electron-forge make won't build

Question

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:

Error: Cannot make for rpm, the following external binaries need to be installed: rpmbuild
    at MakerRpm.ensureExternalBinariesExist (/home/chris/repos/dvdplayer/node_modules/@electron-forge/maker-base/src/Maker.ts:147:13)
    at _default (/usr/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/node_modules/@electron-forge/core/src/api/make.ts:135:11)
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/src/electron-forge-make.ts:44:5

Electron Forge was terminated. Location:
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I keep getting this error message when I run the command. Not sure what to do.

Hungry

Answer 1

I was able to fix this by running sudo apt install rpm in a terminal.

Kavita

Same package name for Arch Linux through pacman – Edaphic

Why is this the most popular answer? Surely it would be better to simply not build the "rpm target" on a system that doesn't use RPM? – Mindszenty

You may want to distribute the application. – Curiosa

Answer 2

If you're running a Debian-derived Linux distro (eg. Ubuntu) you can run sudo apt install rpm to install rpm. Otherwise you must use your distribution's respective package manager to install rpm.

Shanty