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A couple of days spent trying to use WiX to build something that bootstraps .Net, VSTO and works on all windows platforms will make Java packaging look like bli
by bananas 12y ago
A couple of days spent trying to use WiX to build something that bootstraps .Net, VSTO and works on all windows platforms will make Java packaging look like bliss.
To be honest if you respect the deployment conventions in java (i.e. think about them whilst building your product rather than retrospectively apply them) it's pretty easy.
- tonyedgecombe 12y agoWix is horrid, if you don't need msi take a look at Inno Setup.
- bananas 12y agoEveryone needs MSI eventually. It's the only thing that works properly with SCCM / MOM and you WILL end up with some corporate deployment that requests an MSI. As for WiX and MSI, it throws out bundles as well (.exe containing MSI bootstrapper) if you want to do anything complicated which means you're up shit creek anyway.
- tonyedgecombe 12y agoI don't think so, Inno Setup supports silent installs, this has never been a deal breaker for me.