Hi Kay, Link for the installer and the script file used (as generated by the wizard) is: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ggztv234kfqe437/AADhRXvrgSzcnKozUgoFGtQ-a?dl=0 Brian On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 4:39:49 PM UTC+10 kfj wrote:
> Am 26.05.21 um 03:38 schrieb smib: > > > I am not a serious programmer but I thought I would try to create a > > Windows installer. > > Nice one! > > You got the idea - you needn't be a 'serious programmer' to help the > project along. In the FOSS world it's 'scratch your own itch', and if > you'd like to see a Windows installer and know how to make one, there > you go. And if you like what you did you can share it. > > > I used Inno Setup (https://jrsoftware.org/) > > I looked at their home page, and it looks good. Their license seems to > be compatible, and I'd have no problem mentioning that their software is > used to make a lux installer. > > > After > > about 5 mins work (including download and install time) I came up with a > > working install program. The creation wizard provides many options most > > of which I left as default. Could be the way to go! > > My experience is that the most important step is to find a viable path > in the first place. Fleshing things out later is nice-to-have. I'd like > to have a look at the installer you made, can you share it? You could > either upload it to some cloud place where I can pick it up, or attach > it to an email and send it off-list. > > I'd be happy to have some help with the windows installer, so if you > feel like working on it a bit to make it nice for everyone to use, you'd > be very welcome. If not, that's also fine, then I'll just keep your > suggestion as an option to find a good way to build an installer. > > I had the idea to use CMake's packaging capabilities to produce a > windows installer, which would fit in well with the lux project, because > it now uses CMake for building. CMake uses cpack, a component which > builds installers for various platforms. lux' CMakeLists.txt already has > some content to 'feed' package building, and it's already used to make > linux packages, so starting afresh with a different package building > system may be more work, and duplicate effort which was already put into > the CMakeLists.txt for lux, but so far the effort put into packaging > wasn't very large - I think it's about the minimum necessary to get a > package together at all. Have a look at what cpack offers: > > https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cpack.1.html > > They provide several builders for windows, but there does not seem to be > one to target inno setup, here's an example: > > https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/cpack_gen/nsis.html > > I haven't tried any of this, but it looks like another viable route to a > windows installer. But it does also rely on external tools, so going via > CMake/cpack would just be a matter of convenience. > > So, thanks again for your interest and effort! And let me have a look at > what you made! > > Kay > -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/a24748ab-4c5b-4bec-9840-ba83ed60c588n%40googlegroups.com.
