PortaInstall (formerly known as Portable App Installer) is a program that downloads and installs portable applications for you.
Version 1.0 Beta 1.2.8 introduced support for the PortableApps.com Installer format.
Version 1.0 Beta 1.2.9 It also uses 7zG.exe instead of 7z.exe for a better user experience.
In v1.0 Beta 1.3.2 it allows for proxys, easy selection of non-removable drives, and asks the user to select at least one program.
Please comment.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pa-install/
To enable proxys:
After downloading and extracting open settings.ini.
Add the following line:
curl=curl\curl.exe -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -x PROXY:PORT -o "%s" "%s"
If you want you can tweak it to work a better way.
To add a drive to the drive list:
Create an empty file at the root of the drive you want to add named portainstall_enable
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Please post a link so we can test it
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
Oops... How emberassing.
Added it above.
cowsay Moo
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After a few minutes of testing, if the user clicks "Next" on the "SelectApps" before selecting an app to download, it crashes. Maybe have it display an error message and then return to the "SelectApps" page. Also, for some reason drive "a:\" is the only drive available in the "Select Drive" list. this is when running from my desktop and also from a flash drive.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
Your flash drive is probably not detected as a removable drive. If you wish to install it to a non-detected drive or a folder use Advanced Mode.
cowsay Moo
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Like your other version, it doesn't work :sad:. Here is the screenshot.
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Just downloaded Beta 1.3.1.
Proxy works fine, (autodetecting)
Looks like a cool concept, just that the 7Zip bards with the
Portainstall\0.exe is not a supported archive.Looks like a good start.
I think this may be a step toward the apt-get style update utility people are talking about in the forums.
Apt-Get Thread
However, it doesn't recognize a proxy when it comes time to download the apps. Downloading the list works fine...but not the apps.
Keep up the good work.
It uses the built in autoit stuff. I might be able to use the cURL dll or an option to enalble using a cURL exe (which would mean no emebeded progrss bar).
Edit: found a fix.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Sorry...bad link before. Trying to do too many things at once.
Apt-Get Thread
Fixed the bug where it crashes when no apps are selected.
Added proxy support (instructions above) [untested].
Added extra drive support (see above).
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
proxy support doesn't seem to work
i use port 8080 and no user/pass
still get the same error as no proxy at all
Could you try it agian?
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
same problem...not working
I changed the proxy download to cURL. It will look ugly, but it should work. See above. If you get it to work a different way please tell me.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
NSIS? (Seems to be the general PortableApp coding language here... Forgive me, I'm new :))
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I wrote it in AutoIt. http://www.autoitscript.com/
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
I tried it again this morning...several times
Just can't seem to get it to play nice with my proxy
I'm sorry, I really don't know what to do.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Try setting the IE proxy. I think that will do the trick.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
This is so cool!!!!!
this project dead?
Weeee!
but I'm currently working on a portable app manager, a component of which should cover app installation.
Also see a search result for "PortaInstall" on this site - https://portableapps.com/node/12633 - an "is it happening" thing, like yours. It's somewhat more modern, but still 4 months ago!
(Just a note: I know that you were asking "is it dead", but all of this topic is >1 year old, with the newest stuff being 15 months old... it's probably best to assume it's dead, as there are no new topics about it, and not to resurrect an old topic, potentially raising some people's hopes :P... I'm not sure it'd even work any more, as things have changed.)
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But Marko's updater does exactly the same I think.
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