Makensis utility not found

Compiling or Editing the Panda Source
#1

I’m trying to use pdeploy to make a self-contained installer, after making a p3d file using packp3d.

Here is the command i used and the error:

D:\Panda3D-1.7.0\Jogos>pdeploy.exe -n testecamera -N "Teste de Camera" -v 1.0.0 -c -s TesteCamera.p3d installer

:Installer(warning): Makensis utility not found, no Windows installer will be built!

Thanks for any help

#2

Hm… Do you see a win-nsis subdirectory containing makensis.exe in your Panda3D installation directory?

#3

There is a NSIS directory but not a win-nsis. and inside it is a makensis.exe

#4

Hm, what if you add this nsis directory to your PATH? (Copying the structure inside the “nsis” dir into the “bin” dir would work too, but it’s a little uglier).

Installing NSIS from the NSIS website could work as well.

#5

I tryed to install NSIS from the NSIS website but it didnt work, so I copied all the files to the bin directory and now i have another problem saying Access denied (Acesso negado) after the unpacking.

:PackageInfo: Unpacking /c/DOCUME~1/Felipe/CONFIG~1/Temp/testecamera_exe_4dd5f2/
hosts/runtime.panda3d.org_96a0ec538744def6/images/images.mf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\showbase\Messenger.py", line 352, in _
_taskChainDispatch
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\showbase\Messenger.py", line 410, in _
_dispatch
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\p3d\AppRunner.py", line 493, in __star
tIfReady
  File "VFSImporter", line 153, in load_module
  File "/root/pandaworker/panda3d-1.7.0/built_cmu/direct/p3d/pdeploy.py", line 2
42, in <module>
  File "/root/pandaworker/panda3d-1.7.0/built_cmu/direct/p3d/DeploymentTools.py"
, line 254, in build
  File "/root/pandaworker/panda3d-1.7.0/built_cmu/direct/p3d/DeploymentTools.py"
, line 662, in buildNSIS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 221, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 219, in rmtree
WindowsError: [Error 5] Acesso negado: 'C:\\DOCUME~1\\Felipe\\CONFIG~1\\Temp\\te
stecamera_exe_4dd5f2\\hosts\\runtime.panda3d.org_96a0ec538744def6\\images\\auth_
click.png'
:task(error): Exception occurred in PythonTask Messenger-default
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\p3d\AppRunner.py", line 411, in run
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\task\Task.py", line 496, in run
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\task\Task.py", line 454, in step
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\showbase\Messenger.py", line 352, in _
_taskChainDispatch
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\showbase\Messenger.py", line 410, in _
_dispatch
  File "C:\panda3d-1.7.0\built_cmu\direct\p3d\AppRunner.py", line 493, in __star
tIfReady
  File "VFSImporter", line 153, in load_module
  File "/root/pandaworker/panda3d-1.7.0/built_cmu/direct/p3d/pdeploy.py", line 2
42, in <module>
  File "/root/pandaworker/panda3d-1.7.0/built_cmu/direct/p3d/DeploymentTools.py"
, line 254, in build
  File "/root/pandaworker/panda3d-1.7.0/built_cmu/direct/p3d/DeploymentTools.py"
, line 662, in buildNSIS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 216, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 221, in rmtree
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 219, in rmtree
WindowsError: [Error 5] Acesso negado: 'C:\\DOCUME~1\\Felipe\\CONFIG~1\\Temp\\te
stecamera_exe_4dd5f2\\hosts\\runtime.panda3d.org_96a0ec538744def6\\images\\auth_
click.png'
Failure on startup.

I’m the administrator so i shouldnt have any access problem

I couldnt manage to add the NSIS subdirectory to my PATH, I tryed to do as the manual says, but didnt work.

Thanks

#6

Hm…

drwr, do you have any idea? One of your commits mentioned rmtree being unreliable, if I recall correctly.

#7

Yes indeed, shutil.rmtree() is unable to remove the files in the Panda3D directory, because we set them read-only. Unlink Unix, Windows requires a two-step process to remove a read-only file: you have to make it read-write first, and then you can remove it; but shutil.rmtree() doesn’t do this, and will raise an IOError instead. I defined an AppRunner.rmtree() to serve in its place.

David

#8

Thanks a lot for the help.

I think i understood the problem, but not what i need to do in this case…

#9

Hm, I checked in a fix for the upcoming 1.7.1 release, but I’m not sure if there’s an easy workaround - sorry.

An alternative would be packaging the game on a Linux system.

#10

Lol packaging windows game on linux, ironic.

#11

but i think that probably many people make installers for their games in windows. Everyone is having the same problem?

#12

1.7.0 hasn’t been out that long yet. There’s a reason we consider the .0 releases experimental. :slight_smile:

David

#13

so should i use the 1.6.2 version? does it have the pdeploy command or anything similar?

#14

No. You basically need to wait for 1.7.1, sorry.

#15

ok…

#16

The pdeploy and the whole plugin thing is the “new thing” and works quite well considering its a .0 release. I am sure we would have .1 soon since many bugs where found and fixed.