This is a *Inno Setup* script `Monero.iss` plus some related files that
allows you to build a standalone Windows installer (.exe) for the
Monero GUI Wallet Beta 2.
This is a *Inno Setup* script `Monero.iss` plus some related files
that allows you to build a standalone Windows installer (.exe) for
the GUI wallet that comes with the Helium Hydra release of Monero.
This turns the GUI Wallet into a more or less standard Windows program,
This turns the GUI wallet into a more or less standard Windows program,
by default installed into a subdirectory of `C:\Program Files`, a
program group with some icons in the *Start* menu, and automatic
uninstall support. It helps lower the "barrier to entry" somewhat,
especially for less technically experienced users of Monero.
uninstall support. It helps lowering the "barrier to entry"
somewhat, especially for less technically experienced users of
Monero.
As the setup script in file [Monero.iss](Monero.iss) has to list every
single file of the GUI Wallet package to install by name, this version
of the script only works with exactly the GUI Beta 2 that you find on
single file of the GUI wallet package to install by name,
this version of the script only works with exactly the GUI wallet
for Monero release *Helium Hydra* that you find on
[the official download page](https://getmonero.org/downloads/).
But of course it will be easy to modify the script for future versions
of the GUI Wallet.
But of course it will be easy to modify the script for future
versions of the GUI wallet.
## License ##
@ -28,14 +30,15 @@ See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
## Building ##
You can only build on Windows, and the result is always a Windows .exe
file that can act as a standalone installer for the GUI Wallet Beta 2.
You can only build on Windows, and the result is always a
Windows .exe file that can act as a standalone installer for the
Helium Hydra GUI wallet.
The build steps in detail:
1. Install *Inno Setup*. You can get it from [here](http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php)
2. Get the Inno Setup script plus related files by cloning the whole [monero-core](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-core) repository; you will only need the files in the installer directory`installers\windows` however
3. The setup script is written to take the GUI Wallet files from a subdirectory named `bin`; so create `installers\windows\bin`, get the zip file of the GUI Wallet Beta 2 from [here](https://getmonero.org/downloads/), unpack it somewhere, and copy all the files and subdirectories in the `monero-gui-0.10.3.1-beta2` directory to this `bin` subdirectory
4. Start Inno Setup, load `Monero.iss` and compile it.
2. Get the Inno Setup script plus related files by cloning the whole [monero-core GitHub repository](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-core); you will only need the files in the installer directory `installers\windows` however
3. The setup script is written to take the GUI wallet files from a subdirectory named `bin`; so create `installers\windows\bin`, get the zip file of the GUI wallet from [here](https://getmonero.org/downloads/), unpack it somewhere, and copy all the files and subdirectories in the `monero-gui-0.11.0.0` directory to this `bin` subdirectory
4. Start Inno Setup, load `Monero.iss` and compile it
5. The result i.e. the finished installer will be the file `mysetup.exe` in the `installers\windows\Output` subdirectory