wixsharp
Scoop-Core
| wixsharp | Scoop-Core | |
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| 12 | 2 | |
| 1,028 | 200 | |
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| 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| 5 days ago | 10 months ago | |
| C# | PowerShell | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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wixsharp
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Twenty years maintaining the WiX Toolset
I can recommend Wixsharp (https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp), you no longer have to learn the insane wix xml syntax to create an installer.
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In the year 2023, what is the best way to deploy/distribute a WPF Application?
Also try wix# (https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp) - it makes things much easier
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Best option for getting a binary to cross-platform customers?
Windows: The Microsoft-recommended way is .msi files but, if you're not willing to pay for something like InstallShield or a professional "How to use WiX XML course", making them is going to be painful even with something like WiXSharp, so my advice is to offer a Zip file and an Inno Setup installer. (Which things like Chocolatey can build on)
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Looking for easy way for distribution of crates
Wix# is better, but still not as easy, and it depends on .NET, which makes it a hassle to get set up in Wine compared to how, being written in Delphi and using itself as an installer, Inno Setup is practically Rust-like in how easy it is to set up in Wine.
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How do I intergret cargo in Rust code
If you really want to bundle a compiler, my advice would be to just use an installer like Inno Setup or NSIS or the WiX Toolset via WixSharp and have it either download or bundle the installer for the compiler.
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Forced static linking?
Speaking of MSI, I'd suggest using Wix# instead of WiX directly.
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PEP 594 “Removing dead batteries from the standard library” accepted
The functionality in the msilib module is somewhat low-level anyway (it basically just opens the database for you and leaves the arcane incantations required for doing anything as an exercise for the reader) so it probably wouldn't be hugely difficult to replace it with ctypes calling msi.dll directly.
If I were to replace my msilib-based installer, I would migrate to Wix# [1], a fantastic high-level wrapper for WiX that lets you express your installer in a few lines of C# (and then generates the thousands of lines of XML that WiX needs, but you don't need to touch it). I wouldn't have used msilib if I had known about Wix# at the time.
[1] https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp
- What's the best way to deploy a desktop application?
- WinGet is terrible. I want AppGet back
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Creating an installer for your app is super easy! Quick video showing how to create a setup file
Adding that folks should look into using WixSharp especially if there is a need to create a more customizable UI for the installer. The instructions for building the installer is all written in C# including any custom actions required by your installer project.
Scoop-Core
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WinCompose – A Compose Key for Windows
Shovel, a fork of scoop, is being maintained however. https://github.com/Ash258/Scoop-Core
- WinGet is terrible. I want AppGet back
What are some alternatives?
Squirrel - An installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps
Shovel-Ash258 - Personal Shovel bucket with a wide variety of applications of all kinds.
wix3 - WiX Toolset v3.x
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
oneget - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows
Versions - 📦 A Scoop bucket for alternative versions of apps.
api-ms-win-core-path-HACK - Implementation of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll for Windows 7 based on Wine code
winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
Main - 📦 The default bucket for Scoop.
Conkey - A keyboard layout for conlangers