add auto-update for .deb .rpm + update artifact name

Author: jh-488

.github/workflows/build-desktop.yml

@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ jobs:
             release/*.zip
             release/*.dmg
             release/*.AppImage
-            release/@liascript/*.deb
-            release/@liascript/*.rpm
-            release/@liascript/*.tar.gz
+            release/*.deb
+            release/*.rpm
+            release/*.tar.gz
             release/*.yml
           retention-days: 30
 
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ jobs:
             release/*.zip
             release/*.dmg
             release/*.AppImage
-            release/@liascript/*.deb
-            release/@liascript/*.rpm
-            release/@liascript/*.tar.gz
+            release/*.deb
+            release/*.rpm
+            release/*.tar.gz
             release/*.yml
           draft: false
           prerelease: false

dist/server/public/app.js

@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ async function checkForUpdates() {
       btn.onclick = () => window.electronAPI.installUpdate()
     })
 
-    window.electronAPI.onUpdateError?.(() => {
+    window.electronAPI.onUpdateError?.((data) => {
       btn.textContent = window.i18n?.t('update.button') ?? 'Download update'
       btn.disabled = false
+      const label = banner.querySelector('span')
+      if (label && data?.message) label.textContent = `Update failed: ${data.message}`
     })
 
     btn.onclick = async () => {

electron-builder.json

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       }
     ],
     "executableName": "liascript-exporter",
-    "artifactName": "${name}-${version}.${ext}",
+    "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}.${ext}",
     "desktop": {
       "Name": "LiaScript Exporter",
       "Comment": "Export LiaScript courses to various formats",

electron/main.js

@@ -55,16 +55,25 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
     await shell.openExternal(url);
   });
 
-  // Auto-updater setup (AppImage, NSIS, DMG only — others fall back to releases page)
+  // Auto-updater setup. Self-updatable formats download + install in-app; anything
+  // else falls back to opening the GitHub releases page for a manual download.
   autoUpdater.autoDownload = false;
   autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false;
   autoUpdater.channel = 'latest';
   autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = false;
 
-  const updatableFormats = ['appimage', 'nsis', 'dmg'];
+  // deb/rpm/pacman self-update via the system package manager (prompts for sudo at install time).
+  const updatableFormats = ['appimage', 'nsis', 'dmg', 'deb', 'rpm', 'pacman'];
 
   function getInstallerType() {
-    if (process.platform === 'linux') return process.env.APPIMAGE ? 'appimage' : 'other';
+    if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+      if (process.env.APPIMAGE) return 'appimage';
+      try {
+        return fs.readFileSync(path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'package-type'), 'utf8').trim() || 'other';
+      } catch {
+        return 'other';
+      }
+    }
     if (process.platform === 'win32') return fs.existsSync(path.join(process.resourcesPath, '..', 'Uninstall LiaScript-Exporter.exe')) ? 'nsis' : 'other';
     if (process.platform === 'darwin') return 'dmg';
     return 'other';
@@ -82,8 +91,8 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
     if (mainWindow) mainWindow.webContents.send('update:downloaded');
   });
 
-  autoUpdater.on('error', () => {
-    if (mainWindow) mainWindow.webContents.send('update:error');
+  autoUpdater.on('error', (err) => {
+    if (mainWindow) mainWindow.webContents.send('update:error', { message: err && (err.message || String(err)) });
   });
 
   ipcMain.handle('app:checkForUpdates', async () => {

electron/preload.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
   onUpdateAvailable: (cb) => ipcRenderer.on('update:available', (_e, data) => cb(data)),
   onUpdateProgress: (cb) => ipcRenderer.on('update:progress', (_e, data) => cb(data)),
   onUpdateDownloaded: (cb) => ipcRenderer.on('update:downloaded', () => cb()),
-  onUpdateError: (cb) => ipcRenderer.on('update:error', () => cb()),
+  onUpdateError: (cb) => ipcRenderer.on('update:error', (_e, data) => cb(data)),
 });
 
 // Log that the preload script has loaded

package-lock.json

@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ async function checkForUpdates() {
       btn.onclick = () => window.electronAPI.installUpdate()
     })
 
-    window.electronAPI.onUpdateError?.(() => {
+    window.electronAPI.onUpdateError?.((data) => {
       btn.textContent = window.i18n?.t('update.button') ?? 'Download update'
       btn.disabled = false
+      const label = banner.querySelector('span')
+      if (label && data?.message) label.textContent = `Update failed: ${data.message}`
     })
 
     btn.onclick = async () => {