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Original comment by nomeata (Bitbucket: nomeata, GitHub: nomeata).
To be honest, my Windows knowledge goes beyond that… But I have attached a bare zipfile with the .exe
s. Does that work for you? If so, I can make zip-only releases as well.
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Original comment by nomeata (Bitbucket: nomeata, GitHub: nomeata).
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Original comment by Adrien Beau (Bitbucket: adrienbeau, GitHub: adrienbeau).
It almost works! :-)
arbtt-stats.exe requires pcre3.dll to run, and it is not provided in the zip file. Downloading it from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/pcre.htm and putting pcre3.dll in the same directory as arbtt-stats.exe fixes the problem.
Apart from that, all programs appear to work fine (under Windows 7). I have spotted a few issues, but they are unlikely to be related to the packaging, so I plan to file a few separate bug reports.
Can you provide pcre3.dll in the zipfile? Or should users download it separately?
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Original comment by nomeata (Bitbucket: nomeata, GitHub: nomeata).
I should provide this in the zipfile, together with stuff like README
and the documentation.
Do you know if there is a way to make the installer work without administration rights? It is using Inno Setup with this configuration: https://bitbucket.org/nomeata/arbtt/src/ebcca1baed3c1442663ad8963b2bf85d3eaee2ec/setup.iss?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default
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Original comment by Adrien Beau (Bitbucket: adrienbeau, GitHub: adrienbeau).
I don't know Inno Setup, but looking at the documentation, it appears adding PrivilegesRequired=lowest
to the [Setup]
section should do the trick (cf. http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setup_privilegesrequired).
One exception though: the path modification script (modpath.iss
) contains a hardcoded reference to the SYSTEM registry which certainly needs administrative rights. It looks like changing the registry calls to refer to the USER registry should work:
#!pascal
RegQueryStringValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 'Environment', 'Path', oldpath);
RegWriteStringValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 'Environment', 'Path', newpath);
Do you really want to do this though? I understand this would simplify the build process, and be one less file to distribute.
However, I believe most Windows users expect an installer program to put it under the system "Program Files" directory; this one would put it somewhere deep in the user home directory. Even though this possibility was added in not-so-recent Windows versions (starting with Vista or 7), few people use it, which means information and help is hard to come by (buried very deep under the much more common Administrative install).
It also does not cover the use case of running the program from a USB key and using it on several computers.
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Original comment by nomeata (Bitbucket: nomeata, GitHub: nomeata).
Valid points… I guess I can just create zip
files.
I am not using Windows myself, so in general I’d be happy if some user of arbtt
on Windows is willing to volunteer as the Windows release manager. So since you seem to be knowledable: if you find arbtt
useful, you should consider this role :-)
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Original comment by Adrien Beau (Bitbucket: adrienbeau, GitHub: adrienbeau).
I'm only evaluating arbtt
right now, so I cannot accept this offer.
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Related Issues (20)
- Looking for 3rd party tool HOT 4
- Parser error: unexpected end of input on empty categorize.cfg HOT 13
- arbtt-stats: Non-exhaustive patterns in function renderReportText HOT 2
- arbtt-capture.desktop[PID]: Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0". HOT 19
- Error loading shared lib on system update HOT 2
- arbtt-stats --dump-samples uses wrong timezone HOT 5
- Cant install on Fedora 36 HOT 3
- Consider adding to stackage HOT 3
- arbtt-stats gives invalid Unicode error HOT 1
- Cannot import Arbtt as a library HOT 3
- arbtt-stats fails if window title very long with unmatched parenthesis HOT 7
- Better error reporting for bad regular expressions
- log every window except the pure/empty desktop HOT 3
- [BUG] Error calling arbtt-stats on Debian 11 (Timelog starts with unknown marker) HOT 3
- Outdated Windows binaries HOT 1
- Is there any tutorial? HOT 6
- Link missing HOT 1
- how to use arbtt-dump and arbtt-import HOT 1
- MacOS error building pcre-light dependency
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