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Document Windows installer build process.
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1 The standalone Windows installer for Mercurial is built in a somewhat
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2 jury-rigged fashion.
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4 It has the following prerequisites, at least as I build it:
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6 Python for Windows
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7 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/python-2.4.1.msi
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9 MinGW
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10 http://www.mingw.org/
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12 Python for Windows Extensions
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13 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
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15 mfc71.dll (just download, don't install)
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16 http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/
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18 The py2exe distutils extension
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19 http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/
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21 Inno Setup
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22 http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
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24 ISTool
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25 http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/
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27 And, of course, Mercurial itself.
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29 Once you have all this installed and built, clone a copy of the
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30 Mercurial repository you want to package, and name the repo
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31 C:\hg\hg-release.
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33 In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program:
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35 python setup.py build -c mingw32 py2exe -b 1
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37 Copy mfc71.dll into the dist directory that just got created.
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39 Run ISTool, and open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
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40 file.
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42 In ISTool, type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file. The actual
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43 installer will be in the C:\hg\hg-release\Output directory.