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I'm looking for a possibility to substitute the installdir variable in a pre-install script in install4J (for deb packages). This is to remove old entries that are not cleaned up by uninstallation ...
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Does anyone know if install4j can install native images as a services without external service wrappers such as WinSW? My current version 9.0.7. I cannot use the launcher with executable type service, ...
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I'm running install4J version 11. I have an application that requires macOS to have a mimic operating system version of 15.0 (Sequoia). Is there a way in the installation wizard to enforce a minimum ...
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As a long-time user of Install4J, I appreciate its robust, direct implementation of code signing since version 5.1, which leverages open standards and eliminates the need for external tools like ...
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We currently try to move all distributions (rpm, deb, exe) to install4j. When I query the detailed info on the package (using rpm -qip mypackage.rpm), I get this output: Name: myapp Version: 1.0.0 ...
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Is there a way to configure Install4j to log out action names instead of just the action ID in its log file? Currently the actions are logged out as: [INFO] com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.control....
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I'm using Install4j to build an installer for a Java application. There is currently logic in the uninstaller to properly close the application process. As part of the Installation actions the ...
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I am trying to create an installer for my Java 17 / Spring Boot 2.7.17 / Maven application. I have managed to make it work for some time, the installer worked as expected and my app was being launched ...
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We are building the Install4j by using the following maven plugin <groupId>com.install4j</groupId> <artifactId>install4j-maven</artifactId> <version>11.0.3</version>...
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The CI build is using a persistent kubernetes pod, which in turn is using a custom docker image. Ideas I have: trigger jdk download during docker image generation and then during CI build disable jdk ...
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I am trying to access microsoft's Key Storage Provider interface as the System Account during install, as this is what will be used at runtime. Yet the installer doesn't appear to elevate to that ...
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Looking for pointers on how to run an Install4J installer from my application to upgrade it. The existing upgrade.xml mechanism doesn't fit well with my application. I think I need to create a custom ...
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These options can be written with or without an equals-sign. --add-opens module/package=target-module --add-opens=module/package=target-module Only the version with 2 equals-signs seems to work when ...
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I am using Install4j on Windows 10 to run another Install4j installer in silent mode using the RunExecutableAction. However, when I do not elevate privileges for the imbedded installer, the ...
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For our project we use Install4j for our installers. We used to use Wix to package an MSI too, but we recently migrated that to use the Install4j MSI wrapper to fix some issues with users ...
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