On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 1:55 AM, Philipp Janda <siffie...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 15.05.2017 um 06:55 schröbte Russell Haley: >> Hi LuaRocks community, > > Hi! > >> >> I am looking at creating a Windows MSI installer for a click-and-go >> PUC-Lua package and I wanted to include LuaRocks. I looked at the >> installer (wonderful work by the way) and it seems to do some registry >> stuffs but LuaRocks was NOT in the list of installed software on the >> computer (i.e. Add Remove Programs). >> >> My first question: Is the install.bat for Windows installation >> supposed to register the application with the system? > > I can't answer that because it's been a long time since I looked at the > official Windows installer, and it has changed a lot since then, but ... > >> >> If the answer is no then it looks like I will need to create a full >> MSI package for LuaRocks. Because I will be installing Lua myself, >> many of the checks are redundant because I know the answers ahead of >> time. So if "Answer 1" was NO, it looks like I will need to: >> >> - Copy the correct files to the correct locations (including tools) >> and create the rockspec folders. This can be gleaned from the >> install.bat file at the end I think? > > ... for that you can use the install script here[1] for inspiration, > which basically does what you need, just with a different installer > tool. The `CustomizeConfig` hook just replaces @@DIR@@ in the templates > with the path to the installation directory. The hard part will be to > find/configure the compiler that LuaRocks is supposed to use. > >> - Create the registry entries as per the luarocks.reg.template. > > Those are nice to have, but optional. They create some entries in the > context menu for rockspec files. > >> - Modify and install a config file that includes paths and interpreter >> information. >> - Update the system path variables. >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Russ > > Philipp > > [1]: > https://github.com/siffiejoe/prg-lr4win/blob/master/lr4win.iss#L58-L75
Thanks Philipp! I look forward to trying lr4win. I am not at all surprised that this exists. I'll have to decide if I wish to continue with WIX or fork/contribute to lr4win! Is there any reason the installer created by this project is not a download option from luarocks? I'm sorry for the cross post, but i just now saw your post in March on the Lua mailing list about this project. Do you have a roadmap for this (are you looking for contributions)? Can I ask what you meant about Windows being a demanding environment? Russ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
