Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg - how to upgrade between different products like 'firefox 3' to 'firefox 4'?

2011-09-01 Thread Urs Rau (UK)
Hi, On 31 Aug 2011, at 20:07, clei...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi! > > I always uninstall previous version's package and install a new on > unrelated upgrades. Is there any particular reason you want to avoid > this? I have not found a way to do it as the main executable and the uninstall wpkg is us

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg - how to upgrade between different products like 'firefox 3' to 'firefox 4'?

2011-09-01 Thread Urs Rau (UK)
Hi Paul, On 31 Aug 2011, at 20:26, Paul McGrath wrote: > All the firefox versions just upgrade by uninstalling the older version > during the self contained installation. We have only ever had one 'firefox', > 'adode reader', 'flash player' etc package. You just create a > 'firefoxv2' pa

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg - how to upgrade between different products like 'firefox 3' to 'firefox 4'?

2011-09-01 Thread Paul McGrath
Urs, The uninstall doesn't need to be a msi uninstall it can be any command line uninstall that is silent so you can do firefox "..\..\uninstall\helper.exe" /S Adobe Reader X actually uninstalls all versions during its install so it takes care of it for you. However, with Reader X you need t

Re: [wpkg-users] wpkg - how to upgrade between different products like 'firefox 3' to 'firefox 4'?

2011-09-01 Thread Malte Starostik
Am Donnerstag, 1. September 2011, 10:22:05 schrieb Urs Rau (UK): > I have not found a way to do it as the main executable and the uninstall > wpkg is using is all using the identically named files for checks etc, so > the uninstall of the lower or earlier version can inadvertently uninstall > the n

[wpkg-users] Revit 2012 install

2011-09-01 Thread Barry Ralphs
Anyone have any luck getting Revit 2012 to install via WPKG? I've disabled the content download\install via: http://revitclinic.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/06/revit-2012-network-deployment-utility.html But it still fails and rolls everything back. From the log: MSI (s) (DC:A8) [09:59:58:486]: Win