Arduino IDE Windows Installer

this repository contains the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) script used to create the Windows installer of Arduino IDE.

Tools and Requirements

• NSIS 2.46 can be downloaded here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download
• File Association plugin for NSIS (include in this repo) under Plugins
• License file: license.txt

Instructions

Working Directory Structure

your Working Directory should be similar to:

• LOCAL_FILES_PATH/
  • script.nsi
  • License.txt
  • files/

Where:

• LOCAL_FILES_PATH : Local path to your Working Directory e.g.: C:\Users\Sergio\ArduinoInstaller
• script.nsi: is the NSIS script file
• License.txt: is the license file that comes with this repo.
• files: is a directory which contains the Arduino IDE files

First steps

Install NSIS into your Windows PC and then open the .nsi script file and change LOCAL_FILES_PATH variable as explained above.

Unzip the Arduino IDE .zip file (that comes from ant building in windows) into the files directory and be sure about the naming of the unzipped folder that must be : arduino-X.Y.Z where X.Y.Z is the version number of the IDE that you are releasing.

Change with the same version number the variable PRODUCT_VERSION inside the script file.

Put the FileAssociation.nsh plugin into the Include folder of NSIS: C:\Programs Files\NSIS\Include\

Start Building

Open NSIS, load the script file and click the compile button. The .exe final installer will be created inside the Working Directory