CONSTRUCT.md

Keys in construct.yaml file:

This document describes each of they keys in the construct.yaml file, which is the main configuration file of a constructor configuration directory.

All keys are optional, except otherwise noted. Also, the keys specs and packages take either a list of items, or a path to a file, which contains one item per line (excluding lines starting with #).

Also note, that any line in construct.yaml may contain a selector at the end, in order to allow customization for selected platforms.

name: required

Name of the installer. May also contain uppercase letter. The installer name is independent of the names of any of the conda packages the installer is composed of.

version: required

Version of the installer. Just like the installer name, this version is independent of any conda package versions contained in the installer.

channels:

The conda channels from which packages are retrieved, when using the specs key below, but also when using the packages key ,unless the full URL is given in the packages list (see below).

specs:

List of package specifications, e.g. python 2.7*, pyzmq or numpy >=1.8. This list of specifications if given to the conda resolver (as if you were to create a new environment with those specs.

exclude:

List of package names to be excluded, after the 'specs have been resolved. For example, you can say that readline should be excluded, even though it is contained as a result of resolving the specs for python 2.7.

packages:

A list of explicit conda packages to be included, e.g. yaml-0.1.6-0.tar.bz2. The packages may also be specified by their entire URL, e.g.https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/openssl-1.0.1k-1.tar.bz2. Optionally, the MD5 hash sum of the package, may be added after an immediate # character, e.g. readline-6.2-2.tar.bz2#0801e644bd0c1cd7f0923b56c52eb7f7.

menu_packages:

Packages for menu items will be installed (if the conda package contains the necessary metadata in "Menu/.json"). Menu items are currently only supported on Windows. By default, all menu items will be installed.

install_in_dependency_order:

By default the conda packages included in the created installer are installed in alphabetical order, Python is always installed first for technical reasons. Using this option, the packages are installed in their dependency order (unless the explicit list in packages is used).

conda_default_channels:

You can list conda channels here which will be the default conda channels of the created installer (if it includes conda).

installer_filename:

The filename of the installer being created. A reasonable default filename will determined by the name, version, platform and installer type.

license_file:

Path to the license file being displayed by the installer during the install process.

keep_pkgs:

By default, no conda packages are preserved after running the created installer in the pkgs directory. Using this option changes the default behavior.

pre_install:

Path to a pre install (bash - Unix only) script.

post_install:

Path to a post install (bash for Unix - .bat for Windows) script.

welcome_image:

Path to an image (in any common image format .png, .jpg, .tif, etc.) which is used as the welcome image for the Windows installer. The image is re-sized to 164 x 314 pixels. By default, an image is automatically generated.

header_image:

Like welcome_image for Windows, re-sized to 150 x 57 pixels.

icon_image:

Like welcome_image for Windows, re-sized to 256 x 256 pixels.

default_image_color:

The color of the default images (when not providing explicit image files) used on Windows. Possible values are red, green, blue, yellow. The default is blue.