Linux icons issue

[romangetman]

• Version: 20.0.4
• Target: deb, AppImage

No matter what I try I cannot set an icon on Linux.
Building from a macOS Sierra.
I have dir's customized:

"directories": {
      "buildResources": "./build_res",
      "output": "./build",
      "app": "./dist"
    }

I've tried setting

"linux": {
      "icon": "..."
}

to all imaginable values, copying all icon folders to different locations in the root and build_res and I still get a question mark icon in Ubuntu 16.04.

I have an .icns file in ./build_res/icon.icns.

Is there a workaround? Or a fix?

[develar]

Do you run app using file (AppImage) or using menu? Set env DEBUG=electron-builder and you will see stage dir for AppImage (_appImage), where some icon will be in the root — is it your icon?

[romangetman]

Running the AppImage by clicking on it directly.

Yes there's a symlink that is linked to __appImage-ia32/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/myicon.png.

What about the deb?

[develar]

Running the AppImage by clicking on it directly.

Please see #748 (comment)

What about the deb?

Need to check.

[gschier]

I've got the same issue. Defaults to Electron icon for both AppImage and deb builds. I also have custom dirs specified. Note: the same configuration worked in many previous versions of electron-builder.

[develar]

@gschier I am sure that you issue is different. Please open a new issue and please set env DEBUG=electron-builder and attach log of the terminal output.

@gschier Or, if __appImage dir contains correct icon, your issue is the same :)

[gschier]

Ya, looks like there is no icon at all in the root. Just an app and usr dir. Going to revert to a previous working version for now, but will create an issue next time I try and upgrade if I still have problems.

Thanks! This project is the best 😄

[develar]

@gschier I will try to find time to checkout your project and investigate what's wrong.

[develar]

@gschier Are you sure that you use 20.0.4?

[gschier]

From the testing I just did, the icon stopped working after upgrading from 19.47.1 to 19.53.0. I also quickly tried 20.0.4 but ran into some different errors (vague message about JSON schema).

Error: no schema with key or ref "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"

Let me know if you need anything from me to help debug the issue. I'm AFK now but I can submit an issue for it tomorrow so we can continue the discussion there.

[nukeop]

I can't set an icon on Linux either, using any of the methods listed in the docs. Implicit conversion from .icns, setting it explicitly as icon.png or 1024x1024.png, or setting buildResources, or providing icon names, or copying the icons to all imaginable locations, all these methods just don't work. I'm using 20.0.4 now.

[nukeop]

Travis output:
https://travis-ci.org/nukeop/nuclear/jobs/341145410

[romangetman]

I just tried rolling back to 19.47.1 on a hunch from @gschier which at first gave me an error that
icon directory doesn't contain icons.
That directory in my case was build_res/icons.
I put a 1024x1024.png there, the error went away, but still no icon in the deb installer.

[marbemac]

Confirmed on our end as well that linux deb icons work on 19.47.1, but not on 20.0.4.