[DO NOT MERGE] Linux branch

[CodyCBakerPhD]

DO NOT MERGE

Opening this draft PR to make it easy to keep up to date with main

[garrettmflynn]

As discussed by @rly in the Slack, we may want to merge this into main for the sake of simplicity if this works for Mac and Windows—even if we have a slightly larger distributable size.

@CodyCBakerPhD Is there a way that you can access the builds created here and see whether they are even of a different size than the main branch?

[CodyCBakerPhD]

As discussed by @rly in the Slack, we may want to merge this into main for the sake of simplicity if this works for Mac and Windows—even if we have a slightly larger distributable size.

@CodyCBakerPhD Is there a way that you can access the builds created here and see whether they are even of a different size than the main branch?

The reason this has been on a side branch all this time is because we cannot successfully build any distributable from this branch

https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/actions/runs/6946096739/job/18896843132

https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-guide/actions/runs/6946098457/job/18896849262

[rly]

Ah, I see. For reference, the error from electron-builder is

  ⨯ Package "electron" is only allowed in "devDependencies". Please remove it from the "dependencies" section in your package.json.

Let's keep the current installation method for Linux then, until we find a better solution.

[CodyCBakerPhD]

@garrettmflynn Could you submit a review with a 'requested change' somewhere here to make this that much harder (nigh impossible) to accidentally merge?

[garrettmflynn]

Adding this to block accidental merges. This PR should be kept separate for the convenience of Linux users.

[CodyCBakerPhD]

replaced by #670