Error during build: Compressor "xz" is not supported

[AstroGD]

• Version: 22.4.1

• Electron Version: 8.2.0
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): Current

• Electron Updater: Not used

• Target: Linux armv7l snap/appImage/deb (Error on all three package types)

When trying to build my application I run into the following error:

⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                    errorOut=/home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressor "xz" is not supported!
    /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressors available:
        gzip (default)

                    command=/home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/gnome-platform /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/.DS_Store /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/desktop-gnome-specific.sh /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/usr /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/data-dir /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/lib /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/desktop-common.sh /home/astrogd/.cache/electron-builder/snap/snap-template-electron-4.0-1-armhf/desktop-init.sh /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/__snap-armhf/command.sh /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/__snap-armhf/scripts /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/__snap-armhf/meta /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libGLESv2.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/crashpad_handler /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libvk_swiftshader.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/swiftshader /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/v8_context_snapshot.bin /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/resources.pak /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libffmpeg.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/resources /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/raspi-foyer-anzeige /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/snapshot_blob.bin /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/locales /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/chrome_200_percent.pak /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/libEGL.so /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/icudtl.dat /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/chrome_100_percent.pak /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/linux-armv7l-unpacked/vk_swiftshader_icd.json /home/astrogd/Dev/dist/raspi-foyer-anzeige_1.0.0_armhf.snap -no-progress -quiet -noappend -comp xz -no-xattrs -no-fragments -all-root
                    workingDir=
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! raspi-foyer-anzeige@1.0.0 dist: `electron-builder --linux --armv7l deb`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the raspi-foyer-anzeige@1.0.0 dist script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/astrogd/.npm/_logs/2020-04-02T09_15_13_371Z-debug.log

Npm Debug log is attached.

I'm running Ubuntu Core in Classic mode on a Raspberry Pi 3B+

Is there a package that needs to be installed to enable xz compression?
If so it is propably not installed, can you tell me which package this is?

If you need further information I'm happy to provide it.

Attachments

• NPM Debug-Log: 2020-04-02T09_15_13_371Z-debug.log

[centerorbit]

I too experienced this issue, but passing a --dir fixed it for me. Give that a try?

Related: #4279

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.

[6XGate]

This issue appears to be with the appimage mksquashfs not support liblzma (xz). Not sure why that is. Even installing squashfs-tools does not fix it.

[miyanoshiyo]

same problem

[miyanoshiyo]

This issue appears to be with the appimage mksquashfs not support liblzma (xz). Not sure why that is. Even installing squashfs-tools does not fix it.

How did you solve this problem?

[6XGate]

I didn't , it's still not working.

[airfield20]

Also having this issue when running CI on ARM server, can this be reopened?

[6XGate]

Not sure what there process is for this, but it definitely blocked me from releasing a new version of my BridgeCmdr project. No obvious workaround.

[Alesvetina]

Any news on this? I also cannot build my app in Raspberry PI, same error: Compressor "xz" is not supported!

[6XGate]

I had to open another ticket for this, it is #5153 for the AppImage build. I've been trying to keep on top of the bot.

[Alesvetina]

Just for info, I was able to build it by setting:
"compression": "normal",
in my electron settings.
The documentation says that there is not much size difference anyway.
Hope this helps anyone.

[Tony642]

Hi, I have the same problem, and no matter what value I set on "compression", the electron-builder keep giving me the same error message:

⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                    errorOut=/home/tony/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressor "xz" is not supported!
    /home/tony/.cache/electron-builder/appimage/appimage-12.0.1/linux-arm32/mksquashfs: Compressors available:
        gzip (default)

My node.js version: 14.15.0
My electron version: 13.6.9
My electron-builder version: 22.14.13
Target: Linux armv7l
Device: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2

And this is my configuration under vue.config.js:

            builderOptions: {
                "productName":"sys-ofl",
                "appId": "com.123",
                "copyright":"xxxx",
                "compression": "normal", 
                "directories": {
                    "output": "build"
                }, 
                "asar": true
            }

Please help me out! Thx