From 2f0ed73a79be6cc4cb5ee5663e3dfb743128ba25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fekt Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:42:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Notes on work-around for corrupt cabinet file --- ...ite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md index 5c82b0f..dc9dab9 100644 --- a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md +++ b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ This will unzip into a directory named SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win ``` cd SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win ``` -## Copy silentdragon.ico to SilentDragon directory +## Copy silentdragon.ico to SilentDragonLite directory The icon file `silentdragon.ico` is currently not included in release zip, but is required to create an MSI installer with a smaller size. Setting icon SourceFile in the .wxs file to SilentDragonLite.exe will duplicate the .exe and make the installer over 100MB instead of ~80MB. How you get this .ico file is up to you. I extracted from .exe on Windows. Maybe it will be included in .zip release in the future to make this easier for anyone trying to create a MSI file for the first time. ## Create WiX source file (.wxs) This is an XML file. You should name it what you want the .msi file to be named IE: `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` -Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragon on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ +Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file. Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragonLite on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ ``` @@ -79,4 +79,23 @@ Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file Note th wixl -v SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs ``` -This will create a `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.msi` file in the same directory which can then be distributed. If it created without error and is larger than 0kb, congratulations! \ No newline at end of file +This will create a `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.msi` file in the same directory which can then be distributed. If it created without error and is larger than 0kb, congratulations! + + +## Potential known issue and work-around if wixl generates MSI with corrupt cabinet file +There is a known issue where wixl may generate a corrupt cabinet file, causing the Windows installer to fail with a corrupt cabinet file error. This appears related to the file size of `SilentDragonLite.exe` and reported issue with gcab: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gcab/-/issues/16 + +File size where this becomes an issue is not exactly known, but it has occurred when `SilentDragonLite.exe` was ~100 MB. There is no cabinet file corruption when compressing `SilentDragonLite.exe` to ~80 MB. UPX is used to compress the executable and then MSI is created again: https://upx.github.io/ + +### Install UPX ### +``` +sudo apt-get install upx +``` +### Compress SilentDragonLite.exe ### +``` +upx SilentDragonLite.exe --force +``` +### Re-create MSI using compressed exe ### +``` +wixl -v SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs +``` \ No newline at end of file