Distributing

The previous packaging step would generate folder for the program which contains an executable to run the application. If you desire to generate installers, we suggest the following method:

Windows:

• Download Inno Setup
  
• Open Inno Setup and create Installer from the UI. For clear instructions, refer to this video tutorial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3NUAUZhnY

MAC:

• Creating DMG Installer – https://github.com/LinusU/node-appdmg
  
• $ npm install -g appdmg
  
• $ appdmg path/to/spec.json path/to/output.dmg
  
• Specification of JSON file (spec.json) –

{
  "title": "SODA",
  "icon": "/path/to/mac-icon.icns",
  "background-color": "#DFDFDF",
  "contents": [
    { "x": 448, "y": 344, "type": "link", "path": "/Applications" },
    { "x": 192, "y": 344, "type": "file", "path": "SODA.app" }
  ]
}

Linux:

Creating Debian Installer – https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-installer-debian

• $ npm install -g electron-installer-debian
  
• $ electron-installer-debian --src path/to/SODA-linux-x64/ --arch amd64 --config debian.json
  
• Specification of JSON file (debian.json) –

{
  "dest": "release-builds/",
  "icon": "SODA/src/assets/app-icon/png/soda_icon.png",
  "categories": [
    "Utility"
  ]
}