[Package Request]: Apache Maven

[denelon]

Package Requested

• I would like someone else to build the manifest.
• I would like help so I can submit the manifest.
• I have performed a search and couldn't find this package.
• I have checked that the installer for this package is not a standalone or portable executable or a .zip file
• I think there is a new version available and I have provided the URL.

Please provide the following information

Publisher: The Apache Software Foundation
Publisher Url: https://www.apache.org/
Package Name: Apache Maven
Description: Apache Maven is a tool that can now be used for building and managing any Java-based project.
Package Version: 3.8.6
Installer URL: https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.6/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.6-bin.zip

Current Package Identifier (for new versions):

Apache Maven 3.3+ requires JDK 1.7 or above to execute

[IanDarwin]

I'd love to see this progressing! However: According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/, the only supported formats are EXE, MSI/MSIX, INNO, NULLSOFT, APPX and BURN.
Looks like the Apache Maven team needs to learn to use jpackage to build an MSI installer. If you have any in with them, my sample Unix script to run this is at https://github.com/IanDarwin/pdfshow/blob/master/mkinstaller

Unless, of course, there's some other way to get winget to get a .zip or .tar.gz.

Thanks & good luck!

[denelon]

Ian Darwin (@IanDarwin) We're working on support for .zip containing either an installer or a "portable" package.

• Support installing .zip files winget-cli#140

I haven't played with Maven in many years so I don't know if this initial work we're doing in Windows Package Manager 1.4 will close all the gaps, but we will continue investing to meet more publishers where they are.

[IanDarwin]

Demitrius Nelon (@denelon) Glad to hear it. I see there is some support for this in 1.4.x early builds but I'm not clear if it's for zipped .msi files or for zip files of the entire distribution file tree?

Thanks

[denelon]

It supports a .zip file with a single installer (MSIX, MSI, or .exe installer).

[IanDarwin]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 12:55:21PM -0700, denelon wrote: It supports a .zip file with a single installer (MSIX, MSI, or .exe installer).

For zip files that just contain an actual zip archive of the filesystem tree, would it make sense to just unzip them to %USERPROFILE%/programname.version? That would put, for example, Maven 3.8.2 into /Users/ian/maven-3.8.2 which is fine because people installing it manually have to add that path + "bin" into their path anyway. Or maybe it's apache-maven-3.8.2, but whatever. Thanks Ian D

[denelon]

Ian Darwin (@IanDarwin) we're focusing on supporting installers, and then portable packages as they are supported in Windows Package Manager 1.3 builds. Automated testing requires some dynamic analysis, so we haven't started to tackle the scenario you are describing just yet. I would call it a "feature" enhancement for .zip support. If Apache Maven has a logical primary executable, then that one would be made available for the user to "run" using the symbolic link we create when installing portable packages. One of our desires has been to avoid cluttering up the user's path environment variable with every single portable package installed. In some cases (user mode without Developer Mode enabled, this may unfortunately not be possible just yet).

• Support portable packages in user mode without Developer Mode enabled winget-cli#2368

[IanDarwin]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 09:02:28AM -0700, denelon wrote: ***@***.*** we're focusing on supporting installers, and then portable packages as they are supported in Windows Package Manager 1.3 builds. Automated testing requires some dynamic analysis, so we haven't started to tackle the scenario you are describing just yet. I would call it a "feature" enhancement for .zip support. If Apache Maven has a logical primary executable, then that one would be made available for the user to "run" using the symbolic link we create when installing portable packages. One of our desires has been to avoid cluttering up the user's path environment variable with every single portable package installed. In some cases (user mode without Developer Mode enabled, this may unfortunately not be possible just yet).

Hi. Thanks. I did get my PDFShow into the winget registry. As far as Maven, there is a shell script and batch file (in the expected bin folder under the zip file) that they use to run, so if you symlink to the mvn.bat file that should do it! Hopefully. Thanks Ian