nsis help

[ZadgeIsCool]

i just have a .7z file with some files and i wanna make it exe with nsis the same way electron does it i just dont know how to

[MaximKalinin]

Do you mean creating NSIS installer without using electron-builder? If that is the case, there's an official website with some examples and tutorials: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page.

[ZadgeIsCool]

i understand but electron's nsis process is very complex with a bunch of app-builder-lib and app-builder-bin and NSIS and 7z and 7za and nsi and nsh and all that stuff its not just simple NSIS

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM Maksim Kalinin ***@***.***> wrote: Do you mean creating NSIS installer without using electron-builder? If that is the case, there's an official website with some examples and tutorials: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#8170 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIHRKE4KZH3KLSVDJ53UQPDY57FX5AVCNFSM6AAAAABF7RDF4CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDANRTHEYTSNBSGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ZadgeIsCool]

maybe u cant tell me everything in a short sentence but ive looked for the NSIS 3.04 you use in electron but i couldnt find the binary, i stumbled upon this: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/nsis-3.0.4.1/nsis-3.0.4.1.7z but it seems like its not it since its detected by some antiviruses JUST because it is that specific NSIS, would just getting this: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/tree/master/nsis along with the nsis7z plugin good enough and do the same thing? if possible please share the current electron-builder NSIS files along with the plugins, Thanks!

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On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM Maksim Kalinin ***@***.***> wrote: Do you mean creating NSIS installer without using electron-builder? If that is the case, there's an official website with some examples and tutorials: https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#8170 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIHRKE4KZH3KLSVDJ53UQPDY57FX5AVCNFSM6AAAAABF7RDF4CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDANRTHEYTSNBSGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[MaximKalinin]

i stumbled upon this: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/nsis-3.0.4.1/nsis-3.0.4.1.7z but it seems like its not it since its detected by avast antivirus

Yes, I think this is what electron-builder uses:

electron-builder/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/nsis/nsisUtil.ts

Line 38 in fa6fc16

return getBinFromUrl("nsis", "3.0.4.1", "VKMiizYdmNdJOWpRGz4trl4lD++BvYP2irAXpMilheUP0pc93iKlWAoP843Vlraj8YG19CVn0j+dCo/hURz9+Q==")

electron-builder/packages/app-builder-lib/src/binDownload.ts

Lines 18 to 40 in fa6fc16

	export function getBinFromUrl(name: string, version: string, checksum: string): Promise<string> {
	const dirName = `${name}-${version}`
	let url: string
	if (process.env.ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_DOWNLOAD_OVERRIDE_URL) {
	url = process.env.ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_DOWNLOAD_OVERRIDE_URL + "/" + dirName + ".7z"
	} else {
	const baseUrl =
	process.env.NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR ||
	process.env.npm_config_electron_builder_binaries_mirror ||
	process.env.npm_package_config_electron_builder_binaries_mirror ||
	process.env.ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_MIRROR ||
	"https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/"
	const middleUrl =
	process.env.NPM_CONFIG_ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_CUSTOM_DIR ||
	process.env.npm_config_electron_builder_binaries_custom_dir ||
	process.env.npm_package_config_electron_builder_binaries_custom_dir ||
	process.env.ELECTRON_BUILDER_BINARIES_CUSTOM_DIR ||
	dirName
	const urlSuffix = dirName + ".7z"
	url = `${baseUrl}${middleUrl}/${urlSuffix}`
	}
	return getBin(dirName, url, checksum)

There's quite a few things going on, the main directory containing the source code seems to be https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/tree/fa6fc16040a93c6ee751a7a27ab6eeb1dbdd31a7/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/nsis and the one containing .nsh, .nsi templates is https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/tree/fa6fc16040a93c6ee751a7a27ab6eeb1dbdd31a7/packages/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis.

What I believe can help you is git history: you could go through it searching for commits containing "nsis" or "windows installer". For example, here is the commit containing the early nsis implementation: 1779ac5.

[ZadgeIsCool]

Thanks for your help! After searching for a while, I figured out how it works. My goal was to go to the "win-unpacked" folder and remove unnecessary files, and then build them. That's why I asked about electron packages and builds. I created my builder and built it, but the issue is the file size is still big because the electron exe (the unpacked one) contains many things. The aim is to make the file size as small as possible. My suggestion is to compress the main exe as much as possible and remove unneeded components based on the type of application you're making. For example, if it's a browser app, only include necessary files like the chromium engine and stuff. However, if it's a silent optimizer app, don't include the chromium engine and stuff. I'm referring specifically to the main exe, but it would be great if this could also apply to other files! EDIT: It would be nice if it could be so that it is not an SFX archive.

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On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM Maksim Kalinin ***@***.***> wrote: i stumbled upon this: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/nsis-3.0.4.1/nsis-3.0.4.1.7z but it seems like its not it since its detected by avast antivirus Yes, I think this is what electron-builder uses: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/fa6fc16040a93c6ee751a7a27ab6eeb1dbdd31a7/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/nsis/nsisUtil.ts#L38 https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/fa6fc16040a93c6ee751a7a27ab6eeb1dbdd31a7/packages/app-builder-lib/src/binDownload.ts#L18-L40 There's quite a few things going on, the main directory containing the source code seems to be https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/tree/fa6fc16040a93c6ee751a7a27ab6eeb1dbdd31a7/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/nsis and the one containing .nsh, .nsi templates is https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/tree/fa6fc16040a93c6ee751a7a27ab6eeb1dbdd31a7/packages/app-builder-lib/templates/nsis . What I believe can help you is git history: you could go through it searching for commits containing "nsis" or "windows installer". For example, here is the commit containing the early nsis implementation: 1779ac5 <1779ac5> . — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#8170 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIHRKE3ZOB4357N3JT37XXLY6DLVTAVCNFSM6AAAAABF7RDF4CVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDANRWGEZTANJXGY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>