Wrap multiple MSI's(newbie)

oreillyr · 10th January 2008, 11:18

HI All,

I have a requirement for a client to wrap three MSI's into a single file install. NSIS was recommended to me as the solution! Is it possible to use NSIS to achieve this? I have had a look and dont see MSI's mentioned(possibly not looked efficiently!. When looking at some of the scripts it mentions the installdir however I am looking for something that you can run from the desktop which will just kick off the MSI's one after another, the InstallDir being taken care of in the MSI's themselves. Sorry if I have missed something simple!Could someone point me in the right direction either to a previous post or some sample script involving multiple MSI install? Thanks in advance!

Red Wine · 10th January 2008, 11:36

Probably you did not perform a deep search into the forum.
These are regular expressions for nsis. You can extract msi's into $PLUGINSDIR and call msiexec for each one.
You're able to check if the required version of msiexec is installed on the target and download it if needed.

oreillyr · 10th January 2008, 13:03

Thanks for the reply. Could you give me the URL for one such post please? I have been searching through since and have not found any! cheers

Red Wine · 10th January 2008, 13:26

There's s huge "database" here. Just for reference...

http://forums.winamp.com/search.php?...by=&sortorder=

Also you may want to review the documentation,

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.1

oreillyr · 10th January 2008, 13:53

Thanks mate. Will be more thorough when next searching

oreillyr · 11th January 2008, 13:01

Could anyone post a complete sample script which just installs 1 MSI and I will hopefully be able to work out how to do the rest please? I am not a developer/scripter by any stretch of the imagination! I am having trouble with the installdir concept as the MSI will take care of all that anyway. Do I need to set an installdir? Any help would be appreciated!

Afrow UK · 11th January 2008, 14:09

Use File and then ExecWait.

Stu

oreillyr · 11th January 2008, 14:53

Could you expand a bit? Post a snippet perhaps?
Cheers,
Rob

Red Wine · 11th January 2008, 16:12

You don't need to use InstallDir unless you installer has to extract a custom installation beyond msi's.
My suggestion is to use $PLUGINSDIR as I mentioned above.

Also, you may want to search wiki to grab useful info.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/List_of_...SIS_repository

Afrow UK · 11th January 2008, 16:18

code:
InitPluginsDir

SetOutPath $PLUGINSDIR

File setup.msi

ExecWait `msiexec.exe /qn /i "setup.msi"` $R0

${If} $R0 != 0

  DetailPrint `Application installation failed: $R0`

  Abort

${EndIf}

Pretty self explanatory. Look up the instructions if you need more information.

Stu

oreillyr · 14th January 2008, 10:13

Self explanatory when you know how

Thanks for your help guys

10th January 2008, 11:18	#1
oreillyr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Wrap multiple MSI's(newbie) HI All, I have a requirement for a client to wrap three MSI's into a single file install. NSIS was recommended to me as the solution! Is it possible to use NSIS to achieve this? I have had a look and dont see MSI's mentioned(possibly not looked efficiently!. When looking at some of the scripts it mentions the installdir however I am looking for something that you can run from the desktop which will just kick off the MSI's one after another, the InstallDir being taken care of in the MSI's themselves. Sorry if I have missed something simple!Could someone point me in the right direction either to a previous post or some sample script involving multiple MSI install? Thanks in advance!

10th January 2008, 11:36	#2
Red Wine Forum King Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ath. GR Posts: 2,078	Probably you did not perform a deep search into the forum. These are regular expressions for nsis. You can extract msi's into $PLUGINSDIR and call msiexec for each one. You're able to check if the required version of msiexec is installed on the target and download it if needed. Quick AVI Creator - Quick and easy convert from DVD/MPEG/AVI/MKV to AVI/MP4/MKV Quick AVI Creator entirely edited with NSIS and entirely upgraded to Unicode NSIS

11th January 2008, 16:12	#9
Red Wine Forum King Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ath. GR Posts: 2,078	You don't need to use InstallDir unless you installer has to extract a custom installation beyond msi's. My suggestion is to use $PLUGINSDIR as I mentioned above. Also, you may want to search wiki to grab useful info. http://nsis.sourceforge.net/List_of_...SIS_repository Quick AVI Creator - Quick and easy convert from DVD/MPEG/AVI/MKV to AVI/MP4/MKV Quick AVI Creator entirely edited with NSIS and entirely upgraded to Unicode NSIS

11th January 2008, 16:18	#10
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	code: InitPluginsDir SetOutPath $PLUGINSDIR File setup.msi ExecWait `msiexec.exe /qn /i "setup.msi"` $R0 ${If} $R0 != 0 DetailPrint `Application installation failed: $R0` Abort ${EndIf} Pretty self explanatory. Look up the instructions if you need more information. Stu

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10th January 2008, 13:03	#3
oreillyr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Thanks for the reply. Could you give me the URL for one such post please? I have been searching through since and have not found any! cheers

10th January 2008, 13:26	#4
Red Wine Forum King Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ath. GR Posts: 2,078	There's s huge "database" here. Just for reference... http://forums.winamp.com/search.php?...by=&sortorder= Also you may want to review the documentation, http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1 http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.1 Quick AVI Creator - Quick and easy convert from DVD/MPEG/AVI/MKV to AVI/MP4/MKV Quick AVI Creator entirely edited with NSIS and entirely upgraded to Unicode NSIS

10th January 2008, 13:53	#5
oreillyr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Thanks mate. Will be more thorough when next searching

11th January 2008, 13:01	#6
oreillyr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Could anyone post a complete sample script which just installs 1 MSI and I will hopefully be able to work out how to do the rest please? I am not a developer/scripter by any stretch of the imagination! I am having trouble with the installdir concept as the MSI will take care of all that anyway. Do I need to set an installdir? Any help would be appreciated!

11th January 2008, 14:09	#7
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	Use File and then ExecWait. Stu

11th January 2008, 14:53	#8
oreillyr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Could you expand a bit? Post a snippet perhaps? Cheers, Rob

14th January 2008, 10:13	#11
oreillyr Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Self explanatory when you know how Thanks for your help guys