diff --git a/src/WindowsInstaller/README.md b/src/WindowsInstaller/README.md index 4972812d28..048759a545 100644 --- a/src/WindowsInstaller/README.md +++ b/src/WindowsInstaller/README.md @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ A Windows installer for FreeCAD To build the installer you can do the following: -1. Get the latest zip-file of the whole installer source code "FC-standard-installer.zip" - from https://github.com/donovaly/FreeCADInstProj/releases +1. Get the latest zip-file of the whole installer source code "FC-standard-installer.zip" from
+ https://github.com/donovaly/FreeCADInstProj/releases 2. Extract it to e.g. the path "C:\FreeCAD\Installer" -3. Open the file Settings.nsh with a text editor - (the editor jEdit (jedit.org) can be recommended to edit NSIS files) +3. Open the file Settings.nsh with a text editor
+ (the editor jEdit (jedit.org) can be recommended to edit NSIS files)
and adapt there the following paths to the ones on your PC, e.g.:
!define FILES_FREECAD "C:\FreeCAD\Installer\FreeCAD"
!define FILES_DEPS "C:\FreeCAD\Installer\MSVCRedist" -4. Specify in Settings.nsh if it should be an installer for 32bit by commenting the line
- !define MULTIUSER_USE_PROGRAMFILES64 +4. Specify in Settings.nsh if it should be an installer for 32bit by commenting the line
+ !define MULTIUSER_USE_PROGRAMFILES64 5. Install the latest version 3.x of NSIS (https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Download) 6. Download these special release files of NSIS that support large strings:
https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Special_Builds#Large_strings