3Di-modeller-interface-installer

This repository contains a Makefile (which should be run in the accompanying docker container) that does the following:

• Downloads a specific complete QGIS installer
• Uses NSIS to wrap this in a global installer that:
  • Silently installs QGIS (via its original installer) in a configurable directory (no QGIS shortcuts and links, and only possible with admin rights) and generates relevant start/desktop shortcuts
  • Optionally:
    • Copies preconfigured profile data (ini files) to the user's AppData for customization (including splash screen)
    • Adds N&S toolboxes (downloaded from plugins.3di.live) and external toolboxes (downloaded from plugins.qgis.org)

Usage

The versions of QGIS and the (internal and external) plugins are hardcoded in the Makefile. When creating a new installer, update these versions to the desired version.

Note that non-LTR releases might have a different internal folder or file naming (e.g "apps/qgis-ltr" vs "apps/qgis", "qgis-ltr.bat" vs "qgis.bat"). This is not automatically detected and the installer script might need to be adjusted to deal with this.

The current license text (LICENSE.txt) is directly copied from the LTR QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.34.5-1 installer UI. In case QGIS or the dependencies are updated, update this text as well.

Check out the repo in a clean folder::

$ mkdir /tmp/reallyclean
$ cd /tmp/reallyclean
$ git clone git@github.com:nens/threedi-modeller-interface-installer.git
$ cd threedi-modeller-interface-installer

Build (if required) and run the container:  
$ docker build . -t 3dimi-installer
$ docker run -w /app/ -v "$(pwd):/app" -it 3dimi-installer make installer

The executable will be in the root folder.

Deploy

The installer can be uploaded to https://artifacts.lizard.net/. The Makefile contains a build recipe for this that uses upload-modeller-interface.sh. You'll need to set the $MODELLER_INTERFACE_ARTIFACTS_KEY environment variable

$ make upload