How can I know which Debian libraries Electron needs to run?

Question

What I'm doing

I'm building an Electron-based kiosk app using Balena to run on a Raspberry Pi 4. Balena requires a Dockerfile to build the container that will run my app. In that Dockerfile, I must make sure I install all the libraries needed by Electron. The image I'm using is based on Debian Buster (the default image Balena uses).

What I know

I've found two working examples in GitHub similar to what I'm trying to do where I can see which libraries are installed:

• https://github.com/Ciantic/balena-electron-example ( list of installed libraries )
• https://github.com/balena-io/balena-electronjs ( list of installed libraries )

And also two files inside the Electron repo that mention required libraries:

• https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/77049545050673949b2844f17b3731196947956a/build/install-build-deps.sh#L189-L231
• https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/d5ab63b1ead93dcb4e3099fccd4670fe9258ca9c/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md

What's confusing me

Each list of libraries in the above files is different from the others. I don't know which one I should follow. Also, the build instructions for Linux don't have any list specific for Debian.

My question

How can I know for sure exactly which libraries I need to install in my Debian-based container so that Electron can run?

Answer 1

在示例中，它应该显示一个可用于获取所需库的 Dockerfile。