux arch=x64 electron=1.7.10 appOutDir=build/linux-unpacked
  • building        target=AppImage arch=x64 file=build/my-project-0.0.0-x86_64.AppImage
  • application Linux category is set to default "Utility" reason=linux.category is not set and cannot map from macOS docs=https://electron.build/configuration/configuration#LinuxBuildOptions-category
  • rebuilding native production dependencies platform=win32 arch=x64
  • building embedded block map file=build/my-project-0.0.0-x86_64.AppImage
  • packaging       platform=win32 arch=x64 electron=1.7.10 appOutDir=build/win-unpacked
Error: Exit code: 1. Command failed: wine /Users/josephadmin/Library/Caches/electron-builder/winCodeSign/winCodeSign-1.9.0/rcedit.exe /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/build/win-unpacked/my-project.exe --set-version-string FileDescription my-project --set-version-string ProductName my-project --set-version-string LegalCopyright Copyright © 2018 my-project --set-file-version 0.0.0 --set-product-version 0.0.0.0 --set-version-string InternalName my-project --set-version-string OriginalFilename  --set-icon /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/build/icons/icon.ico
wine: '/Users/josephadmin' is not owned by you, refusing to create a configuration directory there

wine: '/Users/josephadmin' is not owned by you, refusing to create a configuration directory there

    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:122:16
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:212:5)
    at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:899:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:342:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
    at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:511:12)
From previous event:
    at exec (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:85:3)
    at wineExecutable.value.then.wine (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/builder-util/src/wine.ts:72:16)
From previous event:
    at execWine (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/builder-util/src/wine.ts:64:8)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/winPackager.ts:346:11
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:672:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.signAndEditResources (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/winPackager.js:456:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/winPackager.ts:363:18
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.signApp (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/winPackager.js:474:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:215:16
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.doPack (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/platformPackager.js:276:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:115:16
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.pack (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/platformPackager.js:195:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:355:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:672:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:419:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:299:52
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:114:15)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:363:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:261:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:672:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/packager.js:319:11)
    at /Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:310:40
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at _build (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder/out/builder.js:61:21)
    at build (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:280:10)
    at then (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:49:4)
    at runCallback (timers.js:672:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)
From previous event:
    at Object.args [as handler] (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder/out/cli/cli.js:127:117)
    at Object.runCommand (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/yargs/lib/command.js:235:44)
    at Object.parseArgs [as _parseArgs] (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:1041:24)
    at Object.get [as argv] (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:957:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/josephadmin/projects/my-project/node_modules/electron-builder/out/cli/cli.js:123:441)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:427:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:151:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:542:3

Does anyone know what could be causing this? Thanks.

[jorbascrumps]

Currently experiencing this with Github Actions. Has anyone solved this? Not sure su is an option for me with Actions…

(Sorry for the necropost)

[da1nerd]

Ditto with Github Actions. I’ve been successfully using wine in docker image on concourse for about a year. I’m attempting to migrate to Github Actions using the same docker image as the container. Everything works fine until I need to run wine.

However, I’m 99.99% certain this isn’t an electron issue. So probably an issue should be opened with Github Actions. Perhaps https://github.com/actions/runner would be the appropriate place to open an issue. I’ll open one if I can find time to prepare a proper reproducible test.