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Unable to create wireshark installer for windows 7 x32/x64

Trying to create wireshark x64,x32 installers on windows 7 along with my protocol dissector facing below issue.

could anybody faced similar issue if so please share some inputs to resolve below issue.

Steps followed: 1)rem Let CMake determine the library download directory name under

2)rem WIRESHARK_BASE_DIR or set it explicitly by using WIRESHARK_LIB_DIR.

3)rem Set one of these.

4)set WIRESHARK_BASE_DIR=D:\Development

5)rem set WIRESHARK_LIB_DIR=D:\Development\wireshark-win64-libs

6)rem Set the Qt installation directory

7)set QT5_BASE_DIR=C:\Qt\5.12.5\msvc2017_64

8)rem Append a custom string to the package version. Optional.

9)set WIRESHARK_VERSION_EXTRA=-YourExtraVersionInfo

10)cd D:\Development\wsbuild32

11)cmake -DENABLE_CHM_GUIDES=on -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A x64 ..\wireshark

12)msbuild /m /p:Configuration=RelWithDebInfo Wireshark.sln

13)msbuild /m /p:Configuration=RelWithDebInfo nsis_package_prep.vcxproj--->at this step throwing error.

Log:

!insertmacro: end of FUNCTION_STRING_StrRep
!insertmacro: end of FUNCTION_STRING_UnStrRep
SetCompress: off
OutFile: "D:\Development\wsbuild32\run\RelWithDebInfo\uninstall_instal ler.exe"
InstType: (uninstall) 1="Default (keep Personal Settings and Npcap)" InstType: (uninstall) 2="All (remove all)"
UninstallIcon: "....\image\wiresharkinst.ico"
!include: "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Include\MUI.nsh" (ACP)
!include: "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Contrib\Modern UI\System.nsh" ( ACP) NSIS Modern User Interface version 1.81 - Copyright 2002-2018 Joost Ve rburg (C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Contrib\Modern UI\System.nsh:13) !include: closed: "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Contrib\Modern UI\Syste m.nsh"
!include: closed: "C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Include\MUI.nsh" !define: "MUI_UNICON"="....\image\wiresharkinst.ico"
!define: "MUI_UNCONFIRMPAGE_TEXT_TOP"="The following Wireshark install ation will be removed. Click 'Next' to continue."
!define: "MUI_UNFINISHPAGE_NOAUTOCLOSE"=""
!insertmacro: MUI_UNPAGE_WELCOME
Plugin directories:
C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Plugins\x86-ansi
Plugin not found, cannot call InstallOptions::initDialog
Error in macro INSTALLOPTIONS_INITDIALOG on macroline 2
Error in macro MUI_FUNCTION_WELCOMEPAGE on macroline 48
Error in macro MUI_PAGE_WELCOME on macroline 23
Error in macro MUI_UNPAGE_WELCOME on macroline 7
Error in script "uninstall.nsi" on line 35 -- aborting creation process
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7 \IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(209,5): error MSB6006: "cm d.exe" exited with code 1. [D:\Development\wsbuild32\nsis_package_prep.v cxproj] 1>Done Building Project "D:\Development\wsbuild32\nsis_package_prep.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

Solution

  • The error is

    Plugin not found, cannot call InstallOptions::initDialog

    The MakeNSIS compiler cannot find InstallOptions.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\Plugins\x86-ansi but that file should be installed by default.

    Try re-installing NSIS.