Build .deb and .rpm packages for Linux

.github/workflows/build-release-linux.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+name: "Positron: Build Linux Releases"
+
+
+# Callable workflow that builds Positron for Linux
+# Note: our releases are now multi-platform, coordinated by build-release.yml
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      build_number:
+        required: false
+        description: "The build distance number only, e.g. 123"
+        default: "999"
+        type: string
+      short_version:
+        required: true
+        description: "The short version number, including the build distance, e.g. 2023.12.0-123"
+        default: "2099.12.0-999"
+        type: string
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Ideally we'd have the `vscode-linux-prepare-` and
+# `vscode-linux-build-` steps in different jobs, but the
+# upload-artifact action to send the Positron build to these jobs fails
+# because of https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/issues/485
+
+jobs:
+  build-binaries:
+    name: Build Linux binaries
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8x
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      POSITRON_BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.build_number }}
+
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 1
+      matrix:
+        arch: [x64]
+
+    steps:
+      # Checkout sources
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Build Environment
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y vim curl build-essential clang make cmake git python3-pip python-is-python3 libsodium-dev libxkbfile-dev pkg-config libsecret-1-dev libxss1 dbus xvfb libgtk-3-0 libgbm1 libnss3 libnspr4 libasound2 libkrb5-dev
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      - name: Execute yarn
+        env:
+          PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
+          ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD: 1
+          POSITRON_GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.POSITRON_GITHUB_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          # Install Yarn
+          npm install -g yarn
+
+          # Install node-gyp; this is required by some packages, and yarn
+          # sometimes fails to automatically install it.
+          yarn global add node-gyp
+
+          # Perform the main yarn command; this installs all Node packages and
+          # dependencies
+          yarn --immutable --network-timeout 120000
+
+      - name: Build Positron
+        run: |
+          yarn gulp vscode-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}
+
+      - name: Prepare binary
+        run: |
+          yarn gulp vscode-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}-prepare-deb
+          yarn gulp vscode-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}-prepare-rpm
+
+      # There is only .deb or .rpm file generated by the gulp "build"
+      # step. The `*` globs in the `mv` command will match a single
+      # file and are just a convenient way of matching the generated
+      # filename.
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: |
+          yarn gulp vscode-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}-build-deb
+          yarn gulp vscode-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}-build-rpm
+          mv .build/linux/deb/*/deb/*.deb Positron-${{ inputs.short_version }}.deb
+          mv .build/linux/rpm/*/*.rpm Positron-${{ inputs.short_version }}.rpm
+
+      - name: Upload .rpm
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: positron-binary-rpm
+          path: Positron-${{ inputs.short_version }}.rpm
+
+      - name: Upload .deb
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: positron-binary-deb
+          path: Positron-${{ inputs.short_version }}.deb

.github/workflows/build-release-macos.yml

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ on:
       build_number:
         required: false
         description: "The build distance number only, e.g. 123"
-        default: ${{ github.sha }}
+        default: "999"
         type: string
       short_version:
         required: true
         description: "The short version number, including the build distance, e.g. 2023.12.0-123"
-        default: ${{ github.sha }}
+        default: "2099.12.0-999"
         type: string
     outputs:
       artifact-name:

.github/workflows/build-release-windows.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
       short_version:
         required: false
         description: "The short version number, including the build distance, e.g. 2023.12.0-123"
-        default: ${{ github.sha }}
+        default: "2099.12.0-999"
         type: string
     outputs:
       artifact-name:

.github/workflows/build-release.yml

@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ jobs:
     with:
       short_version: ${{ needs.version_string.outputs.short_version }}
 
+  linux-binaries:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-release-linux.yml
+    needs: version_string
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      short_version: ${{ needs.version_string.outputs.short_version }}
+
   releases:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [version_string, macos-installer, windows-installer]
@@ -137,3 +144,40 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: ${{ needs.windows-installer.outputs.artifact-file }}
           asset_name: ${{ needs.windows-installer.outputs.artifact-file }}
           asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+  linux-releases:
+    needs: [linux-binaries, releases]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    with:
+      short_version: ${{ needs.version_string.outputs.short_version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Linux artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        id: download-linux-artifact
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        with:
+          pattern: positron-binary-*
+
+      - name: Upload Linux .deb release asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ needs.releases.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: Positron-${{ steps.short_version.outputs.result }}.deb
+          asset_name: Positron-${{ steps.short_version.outputs.result }}.deb
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+      - name: Upload Linux .rpm release asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ needs.releases.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: Positron-${{ steps.short_version.outputs.result }}.rpm
+          asset_name: Positron-${{ steps.short_version.outputs.result }}.rpm
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream

.github/workflows/positron-ci.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Build Environment
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y vim curl build-essential clang make cmake git r-base-dev python3-pip python-is-python3 libsodium-dev libxkbfile-dev pkg-config libsecret-1-dev libxss1 dbus xvfb libgtk-3-0 libgbm1 libnss3 libnspr4 libasound2 libkrb5-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y vim curl build-essential clang make cmake git python3-pip python-is-python3 libsodium-dev libxkbfile-dev pkg-config libsecret-1-dev libxss1 dbus xvfb libgtk-3-0 libgbm1 libnss3 libnspr4 libasound2 libkrb5-dev
           sudo cp build/azure-pipelines/linux/xvfb.init /etc/init.d/xvfb
           sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/xvfb
           sudo update-rc.d xvfb defaults

extensions/jupyter-adapter/positron.json

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 			"to": "prebuilds/win32-x64",
 			"platforms": ["win32"]
 		},
+		{
+			"from": "node_modules/zeromq/prebuilds/linux-x64/node.napi.glibc.node",
+			"to": "prebuilds/linux-x64",
+			"platforms": ["linux"]
+		},
 		{
 			"from": "resources/kernel-wrapper.*",
 			"to": "resources"

extensions/positron-r/scripts/install-kernel.ts

@@ -178,7 +178,18 @@ async function downloadAndReplaceArk(version: string,
 				console.error(`Could not find Ark ${version} in the releases.`);
 				return;
 			}
-			const os = platform() === 'win32' ? 'windows-x64' : 'darwin-universal';
+
+			let os: string;
+			switch (platform()) {
+				case 'win32': os = 'windows-x64'; break;
+				case 'darwin': os = 'darwin-universal'; break;
+				case 'linux': os = 'linux-x64'; break;
+				default: {
+					console.error(`Unsupported platform ${platform()}.`);
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+
 			const assetName = `ark-${version}-${os}.zip`;
 			const asset = release.assets.find((asset: any) => asset.name === assetName);
 			if (!asset) {