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A Node wrapper for makensis
, the compiler for NSIS installers.
Make sure that NSIS 3.06 (or later) is installed. If makensis
isn't exposed to your PATH environment variable, you need to set pathToMakensis
.
Install NSIS using the Windows Package Manager or Scoop:
# Windows Package Manager
$ winget install NSIS.NSIS
# Scoop
$ scoop install nsis/nsis
Alternatively, you can download the NSIS installer from SourceForge.
Install NSIS from your distribution's default package manager, for example:
# Debian
$ sudo apt-get install nsis
# Red Hat
$ sudo dnf install nsis
Install NSIS using Homebrew or MacPorts:
# Homebrew
$ brew install nsis
# MacPorts
$ port install nsis
:warning: If you need to support a version of NSIS older than 3.06, you cam use makensis@2
as it employs some useful workarounds.
npm install makensis
Example usage in script:
import * as NSIS from 'makensis';
const options = {
verbose: 2,
define: {
SPECIAL_BUILD: true
}
};
try {
const output = await NSIS.compile('path/to/installer.nsi', options);
console.log('Compiler output:', output);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
Usage: commandHelp(command?, options?, spawnOptions?)
Returns usage information for a specific command, or a list of all commands. Equivalent of the -CMDHELP
switch.
Usage: compile(script, options?, spawnOptions?)
Compiles specified script with MakeNSIS. The script can be omitted in favor of the preExecute
/ postExecute
options.
Usage: headerInfo(options?, spawnOptions?)
Returns information about which options were used to compile MakeNSIS. Equivalent of the -HDRINFO
switch.
Usage: license(options?, spawnOptions?)
Returns MakeNSIS software license. Equivalent of the -LICENSE
switch.
Usage: nsisDir(options?, spawnOptions?)
Returns the path of ${NSISDIR}
.
Usage: version(options?, spawnOptions?)
Returns version of MakeNSIS. Equivalent of the -VERSION
switch.
:warning: Some of these options are limited to NSIS v3 (see the changelog for details)
Type: Object
Defines symbols for the script [to value]. Equivalent of the -D
switch.
define: {
SPECIAL_BUILD: true,
LANGUAGE: "English"
}
Type: boolean
Enables support for special environment variables, that will be passed on to the script as definitions.
# .env
NSIS_APP_ENVIRONMENT=development
# installer.nsi
!if ${NSIS_APP_ENVIRONMENT} == "development"
DetailPrint "Valuable Debug Information"
!endif
Type: string
Specifies the codepage for files without a BOM (ACP|OEM|CP#|UTF8|UTF16<LE|BE>
). Equivalent of the -INPUTCHARSET
switch.
Type: string
Specifies the codepage used by stdout when the output is redirected (ACP|OEM|CP#|UTF8[SIG]|UTF16<LE|BE>[BOM]
). Equivalent of the -OUTPUTCHARSET
switch.
:warning: This option is only available on Windows
Type: boolean
Returns output from makensis
as an object
Type: boolean
Disables the current directory change to that of the .nsi file. Equivalent of the -NOCD
switch.
Type: boolean
Disables inclusion of <path to makensis.exe>/nsisconf.nsh
. Equivalent of the -NOCONFIG
switch.
Type: string
Specifies a custom path to makensis
Type: boolean
Pauses after execution. Equivalent of the -PAUSE
switch.
Type: integer
Sets the compiler process priority, where the value 5=realtime
, 4=high
, 3=above normal
, 2=normal
, 1=below normal
, 0=idle
. Equivalent of the -P
switch.
:warning: This option is only available on Windows
Type: boolean
Treat warnings as errors. Equivalent of the -WX
switch.
Type: boolean
Will only run the preprocessor and print the result to stdout. The safe version will not execute instructions like !appendfile
or !system
. !packhdr
and !finalize
are never executed. Equivalent of the -PPO / SAFEPPO
switches.
Type: string | string[]
Prepends script-commands to the script, can be passed as array or multiline-string. Equivalent of the -X
switch when used before passing a script.
preExecute: [
'SetCompressor lzma',
'SetCompressorDictSize 16'
];
Type: string | string[]
Appends commands to the script, can be passed as array or multiline-script. Equivalent of the -X
switch when used after passing a script.
postExecute: [`!echo "That's all Folks!"`];
Type: string[]
Specifies raw arguments for makensis
.
:warning: These will be added to the compiler arguments last and will hence overwrite any of the NSIS options above!
Type: integer
Verbosity where the value 4=all
, 3=no script
,2=no info
, 1=no warnings
, 0=none
. Equivalent of the -V
switch.
This work is licensed under The MIT License.
FAQs
A Node wrapper for makensis, the NSIS compiler
The npm package makensis receives a total of 314 weekly downloads. As such, makensis popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that makensis demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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