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The standalone Windows installer for Mercurial is built in a somewhat
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jury-rigged fashion.
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It has the following prerequisites, at least as I build it:
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Python 2.6 for Windows
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http://www.python.org/download/releases/
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A compiler:
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either MinGW
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http://www.mingw.org/
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or Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Express Edition
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http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/Download-2008.aspx
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Python for Windows Extensions
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
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mfc71.dll (just download, don't install; not needed for Python 2.6)
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http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/
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Visual C++ 2008 SP1 redistributable package (needed for >= Python 2.6 or if you compile with MSVC)
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2
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The py2exe distutils extension
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/
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GnuWin32 gettext utility (if you want to build translations)
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http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm
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Inno Setup
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http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php#qsp
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Get and install ispack-5.3.10.exe which includes Inno Setup Processor,
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which is necessary to package Mercurial.
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ISTool - optional
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http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/
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add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file)
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http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#add_path
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Docutils
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http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
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And, of course, Mercurial itself.
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Once you have all this installed and built, clone a copy of the
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Mercurial repository you want to package, and name the repo
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C:\hg\hg-release.
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In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program.
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Building instructions for MinGW:
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python setup.py build -c mingw32
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python setup.py py2exe -b 2
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Note: the previously suggested combined command of "python setup.py build -c
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mingw32 py2exe -b 2" doesn't work correctly anymore as it doesn't include the
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extensions in the mercurial subdirectory.
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If you want to create a file named setup.cfg with the contents:
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[build]
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compiler=mingw32
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you can skip the first build step.
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Building instructions with MSVC 2008 SP1 Express Edition:
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python setup.py py2exe -b 2
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Copy add_path.exe into the dist directory that just got created.
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If you are using Python up to version 2.5.4, copy mfc71.dll into the dist
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directory that just got created.
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If you are using Python 2.6 or later, or if you are using MSVC 2008 to compile
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mercurial, you must include the C runtime libraries in the installer. To do so,
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install the Visual C++ 2008 SP1 redistributable package. Then in your
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windows\winsxs folder, locate the folder containing the dlls version 9.0.30729.
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For x86, it should be named like x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_(...)_9.0.30729(...).
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Copy the files named msvcm90.dll, msvcp90.dll and msvcr90.dll into the dist
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directory.
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Then in the windows\winsxs\manifests folder, locate the corresponding manifest
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file (x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_(...)_9.0.30729(...).manifest for x86), copy it in
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the dist directory and rename it to Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest.
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Before building the installer, you have to build Mercurial HTML documentation
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(or fix mercurial.iss to not reference the doc directory):
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cd doc
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mingw32-make html
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cd ..
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If you use ISTool, you open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
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file and type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file.
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Otherwise you run the Inno Setup compiler. Assuming it's in the path
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you should execute:
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iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss /dVERSION=foo
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Where 'foo' is the version number you would like to see in the
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'Add/Remove Applications' tool. The installer will be placed into
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a directory named Output/ at the root of your repository.
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If the /dVERSION=foo parameter is not given in the command line, the
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installer will retrieve the version information from the __version__.py file.
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To automate the steps above you may want to create a batchfile based on the
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following (MinGW build chain):
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echo [build] > setup.cfg
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echo compiler=mingw32 >> setup.cfg
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python setup.py py2exe -b 2
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cd doc
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mingw32-make html
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cd ..
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iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss /dVERSION=snapshot
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and run it from the root of the hg repository (c:\hg\hg-release).
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