Function buildWithContainer

scripts/build-linux-appimage.js:145–301

()

// Build using Docker or Podman
function buildWithContainer() {
  const runtime = containerRuntime.getRuntime();
  const runtimeLabel = containerRuntime.getRuntimeLabel();
  console.log(`Using ${runtimeLabel} for Linux build...\n`);
  
  // Create a temporary Dockerfile for building
  const dockerfileContent = `# Electron 43+ V8 headers require C++20 (GCC 13+). Bookworm's GCC 12 fails to compile better-sqlite3.
FROM node:22-trixie-slim

# Install build dependencies for AppImage and native modules
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \\
    g++ \\
    make \\
    python3 \\
    libnss3 \\
    libatk-bridge2.0-0 \\
    libdrm2 \\
    libxkbcommon0 \\
    libxcomposite1 \\
    libxdamage1 \\
    libxfixes3 \\
    libxrandr2 \\
    libgbm1 \\
    libasound2 \\
    libpango-1.0-0 \\
    libatk1.0-0 \\
    libcairo-gobject2 \\
    libgtk-3-0 \\
    libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 \\
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

WORKDIR /app

# Configure npm for better network reliability
RUN npm config set fetch-retries 5 && \\
    npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 20000 && \\
    npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 120000 && \\
    npm config set fetch-timeout 300000

# Copy package files and scripts (needed for postinstall hook)
COPY package*.json ./
COPY scripts/ ./scripts/

# Skip postinstall during install; rebuild native modules explicitly below
RUN npm install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=error || \\
    (sleep 5 && npm install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=error) || \\
    (sleep 10 && npm install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=error) && \\
    npm cache clean --force

# Clean any existing native module builds to ensure fresh rebuild
RUN rm -rf node_modules/better-sqlite3/build || true

# Rebuild native modules for Electron on Linux (requires GCC 13+ from trixie)
RUN npx @electron/rebuild --version=$(node -p 'require("electron/package.json").version') || npx electron-builder install-app-deps

# Copy application files
COPY . .