[wpkg-users] LibreOffice 4 and INSTALLLOCATION on Seven x64

[le dahut]

16/05/2013 10:08, le dahut :
>
>
> Le 16/05/2013 09:51, le dahut a écrit :
>> 14/05/2013 18:19, Jason Taylor wrote :
>>>>
>>>> Because Libreoffice was installed in "C:\Program Files (x86)"...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The problem is the same if I don't use "%ProgramFiles%" and put
>>>> "C:\Program Files" explicitly.
>>>>
>>>> any idea ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> %PROGRAMFILES% points to 'C:\Program Files'
>>
>>
>> This is not true :
>>
>>   <variable name="INSTALLLOCATION" value="C:\blabla %version%" />
>>   msiexec /qn /I
>> "\\192.168.230.176\wpkg\softwares\libreoffice\LibreOffice_4.0.3_Win_x86.msi"
>>
>> INSTALLLOCATION="C:\blabla 4.0"
>>
>> Installs libreoffice in "C:\blabla 4.0"
>>
>>   <variable name="INSTALLLOCATION" value="%ProgramFiles%\LibreOffice
>> %version%" />
>>   msiexec /qn /I
>> "\\192.168.230.176\wpkg\softwares\libreoffice\LibreOffice_4.0.3_Win_x86.msi"
>>
>> INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 4.0"
>>
>> Does NOT install libreoffice in "C:\Program Files" but in "C:\Program
>> Files (x86)" !
>>
>> BUT when Wpkg runs the check, it looks for libreoffice in "C:\Program
>> Files" and obviously does not find it !
>>
>>
>> So the problem is that msiexec does not take in account
>> INSTALLLOCATION="C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 4.0" and forces install in
>> "C:\Program Files (x86)". And thus the check fails...
>>
>>
>
> You can also try to install libreoffice interactively, select
> "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 4.0", clic "Ok" and back on the previous
> screen you see that it has automatically switched to "C:\Program Files
> (x86)\LibreOffice 4.0". Argh !
>
> It seems that there is no way to install libreoffice in "C:\Program
> Files\LibreOffice 4.0", Windows/msiexec forces to install it in "(x86)"...
>
> Does someone have more information about that, can confirm this
> behavior...?
>


Workaround :

     <variable architecture="x86" name="progfiles" value="%PROGRAMFILES%" />
     <variable architecture="x64" name="progfiles" 
value="%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%" />
     <variable name="INSTALLLOCATION" value="%progfiles%\LibreOffice 
%version%" />