logseq/docs/Build LogSeq Desktop for windows on Ubuntu.md

Building Logseq Desktop app for Windows on Ubuntu

Intro

My Logseq dev machine is on Ubuntu 18.x and my production machine is running Windows 10, I needed a way to compile the Logseq desktop APP for Windows. I tried & failed to make the "build" run on my windows machine but I did, however, succeed in letting my Ubuntu machine make Windows x64 files

Pre-requisites

These are the steps I took to make it work on my Ubuntu machine, sharing them hoping it helps someone else. I assume you have all the basic pre-requisites for Logseq, if not you can find them at https://github.com/logseq/logseq#1-requirements

1. clone Logseq repo if you haven't already git clone https://github.com/logseq/logseq/

2. Install wine

   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install wine64 wine32
   

3. Install winetricks & install dotnet using winetricks

   sudo apt install winetricks
   
   winetricks dotnet46
   

4. Install nuget and mono (N.B. I had to install mono-complete for it to work)

   sudo apt install nuget
   
   sudo apt-get install mono-complete
   

5. in ~/logseq/resources/package.json line 10 "electron:make": "electron-forge make --platform=win32 --arch=x64 --asar",

6. Compile using

   cd logseq
   yarn
   yarn release
   yarn release-electron
   

   the executable should be in the static/out/make/squirrel.windows/x64/ folder