MakeNSIS

From OrangeHRM

See http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/makensis.htm

Contents 1 NSIS 2 How to install makensis on Linux 2.1 Requirements 2.2 Steps

NSIS

NSIS is a free scriptable win32 installer/uninstaller system that doesn't suck and isn't huge.

Check http://nsis.sf.net for news, information, support, examples, tutorials and more.

NSIS installers are generated by using the 'MakeNSIS' program to compile a NSIS script (.NSI) into an installer executable.

How to install makensis on Linux

See http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/AppendixG.html (Should even work on *nix)

Requirements

1. Python
2. SCons

Steps

1. Download both the release and the source of 2.15.

 nsis-x.xx.zip nsis-x-xx-src.tar.gz

1. Extract both into one parent parent directory

 <Parent Directory>
 |
 +-- nsis-x.xx
 +-- nsis-x.xx-src

1. Change to the source directory

 $ cd nsis-x.xx-src

1. Compile makensis using scon

 $ scons SKIPSTUBS=all SKIPPLUGINS=all SKIPUTILS=all SKIPMISC=all

1. Copy makensis to the release

 $ cp build/release/makensis/makensis ../nsis-x.xx/makensis

1. Change to the <Parent Directory>

 $ cd ..

1. Install - Copy makensis to the install location

 $ sudo cp nsis-x-xx/* /usr/local/share/nsis/

1. Create the link from the bin directory to the makensis such that makensis is accessible from the command line.

 $ link /usr/local/share/nsis/makensis /usr/bin/makensis