add support for generating deb package

.travis.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ addons:
       # this package is essential for testing Electron in a headless fashion
       # https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/testing-on-headless-ci.md
       - xvfb
+      # packages required for electron-installer-debian
+      - fakeroot
+      - dpkg
 
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@@ -52,5 +55,8 @@ script:
   - npm run test:setup
   - npm test
 
+after_success:
+  - npm run package
+
 after_failure:
   - npm run test:review

package.json

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^5.0.5",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.5",
     "electron": "1.7.8",
+    "electron-installer-debian": "^0.5.2",
     "electron-mocha": "^4.0.0",
     "electron-packager": "^8.7.2",
     "electron-winstaller": "2.5.2",

script/package

@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ const distInfo = require('./dist-info')
 
 const distPath = distInfo.getDistPath()
 const productName = distInfo.getProductName()
+const outputDir = path.join(distPath, '..', 'installer')
 
 if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
   packageOSX()
 } else if (process.platform === 'win32') {
   packageWindows()
+} else if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+  packageLinux()
 } else {
   console.error(`I dunno how to package for ${process.platform} :(`)
   process.exit(1)
@@ -31,7 +34,6 @@ function packageOSX() {
 
 function packageWindows() {
   const electronInstaller = require('electron-winstaller')
-  const outputDir = path.join(distPath, '..', 'installer')
   const setupCertificatePath = path.join(
     __dirname,
     'setup-windows-certificate.ps1'
@@ -110,3 +112,35 @@ function packageWindows() {
       process.exit(1)
     })
 }
+
+function packageDebian() {
+  const installer = require('electron-installer-debian')
+
+  var options = {
+    src: distPath,
+    dest: outputDir,
+    arch: 'amd64',
+  }
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    console.log('Creating .deb package...')
+    installer(options, function(err) {
+      if (err) {
+        reject(err)
+      } else {
+        resolve()
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+function packageLinux() {
+  Promise.all([packageDebian()])
+    .catch(err => {
+      console.error(err, err.stack)
+      process.exit(1)
+    })
+    .then(() => {
+      console.log(`Successfully created packages at ${outputDir}`)
+    })
+}