I made an Electron app, but it is unnecessarily trying to install itself on some platforms. My app is very simple enough that it makes more sense to be a non-installing executable. Is there an option for this?
You can set target to portable . This will directly run your executable without any installer.
You can find more information here: https://www.electron.build/configuration/nsis#portable
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Is there a way to have the NSIS built by Electron not re-install the app everytime it is clicked just like the MSI ? If the app is already installed I would like it to simply open it rather than re-installing.
I would use the MSI but when I open the app installed by it, it doesn't have read/write permissions from files inside the directory even if it is in Appdata (same folder as installation from NSIS). When installed from NSIS for some reason it gives read/write permissions to the app for files inside the installation directory.
Any help would be appreciated.
You need to edit your .nsi script file and do the check manually (skip the installation if an app is already installed) because there is no "switch" for that.
The issue with electron NSIS installers is that script is recreated every time (at least in the tutorials I saw) so you may lose any changes you made there.
In such case you cannot use the building pipeline, but you need to open the .nsi file with text editor, make the changes and compile everything with makensis.
Please post your script with more details.
I've just spent a very long time looking through everything on https://electron.atom.io/docs/ but I cannot find any mention of how to put the files for Mac and Linux. Only Windows, which I already have set up.
I remember that NW.js had such instructions, which I followed in the past, but it's obviously too ridiculous to accept that I should have to look at a competitor's manual to figure out how to distribute Electron apps.
I remember that at both Linux and Mac had some very fancy/weird packaging need, very unlike Windows.
I would recommend looking into electron-builder which would help you with generating packages for all of the mentioned systems (with auto-update and other goodies).
You can also take a look at electron-boilerplate to see how it can be nicely implemented (this boilerplate has a release command that allows you to generate packages).
For the mac version you can use electron packager to generate a .app file then you can use appdmg to generate a .dmg
For the linux version you can use electron packager to generate a executable although it comes with lots of other files.
I've tried electron-installer-debian but I couldn't install the output .deb
I am an experienced (but retired) Windows software developer, with more years experience than I care to admit, developing in C++, C#, VB and Java. I therefore decided to have a crack at Android development. My development machine is a Windows 7 box. My IDE of choice would be Microsoft Visual Studio but, for now, I am happy doing hand editing and launching tools from the command line.
I started by downloading the Android SDK and various additional items it suggested. I then started working my way through the tutorial at developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp. Android list targets gave me a couple of choices (Android 4.2.2 and Google APIs:17). I then did Android create project from the command line and that appeared to do its stuff, creating MyFirstApp in my development folder. I then ran Android avd and created an emulator. I also added the android SDK's tools and platform-tools to my path. So far so good.
I fell at the next hurdle. The tutorial told me to change to the root folder of my project and run ant debug. At this point, Windows reports:
'ant' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I've searched around for ant.exe without success. Did I miss installing something or did I miss a vital step in the set-up? Any advice for this very green newbie would be greatly appreciated.
There is no ant.exe. Only ant.bat. Ant is a Java build tool.
If it comes with the Android SDK, make sure its bin directory is in your PATH environment variable. Otherwise, download it (from [http://ant.apache.org][1]), and follow the installation instructions on the web site.
Normally, simply unzipping it, putting its bin directory in the PATH envieonment variable, and setting a JAVA_HOME environment variable that points to your preferred JDK directory is sufficient.
I am building an app that I eventually would like to release on Cydia, however I'm having trouble finding any good documentation on developing apps for jailbroken devices. So firstly, if you have any good links for developing for jailbroken iOS devices that would also be much appreciated!
My current problem is that for my app to work I would require tools from other packages on Cydia like otool and possibly some script interpreter (haven't decided which one yet). Is there a way that I can have these dependencies install alongside my current app in Cydia? I feel like I've seen it before downloading other apps.
Yes, absolutely.
When you build your app, you should make sure to bundle it as a Debian package. Some repositories will let you just give them a normal .app bundle, which they will then use to build a .deb file. But, if you want this, I'd recommend learning to build a .deb bundle yourself. More instructions from Saurik here.
Inside the .deb bundle, you will have a DEBIAN subdirectory, with a file inside named control:
DEBIAN/control
DEBIAN/postinst
DEBIAN/postrm
DEBIAN/preinst
The control file is where the Cydia store app description, the app version number (used by the store), and a bunch of other information goes. An optional field in the control file lets you specify that your app has dependencies. If you list another package as a dependency, that package will automatically get installed when Cydia installs your app. Something like this:
Depends: bigbosshackertools
This line is to specify a dependency on the BigBoss Recommended Tools package (which is a very large set of packages, so be aware that you're adding a large install set to your own app).
Or, you could try
Depends: odcctools
to use Saurik's Darwin CC Tools package.
I have been building jailbreak apps for a while, so I do it with homemade scripts, but there's now a tool for helping with this called iOSOpenDev. You could use that to build your package, and edit your control file, if you aren't already familiar with .deb packages, and don't want to bother (although I'd recommend learning).
I know this might be a simple question but i searched the internet and couldn't find an answer. I am trying to install OExport - XLSX/ODS native Delphi/Lazarus import/export library http://www.kluug.at/xlsx-ods-delphi.php , but in order to install it I need to have prior installed OmniXMl. So I have downloaded from here http://www.kluug.at/xlsx-ods-delphi.php as well. I have extracted the archive and I opened from the dpk folder the OmniXml_Dxe2 package. And in the Delphi IDE i know that i need to right click on the project name (respectively OmniXml_Dxe2.bpl ) and then click install; but install option is missing (attached a picture); Then I thought that i need to run the project instead. So I when I run the project an error appears "Cannot run project unless a host application is defined. Use the Run|Parameters..dialog..box"
Could somebody please tell me where I am doing something wrong and what should I do in order to install OmniXml
The error you are seeing is because you are making a DLL or package, and they cannot be run. They only run when a host application is loading them, and you can use the Run/Parameters dialog to set this. But I suggest that you are really looking for the "Install" option for the project to load it as a package into Delphi.