Added notes for unattended install and customising installer. Upstreamed from 6701

timlinux · timlinux · commit e68399fb5e7c · 2007-02-26T12:06:43.000Z
git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis@6703 c8812cc2-4d05-0410-92ff-de0c093fc19c
diff --git a/win_build/README.txt b/win_build/README.txt
@@ -30,3 +30,41 @@ before running. This will allow having multiple
 development versions on the same machine and 
 being able to package them without issue.
 
+Unattended Install:
+===================
+
+The QGIS installer supports silent installation now. 
+Run from the command line like this
+
+qgis_setup0.8.1.exe /S
+
+There are a few things to note:
+-  after running the above command the installer will 
+   fork to the background and  immediately return 
+   you to the prompt.
+- the installer uses all default options that means 
+  that it will try to go onto the internet and 
+  retrieve the two sample datasets of around 20mb each.
+- if you wish to customise the datasets etc that are 
+  installed, you can quite easily modify the nsis 
+  installer - its in svn 0.8 branch under win_build.
+
+Customising the installer:
+==========================
+
+The procedure for creating your custom installer is 
+(more or less)
+
+- Install qgis 0.8.1 preview (and later final 
+  release) into c:\Program Files\qgis0.8.1
+- Install nulsoft NSIS installer application
+- Check out the win_build dir from qgis 0.8 branch:
+
+  https://svn.qgis.org/repos/qgis/branches/Release-0_8_0/win_build
+
+- Follow the notes pertaining to fixing auto unzip 
+  issues in the source in higher up in this document
+- edit qgis.nsi and add remove sample data etc.
+- Run nsis on the nsi file
+- Feel good and be happy :-)
+
