Help with build and package instructions?
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I'm trying to build cobra from source to see if I can get improved Python 3 support (the latest official release, 4.0.0, doesn't auto-start the service like it does with Python 2.7) but having some trouble following the provided instructions.
I've downloaded Visual Studio 2015 CE and built the SetEnvironmentVariable and CobraWinLdtp solutions, but I'm not sure where to go next. The build and package instructions simply say
... place the binary where you have all the dll's, README.txt, License.rtf, before running Wix installer commands.
but I'm not sure which binary (I'm guessing it might be referring to "..\CobraWinLdtp\bin\Debug\CobraWinLdtp.exe" that I just built?)
I'm also unsure what or where "all the dll's" are, or if I'm supposed to move README.txt and License.rtf, or copy things into where they are.
If you can guide my hand a bit here I'd be happy to submit a PR to clean up the existing instructions.
Also for the record I'm using Visual Studio 2015 CE on Windows 10 Professional 64-bit.
Thanks!
It's been quite a while I built these packages and my hard drive went down during a power outage and haven't set it back. After March 15, let me redo things, it's been long pending.
Place the cobrawinldtp.exe under CobraWinLDTP folder (https://github.com/ldtp/cobra/tree/master/CobraWinLDTP). I have no prior build experience, just got instructions from one of my colleague and did it :-)
Sounds great @nagappan, I'll give that a shot for now.
So you think we can expect an updated release in March then, hopefully? 👍
When I worked with this last I added the build_installer.bat file which you can find in the root to make it easier for me. You might want to give that a try.
Silly me, I remember reading that you'd added that, but totally forgot about it when I was attempting the build myself. -_-
I'll give that a try, thanks @Zitrax!
Hey @nagappan, just checking in to see if you still had intent to release an updated LDTP build sometime soon. :)