MSI packaging for Pharo
Hello, Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients? I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI. regards, Usman Bhatti
Hello,
Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing? Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
regards,
Usman Bhatti
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr
wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
regards,
Usman Bhatti
We used to do this routinely with VisualWorks app's back when building for Mac and Windows - the start menu is usually what a client wants ... ( pre-Retro/Metro Win 8 ;-) On 26 August 2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti <usman.bhatti@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse < stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
regards,
Usman Bhatti
I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files using WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/ To write the installer check this out: http://code.google.com/p/biosmalltalk/wiki/NSISInstallerScript Hernán El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>> wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
> I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
> > regards, > > Usman Bhatti
You can also use Inno Setup which is nice, easy, and free. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php#features But ok, it doesn't do MSI. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6245260/installers-wix-or-inno-setup But you can get around that with http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi Good luck. Phil On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Hernán Morales Durand < hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files using WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/
To write the installer check this out:
Hernán
El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@**inria.fr<stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>>> wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
> I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
> > regards, > > Usman Bhatti
Tx all. That's some useful information. As my requirement is a MSI file, I'll try to use WIX or MSI wrapper. I'll let you know how my experience goes. regards, Usman On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:34 AM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be>wrote:
You can also use Inno Setup which is nice, easy, and free.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php#features
But ok, it doesn't do MSI.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6245260/installers-wix-or-inno-setup
But you can get around that with http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi
Good luck.
Phil
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Hernán Morales Durand < hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files using WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/
To write the installer check this out:
Hernán
El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@**inria.fr<stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>>> wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
> I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
> > regards, > > Usman Bhatti
After all, I achieved the creation of MSI with the combination of Inno setup and MSI wrapper. Inno setup allows creating a setup.exe from a build script and do several types of tasks at the time of installation. A mere skeleton can be created with the wizard and then changing it isn't so difficult. Moreover, there are many pointers on the web. Creating an MSI wrapper (http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi) for the setup file created with Inno is just a matter of a few clicks. Tx for very helpful pointers. Usman On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:34 AM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be>wrote:
You can also use Inno Setup which is nice, easy, and free.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php#features
But ok, it doesn't do MSI.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6245260/installers-wix-or-inno-setup
But you can get around that with http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi
Good luck.
Phil
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Hernán Morales Durand < hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files using WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/
To write the installer check this out:
Hernán
El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@**inria.fr<stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>>> wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
> I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any scripts that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
> > regards, > > Usman Bhatti
happy to have been of help. phil On Thursday, August 29, 2013, Usman Bhatti <usman.bhatti@gmail.com> wrote:
After all, I achieved the creation of MSI with the combination of Inno setup and MSI wrapper. Inno setup allows creating a setup.exe from a build script and do several types of tasks at the time of installation. A mere skeleton can be created with the wizard and then changing it isn't so difficult. Moreover, there are many pointers on the web. Creating an MSI wrapper (http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi) for the setup file created with Inno is just a matter of a few clicks. Tx for very helpful pointers. Usman
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:34 AM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
You can also use Inno Setup which is nice, easy, and free. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php#features
But ok, it doesn't do MSI. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6245260/installers-wix-or-inno-setup
But you can get around that with http://www.exemsi.com/inno-setup-and-msi Good luck. Phil
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Hernán Morales Durand <
hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
I have never tried but it seems you can wrap installer in MSI files
using WiX http://wixtoolset.org/ and this package http://www.exemsi.com/
To write the installer check this out:
http://code.google.com/p/biosmalltalk/wiki/NSISInstallerScript
Hernán
El 26/08/2013 17:29, Usman Bhatti escribió:
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr <mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>> wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone have experience of distributing Pharo-based software as an MSI installer package to be installed by clients?
what is an MSI?
Microsoft installer, a packaging for windows-based software that allows installation of the software on a windows machine: creation of registry keys, Start menu items, looking for previous installations of the software and upgrading it, etc.
> I would particularly like to know the tool that was used to create the MSI.
Do you mean installing a Pharo App? What means installing?
So, it would mean that Pharo app is installed on a client machine: creating directory hierarchy, placing image and vm files and any
scripts
that come with the image, and creating windows shortcuts. For the time, its a question from a client so I thought someone might have some relevant exp.
Because if you ship an image in essence: you ship one image with an opening image saying installingâ¦. then you save
> > regards, > > Usman Bhatti
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