Nullsoft Install System
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers.
Download the latest version from the project homepage.
The package supports installing on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
!!! This package requires wpkg.js 1.2.1-RC20 or higher !!!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../xsd/packages.xsd" >
<package id="NSIS"
name="Nullsoft Install System"
revision="%PKG_VERSION%"
reboot="false"
priority="10">
<variable name="PKG_VERSION" value="2.46" />
<variable name="PKG_NAME" value="NSIS" />
<variable name="PKG_DESTINATION" value="%ProgramFiles%\NSIS" architecture="x86"/>
<variable name="PKG_DESTINATION" value="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\NSIS" architecture="x64"/>
<check type="uninstall" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="Nullsoft Install System" value="%PKG_VERSION%" />
<check type="file" condition="sizeequals" path="%PKG_DESTINATION%\NSIS.exe" value="702976" />
<check type="file" condition="sizeequals" path="%PKG_DESTINATION%\makensis.exe" value="496128" />
<install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\NSIS\nsis-%PKG_VERSION%-setup.exe" /S' />
<upgrade include="install" />
<remove cmd='"%PKG_DESTINATION%\uninst-nsis.exe" /S' />
<remove cmd='%ComSpec% /C if exist "%PKG_DESTINATION%\uninst-nsis.exe" ping -n 15 localhost >NUL' />
<remove cmd='%ComSpec% /C if exist "%PKG_DESTINATION%\uninst-nsis.exe" exit 999' />
</package>
</packages>
Silent install options
A lot of windows software use the Nullsoft Install System, you can use the silent install options to write WPKG scripts.
See http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter3.html#3.2
The main available options are :
/S runs the installer or uninstaller silently
/D sets the default installation directory
/? to get available installer options