Per-app MSI-based installers

[Nicolás Alvarez]

2014-07-08 12:08 GMT-03:00 Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com>:
> 2014-07-07 20:16 GMT-03:00 Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com>:
>> 2014-07-07 16:59 GMT-03:00 Allen Winter <winter at kde.org>:
>>> On Monday, July 07, 2014 08:07:48 PM John Layt wrote:
>>>> On 5 July 2014 02:20, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alvarez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I finally have something you can test! Here you can download a
>>>> > standalone installer (no install-time downloads) of the Okteta hex
>>>> > editor.
>>>> > http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/msi_setup/okteta-setup-0.0.3.exe (21MB).
>>>>
>>>> Cool!  Install completed OK, but on trying to run it I get an error
>>>> taht it can't be started because MSVCR120.dll is missing.  This is on
>>>> a Win7 box with my Qt dev environment on.
>>>>
>>> Same here on a Win 8 box.
>>
>> Oops, I forgot about the runtime DLL. I also noticed the application
>> doesn't run on Windows XP at all, whether the runtime is present or
>> not (different issue).
>>
>> I'll post a new installer fixing both issues soon.
>
> Turns out KIO needs new Windows Vista APIs, so I can't easily make it
> work on XP.
>
> New installer:
> http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/msi_setup/okteta-setup-0.0.4.exe
>
> Changes:
> - Includes MSVCR120.dll properly!
> - Installer doesn't let you install on XP since it won't run there anyway
> - Updated to last version of KF5 etc.

I forgot to mention! You need to manually uninstall the previous
version before installing 0.0.4. Proper upgrade support will come in
0.0.5.

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Nicolás