Function buildWithWSL

scripts/build-linux-appimage.js:67–142

()

// Build using WSL
function buildWithWSL() {
  console.log('Using WSL for Linux build...\n');
  
  const wslProjectRoot = toWSLPath(projectRoot);
  const wslDistDir = toWSLPath(distDir);
  
  // Check if Node.js is installed in WSL
  try {
    execSync('wsl which node', { stdio: 'ignore' });
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('ERROR: Node.js not found in WSL.');
    console.error('Please install Node.js in your WSL distribution:');
    console.error(getWslInstallHint());
    console.error('\nTip: Podman Machine\'s WSL VM is not a dev environment. Prefer container build:');
    console.error('  Ensure Podman/Docker is available (Podman Desktop adds podman to PATH), or use a Ubuntu WSL distro.');
    process.exit(1);
  }
  
  // Always install/rebuild dependencies in WSL to ensure native modules are built for Linux
  // Windows node_modules won't work for Linux builds (especially better-sqlite3)
  console.log('Installing/rebuilding dependencies in WSL (native modules need Linux build)...');
  try {
    execSync(`wsl bash -c "cd '${wslProjectRoot}' && npm install"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Failed to install dependencies in WSL');
    process.exit(1);
  }
  
  // Clean any existing native module builds to ensure fresh rebuild
  console.log('Cleaning existing native module builds...');
  try {
    execSync(`wsl bash -c "cd '${wslProjectRoot}' && rm -rf node_modules/better-sqlite3/build"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } catch (error) {
    // Ignore errors if directory doesn't exist
  }
  
  // Explicitly rebuild native modules for Electron on Linux
  // Use @electron/rebuild which is more reliable than electron-builder install-app-deps
  console.log('Rebuilding native modules for Electron on Linux...');
  try {
    execSync(`wsl bash -c "cd '${wslProjectRoot}' && npx @electron/rebuild --version=\$(node -p 'require(\\\"electron/package.json\\\").version')"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Failed to rebuild native modules for Electron');
    console.error('Trying alternative method...');
    // Fallback to electron-builder install-app-deps
    try {
      execSync(`wsl bash -c "cd '${wslProjectRoot}' && npx electron-builder install-app-deps"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
    } catch (fallbackError) {
      console.error('Both rebuild methods failed. Please ensure build tools are installed in WSL:');
      console.error('  wsl sudo apt-get update');
      console.error('  wsl sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python3');
      process.exit(1);
    }
  }
  
  // Verify the native module was built correctly
  console.log('Verifying native module build...');
  try {