I am not able to build Distributable Packages..... Error: --module-path is not specified and this runtime image does not contain jmods directory. Usage: jlink <options> --module-path <modulepath> --add-modules <module>[,<module>...] Use --help for a list of possible options Commands Tried:

./gradlew :desktop:packageDeb

./gradlew :desktop:runDistributable

./gradlew :desktop:createDistributable

Running Locally using

./gradlew :desktop:run

works fine!

Which version of JVM do you use?

@gildor 11

I believe you need at least 14

I thought 11 was least , however will try with 14 , however run works fin in 11 just packaging fails because of

jmods directory

........... Will try on 14 and report back

run doesn’t build image, it just assemble standard jar and run it on your jvm

@gildor thanks

I also noticed that on Mac OS Version is not allowed to start with a 0. (maybe also worth mentioning in the docs!)

@gildor tried with java 15 , still same error

here's my gradle on mac snippet (also beware to have version not starting with zero, as I mentioned:

compose.desktop {
    application {
        mainClass = theMainClass
        nativeDistributions {
            targetFormats(
                org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl.TargetFormat.Dmg,
                org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl.TargetFormat.Msi,
                org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl.TargetFormat.Deb)
            packageName = "AccordDeskFrontend"
            version = "${rootProject.version}" // "${rootProject.version}" // must not start with '0'
            description = "NdaDesk by AccordDesk"
            copyright = "© 2021 AccordDesk. All rights reserved."
            vendor = "Dirk Hoffmann"

            macOS {
                bundleID = "com.accorddesk.AccordDeskFrontend"
            }
        }
    }
}

mine is quite simple and close to Intellij Starter template , not much modification while producing packages:

import org.jetbrains.compose.compose
import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl.TargetFormat

plugins {
    kotlin("multiplatform")
    id("org.jetbrains.compose")
}

group = "com.shabinder"
version = Versions.versionName

kotlin {
    jvm {
        compilations.all {
            kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "14"
        }
    }
    sourceSets {
        val jvmMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
                implementation(project(":common:database"))
                implementation(project(":common:dependency-injection"))
                implementation(project(":common:compose"))
                implementation(project(":common:root"))
                implementation(Decompose.decompose)
                implementation(Decompose.extensionsCompose)
                implementation(MVIKotlin.mvikotlin)
                implementation(MVIKotlin.mvikotlinMain)
            }
        }
        val jvmTest by getting
    }
}

compose.desktop {
    application {
        mainClass = "MainKt"
        description = "Music Downloader for Spotify, Gaana, Youtube Music."
        nativeDistributions {
            targetFormats(TargetFormat.Dmg, TargetFormat.Msi, TargetFormat.Deb)
            packageName = "SpotiFlyer"
        }
    }
}

nativeDistributions might need a

packageVersion = "1.0.0"

(needs it on Mac, not sure about msi and deb) on mac also a

macOS {
        bundleID = "my.group"
    }