From 5c5ce67a79cad7720f1545aead634fb18ab4a75d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Lee <electronjs@lazymalevolence.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 20:41:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(maker): add the deb maker for the linux target

Requires the app's "description" to be non-blank.
---
 package.json            |  1 +
 src/makers/linux/deb.js | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 tmpl/package.json       |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/makers/linux/deb.js

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbca6dae45..346bb086ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "colors": "^1.1.2",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "debug": "^2.3.3",
+    "electron-installer-debian": "^0.4.0",
     "electron-installer-dmg": "^0.1.2",
     "electron-packager": "^8.3.0",
     "electron-winstaller": "^2.5.0",
diff --git a/src/makers/linux/deb.js b/src/makers/linux/deb.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d25a0254c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/makers/linux/deb.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import installer from 'electron-installer-debian';
+import path from 'path';
+import pify from 'pify';
+
+import { ensureFile } from '../../util/ensure-output';
+
+export default async (dir, appName, forgeConfig) => {
+  const outPath = path.resolve(dir, '../make/debian');
+
+  await ensureFile(outPath);
+  const debianDefaults = {
+    arch: process.arch, // DOES NOT WORK WITH ARM
+    dest: outPath,
+    src: dir,
+  };
+  const debianConfig = Object.assign({}, forgeConfig.electronInstallerDebian, debianDefaults);
+
+  await pify(installer)(debianConfig);
+};
diff --git a/tmpl/package.json b/tmpl/package.json
index bd1a756206..23e0929120 100644
--- a/tmpl/package.json
+++ b/tmpl/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "",
   "productName": "",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "",
+  "description": "My Electron application description",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "electron-forge start"