Windows Installer: Difference between revisions

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==Creating an NSIS based installer==
==Creating an NSIS based installer==
The <code>--installer</code> option when passed to the mk-dist.sh script produces a basic NSIS installer that is ready to be distributed. You can however create  
The <code>make nsis-installer</code> command produces a basic NSIS installer that is ready to be distributed. You can however create  
a newer and better installer by getting a newer version of mxe-octave/makeinst-script.sh [http://inversethought.com/hg/mxe-octave-anirudha/raw-file/9d6566d9944e/makeinst-script.sh here]. The script included hasn't been merged with main mxe-octave yet.
a newer and better installer by getting a newer version of mxe-octave/makeinst-script.sh [http://inversethought.com/hg/mxe-octave-anirudha/raw-file/9d6566d9944e/makeinst-script.sh here]. The script included hasn't been merged with main mxe-octave yet.
(Note Nov 10 2013: this makeinst-script.sh doesn't work with the main mxe-octave repo; it errors out with "glibc detected" and gives up.)
(Note Nov 10 2013: this makeinst-script.sh doesn't work with the main mxe-octave repo; it errors out with "glibc detected" and gives up.)
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