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new 1c94afdd59 Improve Windows installer build docs
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commit 1c94afdd598e1698941931078c904c4839796f51
Author: Rainer Jung <rainer.j...@kippdata.de>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 12 12:41:05 2025 +0100
Improve Windows installer build docs
---
BUILDING.txt | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 544ddee76b..c3816a2409 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ in build.xml and the default property values in
build.properties.default.
First detect the needed version by looking for nsis.version
in build.properties.default.
+ Download and extract NSIS for Windows by running
+ "ant download-dist". Note the NSIS installation
+ PATH form the outout or by checking "nsis.home"
+ in build.properties.default.
+
Download the correct binary distribution for Windows from
https://nsis.sourceforge.io/ and extract it to some path,
for example /home/myuser/install/nsis-3.10/.
@@ -351,9 +356,9 @@ in build.xml and the default property values in
build.properties.default.
You need to specify the correct value in VERSION (this ends up in the
installer binary
so it needs to match). The PREFIX needs to be the bin directory of the NSIS
- binary distribution that you extracted.
+ binary distribution that "ant download-dist" installed.
- You this "makensis" binary by making sure, that it gets found by setting
+ Use this "makensis" binary by making sure, that it gets found by setting
an appropriate PATH environment variable. In addition set the ant property
"nsis.tool" to "makensis" in build.properties.
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