[CMake] CPack install commands -- CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS

[Bill Katz]

Thanks very much, David. The ExecWait command and format worked, minus
the /(un)install flags.
Best,
Bill


On 9/28/06, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> Something like this in your CMakeLists.txt prior to "INCLUDE(CPack)":
>
>   IF(WIN32)
>     SET(CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS "
>   ExecWait '\\\"$INSTDIR\\\\vcredist_x86.exe\\\" /install'
> ")
>
>     SET(CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_UNINSTALL_COMMANDS "
>   ExecWait '\\\"$INSTDIR\\\\vcredist_x86.exe\\\" /uninstall'
> ")
>   ENDIF(WIN32)
>
> You'll have to read up on vcredist_x86.exe, though. I just made up
> "/install" and "/uninstall"... They may or may not even support
> /uninstall for that package, I don't know...
>
> You'll notice that the escaped versions of these lines show up in the
> NSIS input file
> "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_CPack_Packages/win32/NSIS/project.nsi"... The
> double backslashes are ugly, but the string goes through two configures,
> so they're necessary with CMake 2.4.
>
> The example assumes that you've first installed the exe in the root
> $INSTDIR of the NSIS installation. If you can figure out the correct NSI
> incantation to run it directly without installing it or to run it from
> CD or network location, that should work too. I'm not an NSI expert by
> any means, just enough to have figured out how to pass a simple ExecWait
> call through like so...
>
> Hope this helps,
> David
>
>
> Bill Katz wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm using CPack to generate a Windows installer for a simulation
> > package. The code was compiled using VS 2005, and I'd like NSIS to
> > execute the Microsoft-supplied vcredist_x86.exe during install. How
> > would I do this?
> >
> > I noticed the CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS variable, but I
> > haven't found any documentation on its use.
> > Thanks for any help.
> > -Bill
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