[ANN] Win32 installer for 3.8

Bert Freudenberg bert at impara.de
Sun Oct 23 19:08:43 UTC 2005


Am 23.10.2005 um 20:23 schrieb Cees De Groot:

> Hi,
>
> I was bored for 10 minutes so decided to do a bit about the
> first-user-experience. The result can be admired at
> http://www.tric.nl/~cg/Squeak3.8-6665full-installer.exe in the form of
> a nice NSIS installer which creates start menu icons and desktop icons
> and all that nauseating stuff :).
>
> The sources are at
> http://kilana.unibe.ch:8888/WindowsInstaller/InstallerBuilder-CdG. 
> 1.mcz
> and replicating this is quite simple:
>
> - put the source files for the installer in a src/ subdirectory
> - load the mcz in an image
> - install NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/)
> - execute
>        Win32InstallerBuilder buildInstallerForProduct: 'Squeak3.8'
> version: '6665full'
>
> Maybe an idea to collect Linux, MacOS X, .. installers in the same  
> package?
>
> Anyway, I hope this is useful and that the resulting executable finds
> its way to squeak.org. As usual, feedback is most appreciated

In which ways does this interact with the Squeakland installer for  
Windows?

Btw, the latest Squeakland Linux RPMs/DEBs also create a menu entry.

- Bert -




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