Changes between Version 126 and Version 127 of CompileOnWindows

Timestamp:

01/17/10 05:13:55 (15 years ago)

Author:

martinl

Comment:

win installer instructions

CompileOnWindows

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 == Creating a WinGRASS Installer ==
 
-The instructions for creating a WinGRASS native installer (for easy installation on any windows machine) are included in the GRASS source tree at {{{mswindows/README.html}}}. 
-
- * GRASS 6.4 (releasebranch_6_4) [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4/mswindows/README.html?format=raw here]
- * GRASS 6.5 (develbranch_6) [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/branches/develbranch_6/mswindows/README.html?format=raw here]
- * GRASS 7.0 (trunk) [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk/mswindows/README.html?format=raw here]
+The instructions for creating a WinGRASS native installer (as a self-contained package installer) using the scripts contained in the {{{mswindows}}} directory. In order to avoid mistakes or misunderstandings, we highly recommend to follow each step and command exactly as they are written in this document.
+
+=== Install OSGeo4w Tree and Compile Grass ===
+
+First of all download the OSGeo4W installer, install the required dependencies, and build GRASS from source. Do not move on to step two until you have successfully [wiki:HowToTestGrass6 tested] your new version of Grass.
+
+=== Create a GRASS self-contained Package ===
+
+1. Copy all the content of the {{{mswindows}}} directory to a temporary directory, for example {{{c:\temp}}}.
+
+2. Edit lines 11-15 in the file {{{c:\temp\GRASS-Packager.bat}}} to reflect the paths to your OSGeo4W tree (eg. {{{c:\OSGeo4W}}}) and the GRASS version being packaged (eg. {{{grass-6.4.0}}}).
+
+3. Launch the file {{{c:\temp\GRASS-Packager.bat}}} and select version to be packaged.
+
+4. When finished, you should have a GRASS self-contained release package in {{{c:\temp\GRASS-Release-Package}}}.
+
+=== Remove OSGeo4W Traces from Package ===
+
+1. Open {{{c:\temp\GRASS-Release-Package\msys\msys.bat}}} and remove lines 11-16.
+
+At the end of line 88 (also in {{{msys.bat}}}) change:
+
+{{{
+start %WD%rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 80x25 -e /bin/sh --login -c "%*"
+}}}
+
+To:
+
+{{{
+if "x%*" == "x" start "MSYS 1.0" "%WD%rxvt" -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 80x25 -e /bin/sh --login -i
+if NOT "x%*" == "x" start "MSYS 1.0" "%WD%rxvt" -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 80x25 -e /bin/sh --login -c "%*"
+}}}
+
+=== Install NSIS (2.45) ===
+
+1. Download the [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.45-setup.exe NSIS installer]
+
+2. Install to {{{c:\DevTools}}}
+
+=== Install NSIS: Untgz Plugin (1.0.16) ===
+
+1. Download the [http://www.fdos.org/win32/nsis/plugins/untgz.1.0.16.zip NSIS Untgz Plugin]
+
+2. Unzip to {{{c:\DevTools\Plugins\}}}
+
+=== Create the WinGRASS Installer ===
+
+1. Open the the file {{{c:\temp\GRASS-Installer.nsi}}}.
+
+2. At line 13 set the DEMOLOCATION_PATH varibale to the demolocation folder in the source tree. For example, {{{c:\msys\local\src\grass-6.4.0RC4\demolocation}}}
+
+3. At line 18 set the INSTALLER_TYPE variable to "Release", then, at lines 24-26, set the RELEASE_VERSION_NUMBER, the RELEASE_SVN_REVISION and the RELEASE_BINARY_REVISION variables.
+
+4. Finally, right click on the file {{{c:\temp\GRASS-Installer.nsi}}} and select Compile NSIS Script.
+
+5. When finished, you should have the WinGRASS release installer in {{{c:\temp}}}.
 
 == TODO ==