Re-Pack admin install - MSI + MSP
Hi Guys,
I have to patch a vendor msi and want to create a new msi for distribution.
Q: What is the easiest way to create a single install of it (and not a Bad Chained Install as the vendor did in his latest update)?
I have tried it this way: I created an admin install, patched it (two command lines) and now I am looking for the "third" command line [:)].
What is the most simple way to stuff back some 15.000 files into a cab (and let the msi file know about it), without having to set up the installation completely anew - from scratch.
BTW: This install is done with IS V12 and has many rules built in (for 4 OSes, many pre-requisites), so I really don't want to capture the install.
I got here IS Pro and Advanced Installer.
Kind Regards,
Chris
I have to patch a vendor msi and want to create a new msi for distribution.
Q: What is the easiest way to create a single install of it (and not a Bad Chained Install as the vendor did in his latest update)?
I have tried it this way: I created an admin install, patched it (two command lines) and now I am looking for the "third" command line [:)].
What is the most simple way to stuff back some 15.000 files into a cab (and let the msi file know about it), without having to set up the installation completely anew - from scratch.
BTW: This install is done with IS V12 and has many rules built in (for 4 OSes, many pre-requisites), so I really don't want to capture the install.
I got here IS Pro and Advanced Installer.
Kind Regards,
Chris
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Posted by:
mekaywe
14 years ago
you can install the MSI as you normally do using the Msiexec command line with external uncompressed files .... Of course [:D]
Posted by:
MLandgraf
14 years ago
single install of
Thanks, I am aware of this.
I might not have expressed myself clearly enough - the result should be ideally one file (or an msi plus cab plus pre-requitites) from which the installation starts - I need it for distribution to different users in other companies.
Kind Regards, Chris
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
If you've patched the AIP, then you have a new MSI in the root of that AIP. As Arjun says, the command line you need is nothing special.
Posted by:
MLandgraf
14 years ago
Dear VBScab,
thanks for your comment. I might miss something essential.
Again, I am not interested in installing from the AIP directory. I want to move the patched admin install back into a single install.
Right now I have in the AIP directory one msi (15MB) and 15.000 separate files (800MB) in subfolders.
How can I move this AIP collection back into a packed install which I then works as regular, integrated installation for others?
At the end I would need one msi file (15MB) plus one cab file (300MB).
Many thanks for your time, Chris
thanks for your comment. I might miss something essential.
Again, I am not interested in installing from the AIP directory. I want to move the patched admin install back into a single install.
Right now I have in the AIP directory one msi (15MB) and 15.000 separate files (800MB) in subfolders.
How can I move this AIP collection back into a packed install which I then works as regular, integrated installation for others?
At the end I would need one msi file (15MB) plus one cab file (300MB).
Many thanks for your time, Chris
Posted by:
nheim
14 years ago
Hi Matthias,
have a look at this thread:
http://itninja.com/question/wise-execute-program-action94
Regards, Nick
have a look at this thread:
http://itninja.com/question/wise-execute-program-action94
Regards, Nick
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