build-on-macos

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This topic contributes to a new set of snap documentation. See Proposed new documentation outline for further details.

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Now that you have a snapcraft.yaml describing how to assemble your app and dependencies, you can build a snap.

Snapcraft, the command-line tool for building snaps, is distributed using Homebrew on the Mac. Be sure to install Homebrew before continuing.

Next, install snapcraft:

brew install snapcraft

[quote] :warning: The remainder of these steps depend upon functionality landing in October 2018. Prior to this, you can use Docker to build snaps on Mac. [/quote]

Return to the root directory of the project containing your snapcraft.yaml and run snapcraft:

snapcraft

[quote] ⓘ If you are working with an Electron app, you will use the snapcraft tool for publishing to the Snap Store but not for building your snap. Electron apps do not have a snapcraft.yaml file.

Follow this guide to build a snap of an Electron app using electron-builder. [/quote]

If the snap build completes successfully, you will find a .snap file in the same directory that you ran the snapcraft command. You can inspect its contents to ensure it contains all of your application’s assets:

unsquashfs -l *.snap

Next steps

Continue on to learn how to install, test, and publish your snap file.