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Hi everyone
I’m using *Compose Multiplatform Desktop* and I’m building my app on an *Apple Silicon Mac (M4)*.
 When I run the command:
```
./gradlew packageDistributionForCurrentOS
```
it successfully generates a *`.deb` package for amd64*  under
 `/artifacts/build-mac/binaries/main/deb/dev-analyser_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb`.
But now I also want to create a *build for Intel/ARM64 Mac* — for example, an `.arm64.dmg` package.
Is it possible to generate an *ARM64*  `.dmg` file using Compose Multiplatform?
 Or is it only possible to build for the architecture of the current machine?
Or any other way using ci/cd?

You are confusing me. Are you running Linux on your beautiful M4 Mac :scream:? If you are running MacOS, then you can of course create packages for MacOS. From an M4 Mac you can even create both ARM and Intel packages.

If you have configured TargetFormat.Dmg in your build script, then
```./gradlew packageDistributionForCurrentOS```
should just build a DMG package for ARM if you are running on MacOS on your M4.

No, this will work only on ARM. But you can create an Intel package by installing an Intel Java SDK somewhere on your machine and then call something like this.

```(export JAVA_HOME=/Users/mpaus/Downloads/jdk-17.0.9+9/Contents/Home; ./gradlew clean desktopApp:packageReleaseDmg)```
You also have to have Rosetta 2 installed because that is used under the hood then. The path above must point to the Intel JDK.

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What remining build here if you can tell me it will very helpful for me

I not much experience in desktop distribution so I will figure out

The above command line will use Rosetta 2 to do the build because you have set the current JAVA_HOME to an Intel JDK. The outcome then is an Intel DMG package. I do that all the time when I create a distribution.

thank you so it possible we can directly add on ci/cd

I think so although I have tested this kind of cross-building only on a local Mac. But if you use, e.g., a GitHub ARM Mac runner, then Rosetta 2 should already be pre-installed. (The Intel runners don't have the latest OS version anymore.)

hii i have one question packageDmg and packageReleaseDmg any difference

Yes. The packageReleaseDmg builds with release settings and automatically uses ProGuard.

Ohhh I use packageDistributionForCurrentOS so it release build or not

Thanks for sharing information I have many questions in mind sorry to disturb

There is also a task `packageReleaseDistributionForCurrentOS`. So what do you think :face_with_monocle::innocent:?