@electron-forge/maker-deb builds .deb packages, which are the standard package format for Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. You can only build the deb target on Linux or macOS machines with the dpkg package installed.
Configuration options are documented in MakerDebConfigOptions.
// forge.config.js
module.exports = {
makers: [
{
name: '@electron-forge/maker-deb',
config: {
options: {
maintainer: 'The Forgers',
homepage: 'https://example.com',
icon: 'path/to/icon.svg'
}
}
}
]
};