I also said I’d present on rubyscript2exe, which is likely to turn into a NSIS tutorial as well.
Here’s a quick copy-paste from a build session…
jay@MINIME:C:\work\zyps_0.7.6 $ rake --rakefile rakefile_windows.rb distribute (in C:/work/zyps_0.7.6) Tracing zyps ... Gathering files... Copying files... Creating zyps.exe ... rake aborted! Cannot find makensis. Set MAKENSIS environment variable to full path of makensi s, and run again. C:/work/zyps_0.7.6/rakefile_windows.rb:58 (See full trace by running task with --trace)
Whoops, forgot to install NSIS on this new laptop! Let me fix that real quick…
jay@MINIME:C:\work\zyps_0.7.6 $ rake --rakefile rakefile_windows.rb distribute (in C:/work/zyps_0.7.6) Tracing zyps ... Gathering files... Copying files... Creating zyps.exe ...
Here are the resulting files:
jay@MINIME:C:\work\zyps_0.7.6 $ ls -l build total 8864 -rw-rw-rw- 1 jay 0 7804 2008-05-10 12:47 COPYING.LESSER.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jay 0 35821 2008-05-10 12:47 COPYING.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 jay 0 0 2008-05-10 12:47 nsis.log -rw-rw-rw- 1 jay 0 1774 2008-05-10 12:47 README.txt -rwxrwxrwx 1 jay 0 9023922 2008-05-10 12:47 zyps.exe jay@MINIME:C:\work\zyps_0.7.6 $ ls -l pkg total 8800 -rwxrwxrwx 1 jay 0 9007490 2008-05-10 12:47 zyps-setup-0.7.6.exe jay@MINIME:C:\work\zyps_0.7.6 $
Here are the relevant snippets from my Windows rakefile:
#Get locations of required compilers.
RUBYSCRIPT2EXE = ENV['RUBYSCRIPT2EXE'] || File.join(Config::CONFIG['bindir'], 'rubyscript2exe')
MAKENSIS = ENV['MAKENSIS'] || File.join(ENV['ProgramFiles'], "nsis", "makensis.exe")
...
desc "Compile a Windows executable"
file WINDOWS_EXECUTABLE => [EXECUTABLE] do |target|
#Ensure rubyscript2exe is installed.
unless File.exist?(RUBYSCRIPT2EXE)
raise "Cannot find rubyscript2exe. Set RUBYSCRIPT2EXE environment variable to full path of rubyscript2exe, and run again."
end
#Compile an executable.
system %{ruby -I lib #{RUBYSCRIPT2EXE} #{target.prerequisites.join(' ')} --rubyscript2exe-rubyw}
#Move executable to target location, as it is always placed in current directory.
mv "#{PRODUCT_NAME.downcase}.exe", target.name
end
...
desc "Create a NSIS installer"
file WINDOWS_INSTALLER => [WINDOWS_EXECUTABLE, NSIS_SCRIPT] do |target|
#Ensure NSIS is installed.
unless File.exist?(MAKENSIS)
raise "Cannot find makensis. Set MAKENSIS environment variable to full path of makensis, and run again."
end
#Run the installer creation script.
system [
MAKENSIS,
"/V2", #Surpress info messages.
"/Obuild/nsis.log", #Log compiler output instead of outputting to STDOUT.
"/NOCD", #Do not CD to NSI script directory before running.
"/DPRODUCT_NAME=#{PRODUCT_NAME}", #Define in-NSI-script variables.
"/DPRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE=#{PRODUCT_NAME.downcase}",
"/DPRODUCT_VERSION=#{PRODUCT_VERSION}",
"/DPRODUCT_PUBLISHER=#{AUTHOR}",
"/DPRODUCT_WEB_SITE=#{WEB_SITE}",
"/XOutFile #{target.name}",
NSIS_SCRIPT #Script to run.
].map{|v| %("#{v}")}.join(' ')
end
And these excerpts are from my ‘installer.nsi’…
Name "${PRODUCT_NAME} ${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
; OutFile "${PRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE}-setup.exe" ;Should be specified on command line via /XOutFile
InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
InstallDirRegKey HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" ""
...
Section "main" SEC01
;Add files to installer
CreateDirectory "$INSTDIR"
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
File "build\${PRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE}.exe"
File "build\COPYING.txt"
File "build\COPYING.LESSER.txt"
File "build\README.txt"
;Start Menu group
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}\${PRODUCT_NAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE}.exe"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}\Copying.lnk" "$INSTDIR\COPYING.txt"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}\Copying.Lesser.lnk" "$INSTDIR\COPYING.LESSER.txt"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}\Readme.lnk" "$INSTDIR\README.txt"
;Desktop shortcut
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\${PRODUCT_NAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE}.exe"
Push $INSTDIR
SectionEnd
Section -AdditionalIcons
WriteIniStr "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "${PRODUCT_WEB_SITE}"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}\Website.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}.url"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${PRODUCT_NAME}\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
SectionEnd
Section -Post
WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
WriteRegStr HKLM "${PRODUCT_DIR_REGKEY}" "" "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE}.exe"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayName" "$(^Name)"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayIcon" "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME_DOWNCASE}.exe"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "DisplayVersion" "${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "URLInfoAbout" "${PRODUCT_WEB_SITE}"
WriteRegStr ${PRODUCT_UNINST_ROOT_KEY} "${PRODUCT_UNINST_KEY}" "Publisher" "${PRODUCT_PUBLISHER}"
SectionEnd
...
Section Uninstall
Push $INSTDIR
;Delete installed files
Delete "$INSTDIR\${PRODUCT_NAME}.url"
Delete "$INSTDIR\uninst.exe"
Delete "$INSTDIR\README.txt"
...
SectionEnd
</pre>
These files aren't in Subversion (didn't want to pollute the main source), but I'll send a copy if anyone needs them.