Packing CherryGrove

This tutorial will help you pack the files and generate the installer / package for each platform. All packing related resources are located under the packing directory.

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Microsoft Windows

CherryGrove uses Inno Setup to create an instanced installer, in which users can choose the installation directory and disable registry entries and desktop shortcuts to enable multi-instancing.

A standard procedure for packing CherryGrove on Windows involves these steps:

1. Download and install Inno Setup at https://jrsoftware.org/isdl.php.
2. Build the release version of CherryGrove, and check if it works properly and locates exactly at out/windows-x64-release and out/windows-arm64-release directory.
3. Run packing/windows/pack.ps1. You should see installer CherryGrove_windows_x64.exe and CherryGrove_windows_arm64.exe, archive CherryGrove_windows_x64.zip and CherryGrove_windows_arm64.zip generated inside the same directory.

Adjust the code in the script to create your custom procedure.

Linux

CherryGrove currently uses AppImage to pack the executable itself to register the icon of the program at startup, and then put the AppImage and assets directory into a compressed archive.

A standard procedure for packing CherryGrove on Linux involves these steps:

1. Build the release version of CherryGrove, and check if it works properly and locates exactly at out/linux-x64-release and out/linux-arm64-release directory.
2. Run packing/linux/pack.sh to generate the AppImage and the compressed archive. Adjust the code in the script to create your custom procedure. You should see CherryGrove_linux_x64.tar.gz and CherryGrove_linux_arm64.tar.gz generated inside the same directory.

macOS

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