View and contribute to app installer for Windows

jaymichaud · November 29, 2021, 11:33pm

I am interested in viewing the source code for the Anki app installer for Windows and possibly contributing to it, but I have not been able to find it in the GitHub repository. I’ve searched for thing like “setup”, “installer”, “Nullsoft”, and “nss” without success. Can someone provide a link?

BlueGreenMagick · November 30, 2021, 7:35am

Anki uses PyOxidizer to build executables.

These would be a good starting point to look at:

github.com

ankitects/anki/blob/5a3999d0c83ffe636fe0b9a964a1de5a1c8caa2b/qt/package/build.rs#L36

    
      
                      path.display()
                  );
              }
              println!(
                  "cargo:rustc-env=DEFAULT_PYTHON_CONFIG_RS={}",
                  config_path.display()
              );
          }
          
          
/// Build by calling a `pyoxidizer` executable to generate build artifacts.
          fn build_with_pyoxidizer_exe(exe: Option<String>, resolve_target: Option<&str>) {
              let pyoxidizer_exe = if let Some(path) = exe {
                  path
              } else {
                  "pyoxidizer".to_string()
              };
          
          
    let mut args = vec!["run-build-script", "build.rs"];
              if let Some(target) = resolve_target {
                  args.push("--target");
                  args.push(target);

dae · December 1, 2021, 11:09am

The binary created with pyinstaller/pyoxidizer is bundled up using NSIS. It’s a bit long in the tooth, and rather than investing effort into making changes to it, it might be worth looking into more modern alternatives such as the msi installer PyOxidizer provides.

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