wintun/msi-example

Example Standalone MSI

The best way to include Wintun in your software is by including the MSMs in your final MSI, as described by the main README. However, if you're stuck with an installation system such as NSIS, which can not bundle MSM files, then you must build your own MSI, which NSIS can then invoke. Do not use an MSI from elsewhere. You must build it yourself and distribute only the MSI that you yourself build. Otherwise different projects will wind up uninstalling each other by accident and disturbing the MSM reference counting. The steps in this file should only be taken if you're not able to include an MSM into a MSI, something that is easily possible using WiX or most commercial installation solutions.

This msi-example folder contains a WiX skeleton and a build script that handles all dependencies. use it as follows below.

Steps:

1. Generate a UUID using uuidgen.exe and replace {{{FIXED 64BIT UUID}}} in exampletun.wxs with that UUID. For the life time of your entire product, even across versions, do not change that UUID.

2. Generate another UUID using uuidgen.exe and replace {{{FIXED 32BIT UUID}}} in exampletun.wxs with that UUID. For the life time of your entire product, even across versions, do not change that UUID.

3. Go to Wintun.net and look at what the latest version is (0.6, for example). Replace {{{VERSION}}} in build.bat with that version.

4. Download the amd64 MSM from Wintun.net and compute its SHA2-256 sum in all lowercase hex digits using CertUtil -hashfile "path/to/file" SHA256, and replace {{{64BIT HASH}}} in build.bat with that value.

5. Download the x86 MSM from Wintun.net and compute its SHA2-256 sum in all lowercase hex digits using CertUtil -hashfile "path/to/file" SHA256, and replace {{{32BIT HASH}}} in build.bat with that value.

6. Run build.bat.

7. Distribute dist\exampletun-*.msi for your own software only.