Error during build: Compressor "xz" is not supported

• Version: 22.4.1

• Electron Version: 8.2.0
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): Current

• Electron Updater: Not used

• Target: Linux armv7l snap/appImage/deb (Error on all three package types)

When trying to build my application I run into the following error:

⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                    errorOut=/home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressor "xz" is not supported!
    /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressors available:
        gzip (default)

                    command=/home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/gnome-platform /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/.DS_Store /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/desktop-gnome-specific.sh /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/usr /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/data-dir /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/lib /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/desktop-common.sh /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/desktop-init.sh /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/__snap-armhf/command.sh /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/__snap-armhf/scripts /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/__snap-armhf/meta /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libGLESv2.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/crashpad_handler /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libvk_swiftshader.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/swiftshader /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/v8_context_snapshot.bin /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/resources.pak /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libffmpeg.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/resources /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/raspi-foyer-anzeige /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/snapshot_blob.bin /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/locales /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/chrome_200_percent.pak /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libEGL.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/icudtl.dat /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/chrome_100_percent.pak /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/vk_swiftshader_icd.json /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/raspi-foyer-anzeige_1.0.0_armhf.snap -no-progress -quiet -noappend -comp xz -no-xattrs -no-fragments -all-root
                    workingDir=
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! raspi-foyer-anzeige@1.0.0 dist: `electron-builder --linux --armv7l deb`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the raspi-foyer-anzeige@1.0.0 dist script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/astrogd/.npm/_logs/2020-04-02T09_15_13_371Z-debug.log

Npm Debug log is attached.

I’m running Ubuntu Core in Classic mode on a Raspberry Pi 3B+

Is there a package that needs to be installed to enable xz compression? If so it is propably not installed, can you tell me which package this is?

If you need further information I’m happy to provide it.

Attachments

• NPM Debug-Log: 2020-04-02T09_15_13_371Z-debug.log

[centerorbit]

I too experienced this issue, but passing a --dir fixed it for me. Give that a try?

Related: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/4279

[Tony642]

Hi, I have the same problem, and no matter what value I set on “compression”, the electron-builder keep giving me the same error message:

⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                    errorOut=/home/tony/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressor "xz" is not supported!
    /home/tony/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressors available:
        gzip (default)

My node.js version: 14.15.0 My electron version: 13.6.9 My electron-builder version: 22.14.13 Target: Linux armv7l Device: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2

And this is my configuration under vue.config.js:

            builderOptions: {
                "productName":"sys-ofl",
                "appId": "com.123",
                "copyright":"xxxx",
                "compression": "normal", 
                "directories": {
                    "output": "build"
                }, 
                "asar": true
            }

Please help me out! Thx