Installer Maintenance Guide

Setup

Clone the installer branch

git clone --branch installer --single-branch https://github.com/Zehen-249/Osdag.git

Recreate the pixi environment

• Open terminal and go to osdag-pixi folder cd */path/to/pixi-installer/osdag-pixi

To update the installer script

• Run pixi install
• It will Read the pixi.lock file.
• Create a deterministic environment with exact versions and platform-specific builds

To update Osdag with the latest release version on conda channel or any dependency of Osdag

• Edit the pixi.toml file.
• Specify the updated version of the dependency or Osdag.
• Now run pixi install.
• It will regenerate pixi.lock file with update versions and will create the environment.

Maintenance

• Once the pixi environment for the latest release is created, create a new folder in the parent directory for the new release version of the installer.
• Update the outputfile name as as needed, follow the pattern.
• Update product version.
• Make the neccessary changes in the installer script (.nsi).
• Compile the script. (See Appendix B in Winodws Installer for Osdag(Developer’s Guide))
• The installer.exe will be created in the same directory where .nsi script is placed.
• Get this new installer digitally signed with the certificate. (See Chapter ?? Winodws Installer for Osdag (Developer’s Guide))
• Distribute this new installer.

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For more detailed steps, read the Winodws Installer for Osdag(Developer’s Guide) document. Update this document if necessary for future maintainers.