I have implemented a few changes in Jitsi and trying to generate a windows installer file but I am not getting any information regarding how can I do it using Ubuntu/Windows. I am using Ubuntu 19.10.
Tried?
I've tried implementing using this guide but not finding the same directory structure.
Update
I've tried using this guide but it causes a number of issues. Some of which is like :
Error: File not found named as config.h
I know that the file is missing from the specified path provided at the time of the error. But this file is neither specified is JITSI's official repository nor anywhere else.EXE created using this method doesn't work out of the folder it was created. It doesn't copy the dependencies to the EXE rather it copies in a folder which I need to keep wherever I need to run the EXE file which isn't a good practice.
This method works only on Windows PC. I always don't have access to a Windows PC, so it is really problematic for me to get through this method too.
Question
Do I need to compile the EXE file using Windows Only? If so, how can I achieve that? Or, otherwise, how can I create it using Ubuntu.
Exe File must be installed like any other executable file to Program Files.
Thanks
Explanation of the Problem
What am I trying to do?
- Create Jitsi Installer for Windows (either using Ubuntu or Windows).
- The installer should install like the installer of Netbeans or any other installer.
- The installer should manage the Installation of JDK/JRE by itself. (It shouldn't ask the user to install JDK/JRE).
- It should create a directory structure like the installation of Netbeans etc.
What I got?
- Using this guide, I am to create a runnable EXE file on Windows. (I didn't try wine on Ubuntu for this purpose) with a bunch of other files in the same folder. Following is the directory structure.
C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows
-> tmp/
-> versionupdate.properties
tmp/
light/
How it works when I run the EXE file?
- It directly runs the application.
- Gives the Java error if it's not installed.
- EXE file doesn't work at all, when copied outside this location.
Errors I got while creating EXE?
define-ant-contrib-task:
build-installation-wix-base:
[propertyfile] Creating new property file: C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\versionupdate.properties
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\light
[exec] process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, rm.exe -f ../../../../resources/install/windows/config.h, ...) failed.
[exec] make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
[exec] rm.exe -f ../../../../resources/install/windows/config.h
[exec] Makefile:60: recipe for target 'C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h' failed
[exec] make.exe: [C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h] Error 2 (ignored)
[exec] echo #define PRODUCTNAME "PAM7000" > C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] echo #define COMPANYNAME "jitsi.org" >> C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] echo #define PRODUCTBUILDVERSION "2.11.1" >> C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] echo #define PRODUCTBUILDVERSION_COMMA 2,11,1,0 >> C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] echo #define TARGET_BASENAME "PAM7000" >> C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] echo #define TARGET_BASENAME_EXE "PAM7000.exe" >> C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] C:/mingw/x64/bin/windres.exe -I ../../../../resources/install/windows -I C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light run.rc -O coff -o C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light\\run.res
[exec] C:/mingw/x64/bin/gcc.exe -Wall -Wreturn-type -DPSAPI_VERSION=1 -DWINVER=0x0502 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0502 -IC:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light -I"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_241/include" -I"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_241/include/win32" registry.c run.c C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/run.res ../setup/nls.c -mwindows -o C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/PAM7000.exe -ladvapi32 -lpsapi
[exec] C:/mingw/x64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/strip.exe C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/PAM7000.exe
unzip-windows-jre:
[unzip] Expanding: C:\InstallJRE\jre-8u152-windows-x64.zip into C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\light
[copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\light
[xslt] Processing C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\heat.wxs to C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\component-defines.wxi
[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\resources\install\windows\heat-component-defines.xsl
[xslt] Processing C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\heat.wxs to C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\component-refs.wxi
[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\resources\install\windows\heat-component-refs.xsl
[xslt] Processing C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\heat.wxs to C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp\lib-dir-id.properties
[xslt] Loading stylesheet C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\resources\install\windows\heat-component-libsearch.xsl
[copy] Copying 1 file to C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\release\windows\tmp
[exec] process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, rm.exe -f ../../../../../resources/install/windows/config.h, ...) failed.
[exec] make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
[exec] rm.exe -f ../../../../../resources/install/windows/config.h
[exec] make.exe: [C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h] Error 2 (ignored)
[exec] Makefile:71: recipe for target 'C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h' failed
[exec] echo #define PRODUCTNAME "PAM7000" > C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] echo #undef PACKAGECODE >> C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/config.h
[exec] C:/mingw/x64/bin/windres.exe -I../../../../../resources/install/windows -IC:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light cleansweep.rc -O coff -o C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/lightcleansweep.res
[exec] C:/mingw/x64/bin/gcc.exe -O2 -Wall -Wreturn-type -DWINVER=0x0502 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0502 -IC:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light cleansweep.c C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/cleansweep.res -mwindows -o C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/cleansweep.exe -lshell32
[exec] gcc.exe: error: C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/cleansweep.res: No such file or directory
[exec] make.exe: *** [C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/cleansweep.exe] Error 1
[exec] Makefile:65: recipe for target 'C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi/release/windows/tmp/light/cleansweep.exe' failed
BUILD FAILED
C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\resources\install\build.xml:340: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\iqbal\Downloads\UPdate5\jitsi\resources\install\build.xml:690: exec returned: 2
