Cannot install .deb package from forge: uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst'

[thehans]

Pre-flight checklist

• I have read the contribution documentation for this project.
• I agree to follow the code of conduct that this project uses.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Forge version

6.1.1

Electron version

v22.3.6

Operating system

Linux Mint 21.1 (build machine), Raspberry Pi OS based on debian 11 (install target)

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

Able to install forge-made .deb on stable Debian without errors.

I think ideally that compression method should be exposed as a configuration option.
Or possibly some way to say which debian release you are building for, where each release could have different defaults for compression or any other incompatibility differences?

Actual behavior

$ sudo dpkg -i ./pod-controller-app_1.0.4_amd64.deb 
dpkg-deb: error: archive './pod-controller-app_1.0.4_amd64.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up
dpkg: error processing archive ./pod-controller-app_1.0.4_amd64.deb (--install):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ./pod-controller-app_1.0.4_amd64.deb

Steps to reproduce

As far as I can tell, trying to install a deb from electron-forge on any Debian 11 based distro.

Additional information

No response

[hugofreire]

+1

[RouR]

Also see electron-userland/electron-installer-debian#272

[davidchase]

Hi all, I have same issue (via workflows) as OP and I see this this has been close in #3301 can you now add compression to maker/deb which seems to use electron-installer-debian? or would i need to use electron-installer-debian directly ?

[RouR]

It`s done already

{
      "name": "@electron-forge/maker-deb",
      "platforms": ["linux"],
      "config": {
        "options": {
          "compression": "gzip"
        }
      }
    }