Installing GTKwave via SCCM

[SQL]

Hi Guys,

I need to package up some software for distribution via SCCM 2007, however I can't work for the life of me how to do it..

The software itself is GTKwave however I cannot find an EXE or MSI to install it as it needs to be done manually i.e creating system environment variables and creating install location.

If anyone can help either package this as a MSI or EXE I would be very grateful even more helpful if you can tell me how to do it via SCCM 2007 maybe as a task sequence.

[chrismeister]

I don't know anything about GTK wave, but a quick google found this:

https://sourceforge.net/p/fpgalibre/news/2011/09/ghdl-025--gtkwave-for-windows/

Any use?

I do know SCCM quite well though.
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[SQL]

I'd use that but i need the latest version

here is the install sequence if I can do this via SCCM it will be a god send as I have to install it on 600 machines and if we can't SCCM it, it will be a long week installing it...

[chrismeister]

I've never tried to do any of this, so I'm applying other knowledge to this situation but im pretty sure you can do what you're tryingt o do with Group Policy.

You'd have to build an MSI or EXE to do that if you wanted to use SCCM I think.

The most i've done with application editiing is using Orca on an MSI so I'm not the best person to talk about that.

Group Policy however:

Download your exe and .gz file.

Extract your .gz file

put contents in a folder (not sure how the app wants them arranged so you'll have to test that).

Use group policy group policy , computer configuration, preferences, add on the "Files" sub group.

Add your files - use a UNC path to a share so your clients can get it.

That'll push the files out to a specified directory to all clients who you apply the policy to.

Then for your variables, follow this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772047.aspx

Enter the path you specified as the PATH.

That should result in the files being there for the clients, the .exe is there to run for them (doesn't appear to be needed to be run and installed, assuming they just run this every time they use the program), and another policy sets the variables.

I hope that makes sense, as I say I've never done it before, but looks to achieve what you want it to!
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[SQL]

Done it in the end using advanced installer.

Created MSI and advertised it using slient switch.

[chrismeister]

Oh your software came with an option to create an MSI?
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[SQL]

no I used this https://www.advancedinstaller.com/ and created an MSI from the manual install.

[chrismeister]

Oh decent, saved loads of work then
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