[wix-users] [Question] Using Wix to pack a MSI file using exe file that depends of a folder

[João Gaspar]

Hi Jacob,
thank you for your answer.
After you speak about bundle I did a little search and found this to try
the understand the concept.
https://www.advancedinstaller.com/wix-bundles.html

And I found this for SCCM to help me in the SCCM part:
https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

Do you think this can be combined to have a reasonable solution?

Please correct me if I'm saying something wrong.

I have look for other alternative but I think for me I need more time to
search and understand this option that is to build the source code from
QGIS software (https://github.com/qgis with the right dependencies and 3rd
providers and try to use this:
https://github.com/giddie/qt-cmake-template to create a MSI installer using
Wix toolset.

I will try to keep contact as well with QGIS packaging team to understand
what is the best way.

Best regards,
João Gaspar


Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com> escreveu no dia terça,
14/07/2020 à(s) 15:49:

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> http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/6/25/b-is-for-bundle-and-thats-good-enough-for-me/
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> Use a bundle, use SCCM and a registry detect condition. Bundles can use a
> /layout which places dependencies in the same folder or subfolder based on
> authoring to be a source of dependencies. Trying to jam this all in a MSI
> is fraught with issues, such as
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/concurrent-installations
> and is advised against here
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/windows-installer-best-practices#do-not-ship-concurrent-installations
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> *From:* wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] *On
> Behalf Of *João Gaspar via wix-users
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2020 5:19 AM
> *To:* wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> *Cc:* João Gaspar <joao.f.r.gaspar at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [wix-users] [Question] Using Wix to pack a MSI file using exe
> file that depends of a folder
>
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm giving the first steps with Wix Toolset and I need some help to create
> MSI installer.
>
> I'm using a GIS open source Desktop (QGIS) that have a network installer
> option that can point to a remote URL with the dependencies packages to
> install or point to a local folder where these packages are already
> downloaded.
>
> The idea is to create a standard installation based on specific packages to
> distribute to in different computers based on the same packages and .exe.
> So the idea is to use WiX to pack the .exe and the folder with the packages
> inside an MSI file.
>
> The procedure that I have in mind (and I don't know if is possible) is to
> prepare Wix configuration to run the .exe file pass the .exe parameters to
> install the packages that are packed inside of the MSI.
>
> This can be helpful for organizations that use QGIS and need to deploy a
> lot of installations with the same packages. In my case, my company ask me
> if is possible to have an MSI file because of Microsoft System Center
> Configuration Manager (SCCM) installation that they have.
>
> I read some documentation of Wix toolset and I interpreted that this can be
> done with custom actions, this is possible? And how can I pack an MSI
> installer using only the folder with the packages and .exe file?
>
> Please correct me if I'm saying something wrong
>
> One of my goals at the end of this process is to share this configuration
> with the QGIS project to help others that need this type of configuration.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Best regards,
> João Gaspar
>
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