[wpkg-users] Thanks for everything - WPKG is nice but it still needs improve

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Steve

Steve Handy wrote:
> Alright Leon and Jens it worked. Took a while, but we got it. Cool. I also tried to rerun the script again it didn't reinstall it. Okay. The force switch works. My faith has been restored.

And I will (again) have a look at the issue that FF did not re-install 
after manual removal of the package.

However I just did exactly this 10 minutes ago. Removed OpenOffice, 
FireFox and some other programs manually via the control panel. Then 
invoked WPKG service again and all the programs got re-installed.

My WPKG client config (using WPKG-Client-1.2.0.msi, final):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
	<file>\\software\RemInst\wpkg\wrapper.js</file>
	<path-user>DOMAIN\instadmin</path-user>
	<path-password>xxxxxxxx=</path-password>
	<exec-user>SYSTEM</exec-user>
	<exec-password></exec-password>
	<parameters>/synchronize</parameters>
	<silent>YES</silent>
	<pre-action></pre-action>
	<post-action></post-action>
	<show-GUI>NO</show-GUI>
	<logon-delay>0</logon-delay>
	<logon-message-1>Anwendungen und Einstellungen werden 
installiert.</logon-message-1>
	<logon-message-2>Bitte nicht neu starten oder 
ausschalten.</logon-message-2>
	<script-variable 
name="SOFTWARE">\\software\RemInst\software</script-variable>
	<script-variable 
name="SETTINGS">\\software\RemInst\settings</script-variable>
	<script-variable name="WPKG_PROFILE">autosetup</script-variable>
	<priority>normal</priority>
	<stop-service-after-done>YES</stop-service-after-done>
	<laptop-mode>YES</laptop-mode>
	<server-connecting-method>standard</server-connecting-method>
	<server-connecting-ip>software</server-connecting-ip>
	<server-connecting-timeout>3</server-connecting-timeout>
	<server-connecting-script-timeout>3</server-connecting-script-timeout>
	<server-connecting-script-file></server-connecting-script-file>
</configuration>



My Firefox XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<packages>

<package id='Firefox' name='Mozilla Firefox' revision='20013' 
priority='50' reboot='false' >
   <!-- Mozilla Firefox Webbrowser -->
   <check type='uninstall' condition='exists' path='Mozilla Firefox 
(2.0.0.13)' />
   <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\software.free\Firefox 
v.2.0.0.13\unattended.cmd"' />
   <remove cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\software.free\Firefox 
v.2.0.0.13\unattended-uninstall.cmd"' />
   <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\software.free\Firefox 
v.2.0.0.13\unattended.cmd"' />
</package>

</packages>


The unattended*.cmd  scripts do nothing different than installing FF 
silently:

unattended.cmd:

@echo off

set BINARY=Firefox Setup 2.0.0.12 de.exe
set INSTALL_LOC=%~dp0
set PROG_FILES=%ProgramFiles%
if not "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" == "" set PROG_FILES=%ProgramFiles(x86)%
set EXIT_CODE=0

echo Installing Mozilla FireFox

start /wait "Firefox" "%INSTALL_LOC%%BINARY%" /S
EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%

echo Setting default browser

start /wait "Firefox defaults" "%PROG_FILES%\Mozilla 
Firefox\firefox.exe" -silent -nosplash -setDefaultBrowser

REM Cleanup
call "%INSTALL_LOC%cleanup.cmd"

exit /B %EXIT_CODE%



unattended-uninstall.cmd:

@echo off

echo Removing Mozilla FireFox

set PROG_FILES=%ProgramFiles%
if not "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" == "" set PROG_FILES=%ProgramFiles(x86)%

start /wait "Firefox" "%PROG_FILES%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /S




br,
Rainer