Maintenance of the End-user Windows Installer

End-user Instructions: InstallationGuidelines/Windows/User

• Clean the Eden folder (cache, databases, errors, sessions, static/cache, uploads)
• Clean the admin folder (errors & sessions)

  c:
  cd \web2py
  copy applications\eden\static\scripts\tools\standalone_exe.py .
  c:\bin\python26\python standalone_exe.py py2exe
  

• Remove unwanted folders from dist/applications/eden
  • .bzr
  • .git
  • compiled
  • docs
  • tests
  • static/scripts/gis/GeoExt/.*
  • static/scripts/gis/openlayers/.*
  • static/selenium
• Add missing file & then run the program once

  c:
  cd \web2py
  copy splashlogo.gif dist
  cd dist
  web2py.exe
  # Ignore the NEWINSTALL error
  

• Modify routes.py as follows:

  default_application = 'eden'    # ordinarily set in base routes.py
  default_controller = 'default'  # ordinarily set in app-specific routes.py
  default_function = 'index'      # ordinarily set in app-specific routes.py
  

• Delete the examples & welcome folders
• Delete sahana-eden-setup.exe in the Web2Py Directory if it exists
• Download: http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/attachment/wiki/InstallationGuidelinesWindowsMaintenance/end-user-setup-maintenance.zip and copy the unpacked files to your web2py rootdir
• Download & install: ​http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.46-setup.exe?download
• Open NSIS -> Compile NSI scripts -> File -> Load Script -> Select end-user-install.nsi in your web2py rootdir -> OK
• After a few seconds: The new sahana-eden-setup.exe should be in your web2py directory

Possible Improvements the installer

• Get ReportLab working: ​http://pastebin.com/CfzRE7Dg
• Is it better to set migrate=False? (Less easy to add new modules)
• Is it better to have a larger download & include the compiled app?
• Remove all the Debug mode files? (Ext/GeoExt/OpenLayers/jQuery/UI/etc)

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Developer installer

BluePrint/Installer/Windows