[V3-Linux] Support for deb,rpm,arch linux packager packaging

mkdocs-website/docs/en/changelog.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- Support of linux packaging of deb,rpm, and arch linux packager builds by @atterpac in [#3909](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/3909)
 - Added Support for darwin universal builds and packages by [ansxuman](https://github.com/ansxuman) in [#3902](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3902)
 - Events documentation to the mkdocs webite by [atterpac](https://github.com/atterpac) in [#3867](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3867)
 - Templates for sveltekit and sveltekit-ts that are set for non-SSR development by [atterpac](https://github.com/atterpac) in [#3829](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3829)

mkdocs-website/docs/en/getting-started/your-first-app.md

@@ -79,6 +79,42 @@ You'll notice that the build time was faster this time. That's because the new b
 
 You should see a new executable in the `build` directory.
 
+## Step 6: Packaging Your Application
+
+Once your application is ready for distribution, you can create platform-specific packages:
+
+=== "Mac"
+
+    To create a `.app` bundle:
+    ```bash
+    wails3 package
+    ```
+    This will create a production build and package it into a `.app` bundle in the `bin` directory.
+
+=== "Windows"
+
+    To create an NSIS installer:
+    ```bash
+    wails3 package
+    ```
+    This will create a production build and package it into an NSIS installer in the `bin` directory.
+
+=== "Linux"
+
+    Wails supports multiple package formats for Linux distribution:
+    ```bash
+    # Create all package types (AppImage, deb, rpm, and Arch Linux)
+    wails3 package
+
+    # Or create specific package types
+    wails3 task linux:create:appimage  # AppImage format
+    wails3 task linux:create:deb       # Debian package
+    wails3 task linux:create:rpm       # Red Hat package
+    wails3 task linux:create:aur       # Arch Linux package
+    ```
+
+For more detailed information about packaging options and configuration, check out our [Packaging Guide](../learn/guides/packaging.md).
+
 ## Conclusion
 
-Congratulations! You've just created and built your first Wails application. This is just the beginning of what you can achieve with Wails v3 Alpha. Explore the documentation, experiment with different features, and start building amazing applications!
+Congratulations! You've just created, developed and packaged your first Wails application. This is just the beginning of what you can achieve with Wails v3. Explore the documentation, experiment with different features, and start building amazing applications!

mkdocs-website/docs/en/learn/guides/packaging.md

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Packaging Your Application
+
+This guide explains how to package your Wails application for different platforms.
+
+## Windows
+
+Windows applications are packaged as `.exe` files. Wails automatically handles this during the build process, creating a standalone executable that includes all necessary resources.
+
+## macOS
+
+macOS applications are packaged as `.app` bundles. Wails creates these bundles automatically during the build process, including proper code signing and notarization if configured.
+
+## Linux
+
+Linux applications can be packaged in various formats. Wails v3 uses [nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm), an excellent packaging tool that makes it easy to create `.deb`, `.rpm`, and Arch Linux packages. nfpm is a powerful tool that handles the complexities of Linux packaging, making it easy to create professional-grade packages.
+
+### Package Types
+
+Wails supports creating the following types of Linux packages:
+- Debian packages (`.deb`) - for Debian, Ubuntu, and related distributions
+- Red Hat packages (`.rpm`) - for Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, and related distributions
+- Arch Linux packages - for Arch Linux and related distributions
+- AppImage - a distribution-independent package format
+
+### Building Packages
+
+Wails provides several task commands for building Linux packages. These are defined in `Taskfile.linux.yml` and can be invoked using the `wails3 task` command:
+
+```bash
+# Build all package types (AppImage, deb, rpm, and Arch Linux)
+wails3 task linux:package
+
+# Build specific package types
+wails3 task linux:create:appimage  # Create an AppImage
+wails3 task linux:create:deb       # Create a Debian package
+wails3 task linux:create:rpm       # Create a Red Hat package
+wails3 task linux:create:aur       # Create an Arch Linux package
+```
+
+Each of these tasks will:
+1. Build your application in production mode
+2. Generate necessary desktop integration files
+3. Create the appropriate package using nfpm
+
+### Configuration
+
+The package configuration file should follow the nfpm configuration format and is typically located at `build/nfpm/nfpm.yaml`. Here's an example:
+
+```yaml
+name: "myapp"
+arch: "amd64"
+version: "v1.0.0"
+maintainer: "Your Name <your.email@example.com>"
+description: |
+  A short description of your application
+vendor: "Your Company"
+homepage: "https://yourcompany.com"
+license: "MIT"
+contents:
+  - src: ./build/bin/myapp
+    dst: /usr/bin/myapp
+  - src: ./assets/icon.png
+    dst: /usr/share/icons/myapp.png
+  - src: ./assets/myapp.desktop
+    dst: /usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop
+```
+
+For detailed information about all available configuration options, please refer to the [nfpm configuration documentation](https://nfpm.goreleaser.com/configuration/).

mkdocs-website/mkdocs.yml

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ nav:
         - Guides:
             - Customising Windows: learn/guides/customising-windows.md
             - File Associations: learn/guides/file-associations.md
+            - Packaging: learn/guides/packaging.md
     - Feedback: getting-started/feedback.md
   - Feedback: getting-started/feedback.md
   - What's New in v3?: whats-new.md
@@ -175,4 +176,4 @@ watch:
   - overrides
   - shared
 copyright:
-  Copyright © 2024 Lea Anthony
+  Copyright 2024 Lea Anthony

v3/cmd/wails3/main.go

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func main() {
 	tool.NewSubCommandFunction("watcher", "Watches files and runs a command when they change", commands.Watcher)
 	tool.NewSubCommandFunction("cp", "Copy files", commands.Cp)
 	tool.NewSubCommandFunction("buildinfo", "Show Build Info", commands.BuildInfo)
+	tool.NewSubCommandFunction("package", "Generate Linux packages (deb, rpm, archlinux)", commands.ToolPackage)
 
 	app.NewSubCommandFunction("version", "Print the version", commands.Version)
 	app.NewSubCommand("sponsor", "Sponsor the project").Action(openSponsor)

v3/go.mod

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/atterpac/refresh v0.8.3
 	github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1
 	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.4.0-alpha.4
-	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.11.0
+	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.12.0
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6
-	github.com/go-task/task/v3 v3.31.0
+	github.com/go-task/task/v3 v3.40.0
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0
 	github.com/jackmordaunt/icns/v2 v2.2.7
 	github.com/jaypipes/ghw v0.12.0
 	github.com/leaanthony/clir v1.6.0
@@ -32,63 +32,106 @@ require (
 	github.com/tc-hib/winres v0.3.1
 	github.com/wailsapp/go-webview2 v1.0.18-0.20241130004144-dd8667af33c1
 	github.com/wailsapp/mimetype v1.4.1
+	golang.org/x/term v0.25.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	modernc.org/sqlite v1.21.0
 )
 
 require (
 	atomicgo.dev/cursor v0.1.1 // indirect
 	atomicgo.dev/keyboard v0.2.8 // indirect
-	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 // indirect
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/AlekSi/pointer v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Ladicle/tabwriter v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 // indirect
-	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v0.0.0-20230828082145-3c4c8a2d2371 // indirect
+	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/StackExchange/wmi v1.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.14.0 // indirect
+	github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb // indirect
+	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/caarlos0/go-version v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cavaliergopher/cpio v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.8 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.5 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dominikbraun/graph v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376 // indirect
-	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-task/template v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/google/rpmpack v0.6.1-0.20240329070804-c2247cbb881a // indirect
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/goreleaser/chglog v0.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/goreleaser/fileglob v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/v2 v2.41.1 // indirect
+	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/invopop/jsonschema v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jaypipes/pcidb v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
 	github.com/jchv/go-winloader v0.0.0-20210711035445-715c2860da7e // indirect
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/lithammer/fuzzysearch v1.1.5 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.6 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/mango v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/mango-cobra v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/mango-pflag v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/roff v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 // indirect
 	github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/radovskyb/watcher v1.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/rjeczalik/notify v0.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sajari/fuzzy v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 // indirect
+	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 // indirect
+	github.com/whilp/git-urls v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20210125001918-ca9a967f8778 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230626212559-97b1e661b5df // indirect
+	gitlab.com/digitalxero/go-conventional-commit v1.0.7 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
@@ -103,5 +146,5 @@ require (
 	modernc.org/opt v0.1.3 // indirect
 	modernc.org/strutil v1.1.3 // indirect
 	modernc.org/token v1.0.1 // indirect
-	mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.7.0 // indirect
+	mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.10.0 // indirect
 )