Unable to start application because /usr/lib/{app}/resources/app is only readable by root

What version of electron-installer-debian are you using? 0.5.1

What version of node and npm are you using? node 6.9.1 npm 3.10.8

What operating system are you using? ubuntu 16.04

Can you compile the example app successfully?

If not, paste here the output of the following commands:

Compilation is successfull, but I can’t start it:

http://d.pr/v/kvsw6H

$ git clone https://github.com/unindented/electron-installer-debian.git
$ cd electron-installer-debian/example
$ DEBUG='electron-installer-debian' npm run build

What did you do? Please include the configuration you are using for electron-installer-debian. I’m using ember-electron, which uses electron electron-forge, which uses electron-installer-debian. I have built my project for Linux and tried to install it.

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the app to be installed and me being able to run it

What actually happened?

The app is installed, but unable to start due to a permissions issue.

Seems like electron is trying to load app from /usr/lib/my_app/reousrces/app, but after unpacking the .deb file, this location gets the permissions to be only readable by root:

after I change permissions manually, the app starts fine:

[unindented]

The Brave browser is using this library, and they haven’t reported any issues: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/07c6cd993a292edba2aad8710f8bf0d94467c81d/package.json#L194

Maybe check their build pipeline.

[jochenkirstaetter]

Hi, Somehow something is missing somewhere. Even an application like Ghost Desktop has this issue as reported here: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-Desktop/issues/274

How is it done to package the .deb with correct permissions?

Thanks, Jochen