grahama
17th June 2005 17:14 UTC

building an exe in Unix
is it possible to compile a nsis project in Unix?

I am considering building an Unix/X11 app that takes a nsis script and builds an exe and an os x [Cocoa] app.

I have just started down this road and wanted to see if this were possible.

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Comm@nder21
17th June 2005 20:26 UTC

yep, its possible
makensis also works on unix system as far as i know.
but the installers wont run on unix.
installer executables are windows only.

grahama
17th June 2005 21:53 UTC

fantastic :)
that means I can build for two different platforms at the same time....will see how it goes
g

pabs
19th June 2005 06:38 UTC

The installers run fine in x86 unix under wine (winehq.com) btw. Quite handy for testing yr installers while you are developing them.

onad
19th June 2005 22:38 UTC

To automaticly create WINDOWS INSTALLERS ONLY in e.g. a nightly build script on a UNIX machine you can run makensis on:

* Linux - Tested and works under Suse 9.2. Other linux flavours will work mostl likely also.

* Windows - Tested and works 8-|

* OSX - Not tested. Just bought a extra MAC so future test will be created. I read somewhere in a post someone could create a succesful build with some code changes.(Search this forum)

*Unix - Will test on Solaris 5.8 and possibly 10 (since Solaris is free now!). TIP: buy a 2nd hand Sparc station for almost nothing these days, I will....

onad
19th June 2005 22:39 UTC

O I Forgot, in case you want to compile for Solaris or OSX better use the precompiled Win stubs to save yourself a LOT of hassle.

Good luck...