On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 at 20:14, Toni Helenius <helenius.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are trying to migrate from NBI to using NBPackage to distribute our > Netbeans Platform project. Our project is > https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/sdk/. > > We are building these installers via Github actions, leveraging Ubuntu > platform. I managed to build Linux DEB and Windows Inno Setup installer with > a great effort (though not thoroughly tested yet). But I'm having much > difficulties building MacOS PKG in Ubuntu. > > If solution-wise there is something, the actual implementation can be seen > here: https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/sdk/pull/660. > > Is it even possible to build these on Ubuntu?
No, it is not. NBPackage is designed to build with platform native installer tools. You will also need Apple developer certificates and to run the installer via Apple's notarization process if you want to distribute it. Unlike JPackage, there is some support for running packagers on alternative OS. As you've found, it is possible to run InnoSetup via Wine on Ubuntu. Although if you're using GitHub actions anyway, just use a Windows runner with InnoSetup already installed (not the most recent). I did a post on the dev list a little while ago sharing the GitHub actions workflow I'm using for a platform based IDE (PraxisLIVE). https://lists.apache.org/thread/bhmchk2bz08kpp8dj50por7fk9g58794 The actual workflow repository is at https://github.com/codelerity/praxislive-installers It uses a single source Java file (simpler than scripting each OS separately) and a properties file to configure. It downloads the application, NBPackage and the JDK then executes the installer builds across all OS. It is derived from the one used for the community installers for NetBeans at https://github.com/Friends-of-Apache-NetBeans/netbeans-installers but using some additional features of NBPackage aimed at platform applications. Those workflows use secrets to hold the macOS certificates for signing. Notarization is not done via the workflow at the moment - this turns a 3min run to well over 30min! Windows signing is also handled locally for now, but will be moved into those workflows in the near future. If you're not on the dev@ list, I'd recommend signing up / asking questions around platform development there. Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
