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| author | Eduard Braun <eduard.braun2@gmx.de> | 2016-10-10 21:52:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Eduard Braun <eduard.braun2@gmx.de> | 2016-10-10 21:52:20 +0000 |
| commit | cc9cb24a154244dc79874f7f2be6048aa9a6acc4 (patch) | |
| tree | d5108bf6c8b0db12efa4a54dfbb308e477ff42c3 /packaging/wix | |
| parent | Packaging: Yet another round of fixes / improvements for NSIS installer (diff) | |
| download | inkscape-cc9cb24a154244dc79874f7f2be6048aa9a6acc4.tar.gz inkscape-cc9cb24a154244dc79874f7f2be6048aa9a6acc4.zip | |
Packaging: WiX installer
- cut down final .msi installer size by 30% (by using best possible LZX compression instead of MSZip)
- small README update
(bzr r15244.1.7)
Diffstat (limited to 'packaging/wix')
| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/wix/README | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/wix/inkscape.wxs | 2 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/packaging/wix/README b/packaging/wix/README index f40e104e7..606e7b376 100644 --- a/packaging/wix/README +++ b/packaging/wix/README @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ howto create windows msi installer you need: -1. windows installer XML installed and callable from your path +1. WiX Toolset (aka Windows Installer XML) get it from http://wixtoolset.org/ - Because of a bug in the current version of wix the installer works using version 3.7 only. + (3.10 works fine at the time of this writing) build the installer 1. build inkscape 2. open command shell "cmd" 3. change current directory to inkscape\packaging\wix -4. set environment variables - wixenv.bat -5. create installer using batch - install.bat +4. set environment variables using + wixenv.bat (adjust paths in the file if necessary!) +5. create installer using + install.bat when completed there should be inkscape.msi in your path @@ -21,5 +21,8 @@ things still todo - better filenames (nightly builds versus releases) - howto remove python .pyc files after deinstallation - localisation into the installer - -theAdib + +helpful tips +- set CompressionLevel="none" in inkscape.wxs + while experimenting with installer creation + (results in huge installer but much faster compilation times)
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/packaging/wix/inkscape.wxs b/packaging/wix/inkscape.wxs index 0f1e9f2b9..4766ec717 100644 --- a/packaging/wix/inkscape.wxs +++ b/packaging/wix/inkscape.wxs @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="Inkscape Installer" Comments='inkscape is registered trademark of inkscape.org' Manufacturer='inkscape.org' InstallerVersion='$(var.InstallerVersion)' Platform='$(var.Platform)' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes' SummaryCodepage='1252' />
- <Media Id='1' Cabinet='Sample.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" />
+ <Media Id='1' Cabinet='Sample.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" CompressionLevel="high"/>
<Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value="inkscape Installation [1]" />
<Property Id='ALLUSERS' Value="2" />
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