After the 10-minute installation process I spend another 10 minutes deleting documentation, sources, and other files I don't need. Would it be possible to have an installer that allows one to select what one needs? E.g. I'm only looking for headers and static binaries.
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I am looking for the same. In my case I need only libraries.
So it would be nice to have options to install separately headers, binaries, docs and sources.
I launched windows installer with "/?" switch and some options caught my attention:
/COMPONENTS="comma separated list of component names"
Overrides the default component settings.
/TASKS="comma separated list of task names"
Specifies a list of tasks that should be initially selected.
Found a way to extract part of the installation archive using innounp.
Download and extract this command line utility to some folder (e.g. c:\InnoUnp).
Then to extract only libraries, execute the following:
It's 2019 and there is still no option in the installer to only install the required headers & libs ??!
Thanks Valentyn Shtronda for sharing the neat trick but there should really be just an official option in the installer ... are there any technical / organisational reasons that are preventing this from happening ?
I would be willing to help out and try to get in a PR if it's just missing someone to do it.
Please let us know what's the current take on this topic.
Thanks
Last edit: Wolfgang Steiner 2019-03-15
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After the 10-minute installation process I spend another 10 minutes deleting documentation, sources, and other files I don't need. Would it be possible to have an installer that allows one to select what one needs? E.g. I'm only looking for headers and static binaries.
I am looking for the same. In my case I need only libraries.
So it would be nice to have options to install separately headers, binaries, docs and sources.
I launched windows installer with "/?" switch and some options caught my attention:
I tried the following:
but they are either wrong or ignored...
Found a way to extract part of the installation archive using innounp.
Download and extract this command line utility to some folder (e.g. c:\InnoUnp).
Then to extract only libraries, execute the following:
c:\InnoUnp\InnoUnp.exe -x -q boost_1_61_0-msvc-14.0-64.exe "{app}\lib??-*"To extract headers and libraries, execute the following:
c:\InnoUnp\InnoUnp.exe -x -q boost_1_61_0-msvc-14.0-64.exe "{app}\lib??-*" "{app}\boost\*"Last edit: Valentyn Shtronda 2016-06-17
It's 2019 and there is still no option in the installer to only install the required headers & libs ??!
Thanks Valentyn Shtronda for sharing the neat trick but there should really be just an official option in the installer ... are there any technical / organisational reasons that are preventing this from happening ?
I would be willing to help out and try to get in a PR if it's just missing someone to do it.
Please let us know what's the current take on this topic.
Thanks
Last edit: Wolfgang Steiner 2019-03-15
I would be willing to help out and try to get in a PR if it's just missing someone to do it geometry spot activity.
Last edit: davidson killian 2024-03-15