[bug] Tauri builds but the app can't be installed

[ColineLedez]

Describe the bug

After doing a npm run tauri build, I try to install the .deb file and it doesn't work.
I've tried to build with the create-tauri-app project, without modifying anything except the identifier, and I've got the same error when trying to install the .deb file :

dpkg-deb: error: file '/home/cledez@celad2.celad.com/Documents/tuto/test_tauri/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/test-tauri_0.0.0_amd64.deb' is corrupt - bad archive header magic
dpkg: error processing archive /home/cledez@celad2.celad.com/Documents/tuto/test_tauri/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/test-tauri_0.0.0_amd64.deb (--install):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/cledez@celad2.celad.com/Documents/tuto/test_tauri/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/test-tauri_0.0.0_amd64.deb

For my project, executing the AppImage reads "files not found", but with the create-tauri-app example, the AppImage is working.

Reproduction

sh <(curl https://create.tauri.app/sh)

✔ Project name · test_tauri
✔ Choose which language to use for your frontend · TypeScript / JavaScript - (pnpm, yarn, npm, bun)
✔ Choose your package manager · npm
✔ Choose your UI template · Angular - (https://angular.dev/)

npm install
npm run tauri build

Expected behavior

After npm run tauri build, the .deb file would be installed with sudo dpkg -i <path>.

Full tauri info output

[✔] Environment
    - OS: Ubuntu 22.04 X64
    ✔ webkit2gtk-4.0: 2.44.0
    ✔ rsvg2: 2.52.5
    ✔ rustc: 1.77.2 (25ef9e3d8 2024-04-09)
    ✔ cargo: 1.77.2 (e52e36006 2024-03-26)
    ✔ rustup: 1.27.0 (bbb9276d2 2024-03-08)
    ✔ Rust toolchain: stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (default)
    - node: 20.12.0
    - npm: 10.5.2

[-] Packages
    - tauri [RUST]: 1.6.2
    - tauri-build [RUST]: 1.5.1
    - wry [RUST]: 0.24.8
    - tao [RUST]: 0.16.9
    - tauri-cli [RUST]: 1.5.12
    - @tauri-apps/api [NPM]: 1.5.4
    - @tauri-apps/cli [NPM]: 1.5.11

[-] App
    - build-type: bundle
    - CSP: unset
    - distDir: ../dist/test_tauri/browser
    - devPath: http://localhost:1420/
    - framework: Angular
    - bundler: Webpack

Stack trace

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Additional context

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[amrbashir]

I can't seem to reproduce, can you share the problematic .deb file and the repro used to create it?

[ColineLedez]

Here is the zipped .deb file:

test-tauri_0.0.0_amd64.zip

It is the create-tauri-app project and I have only modified the "identifier" in the tauri.conf.json file

[amrbashir]

I can see that your deb is corrupted indeed but I can't reproduce using a new project at all.

If you have another device, could you try compiling on it?

[whys-sf]

yes , i have the same problem. but i build the project in macos. is the apple security stop me give the app to others?

[ColineLedez]

A possible cause could be a too high uid

id -u $whoami returns 309230504, and we have found a similar issue concerning cargo : alacritty/alacritty#1513

Maybe it could be fixed here :

tauri/tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/debian.rs

Line 365 in 6d5a396

let mut builder = ar::Builder::new(common::create_file(dest)?);