On Linux, things got even trickier as I figured out that the concept of standalone applications is not very popular on Linux platforms.
The following procedure will enable you to build an executable for your application; however, the steps described to add an icon will not be replicable unless you build a Linux installable package in one of the many possible formats: *.pkg, *.rpm, *.deb, *.tgz, and so on.
Unfortunately, it is far beyond the purpose of the book to explain how such packaging systems work, but let's deal with one problem at a time:
Create a copy of the downloaded NW.js folder and rename it to
ToDO.Delete
nwjcandlibffmpegsumo.soif you don't need media libraries.From within the
ToDOproject folder, execute the following command to create a zip file namedapp.nw:$ zip -r ../app.nw *The
app.nwfile will be placed just outside the project folder; copy it inside theToDOfolder.Execute the following commands from within the
ToDOfolder in...