go-msi

go-msi

Forked from https://github.com/mh-cbon/go-msi

go-msi leverages the WiX Toolset to create a Windows MSI package from a JSON description of the product to install.

A demo program can be seen here.

Install

Download from the release page or use go get:

go get github.com/mat007/go-msi

Usage

Requirements

go-msi needs WiX Toolset 3.10 or later

Workflow

• Create a wix.json file like this one
• Leave the upgrade-code empty or remove it all together
• Assign a fresh upgrade-code with go-msi set-guid, this must be done only once
• Run go-msi make --msi your_program.msi --version 0.0.1

configuration file

The wix.json file describes the packaging rules for bundling the product files into the MSI package.

Check the demo wix.json file.

License file

The license file must be in RTF and encoded with the Windows1252 charset.

Customization

The WiX template files (in the templates folder) can be modified to personnalize the behaviour of the MSI package.

Command line

NAME:
   go-msi - Easy msi pakage for Go

USAGE:
   go-msi <cmd> <options>

VERSION:
   0.0.0

COMMANDS:
     check-json          Check the JSON wix manifest
     check-env           Provide a report about your environment setup
     set-files           Adds or removes files from your wix manifest
     set-guid            Sets appropriate guids in your wix manifest
     generate-templates  Generate wix templates
     to-windows          Write Windows1252 encoded file
     to-rtf              Write RTF formatted file
     gen-wix-cmd         Generate a batch file of Wix commands to run
     run-wix-cmd         Run the batch file of Wix commands
     make                All-in-one command to make MSI files
     choco               Generate a chocolatey package of your msi files
     help, h             Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version

NAME:
   go-msi check-env - Provide a report about your environment setup

USAGE:
   go-msi check-env [arguments...]

NAME:
   go-msi check-json - Check the JSON wix manifest

USAGE:
   go-msi check-json [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value  Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")

NAME:
   go-msi.exe set-files - Adds or removes files from your wix manifest

USAGE:
   go-msi.exe set-files [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value      Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")
   --includes value, -i value  Files to include, use of * is permitted
   --excludes value, -e value  Files to exclude, use of * is permitted
   --test, -t                  Test mode, does not modify the wix manifest file but exits with an error instead

NAME:
   go-msi set-guid - Sets appropriate guids in your wix manifest

USAGE:
   go-msi set-guid [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value  Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")
   --force, -f             Force update the guids

NAME:
   go-msi make - All-in-one command to make MSI files

USAGE:
   go-msi make [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value     Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")
   --src value, -s value      Directory path to the wix templates files (default: "/home/mat007/gow/bin/templates")
   --out value, -o value      Directory path to the generated wix cmd file (default: "/tmp/go-msi645264968")
   --arch value, -a value     A target architecture, amd64 or 386 (ia64 is not handled)
   --msi value, -m value      Path to write resulting msi file to
   --version value            The version of your program
   --license value, -l value  Path to the license file
   --keep, -k                 Keep output directory containing build files (useful for debug)

NAME:
   go-msi choco - Generate a chocolatey package of your msi files

USAGE:
   go-msi choco [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value           Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")
   --src value, -s value            Directory path to the wix templates files (default: "/home/mat007/gow/bin/templates/choco")
   --version value                  The version of your program
   --out value, -o value            Directory path to the generated chocolatey build file (default: "/tmp/go-msi697894350")
   --input value, -i value          Path to the msi file to package into the chocolatey package
   --changelog-cmd value, -c value  A command to generate the content of the changlog in the package
   --keep, -k                       Keep output directory containing build files (useful for debug)

NAME:
   go-msi generate-templates - Generate wix templates

USAGE:
   go-msi generate-templates [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value     Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")
   --src value, -s value      Directory path to the wix templates files (default: "/home/mat007/gow/bin/templates")
   --out value, -o value      Directory path to the generated wix templates files (default: "/tmp/go-msi522345138")
   --version value            The version of your program
   --license value, -l value  Path to the license file

NAME:
   go-msi to-windows - Write Windows1252 encoded file

USAGE:
   go-msi to-windows [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --src value, -s value  Path to an UTF-8 encoded file
   --out value, -o value  Path to the ANSI generated file

NAME:
   go-msi to-rtf - Write RTF formatted file

USAGE:
   go-msi to-rtf [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --src value, -s value  Path to a text file
   --out value, -o value  Path to the RTF generated file
   --reencode, -e         Also re encode UTF-8 to Windows1252 charset

NAME:
   go-msi gen-wix-cmd - Generate a batch file of Wix commands to run

USAGE:
   go-msi gen-wix-cmd [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --path value, -p value  Path to the wix manifest file (default: "wix.json")
   --src value, -s value   Directory path to the wix templates files (default: "/home/mat007/gow/bin/templates")
   --out value, -o value   Directory path to the generated wix cmd file (default: "/tmp/go-msi844736928")
   --arch value, -a value  A target architecture, amd64 or 386 (ia64 is not handled)
   --msi value, -m value   Path to write resulting msi file to

NAME:
   go-msi run-wix-cmd - Run the batch file of Wix commands

USAGE:
   go-msi run-wix-cmd [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:
   --out value, -o value  Directory path to the generated wix cmd file (default: "/tmp/go-msi773158361")

History

CHANGELOG

Credits

Thanks to mh-cbon for providing https://github.com/mh-cbon/go-msi from which this project has been forked.