maker-deb

@electron-forge/maker-deb builds .deb packages, which are the standard package format for Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. You can only build the deb target on Linux or macOS machines with the dpkg package installed.

Configuration options are documented in MakerDebConfigOptions.

// forge.config.js

module.exports = {
  makers: [
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-deb',
      config: {
        options: {
          maintainer: 'The Forgers',
          homepage: 'https://example.com',
          icon: 'path/to/icon.svg'
        }
      }
    }
  ]
};