https://github.com/QuailTeam/iQuail

Easy to use cross-platform installer & updater for desktop applications
https://github.com/QuailTeam/iQuail

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Easy to use cross-platform installer & updater for desktop applications

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/QuailTeam/iQuail
• Owner: QuailTeam
• License: mpl-2.0
• Created: 2018-02-14T14:04:49.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-11T16:36:23.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-22T03:50:14.384Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: cross-platform, install, installer, installers, linux, update, updater, windows
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.3 MB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# iQuail Overview

Easy to use cross-platform installer & updater

iQuail stands for "Installer quail"

Our goal is to make deploying and updating desktop applications as simple as possible

Today you can deploy a simple solution in less than 10 lines

iQuail is currently in development stage, everything is subject to change

## Current features

* Windows and Linux compatibility

* Install and uninstall an application (Add launch shortcut and register program on the system)

* Many ways to deploy and/or update your application:

  - Github release

  - FTP server

  - Embedded in installer (offline installer)

* Graphical user interface

* Scriptable user interface

* Configuration management

* Custom scriptable install/uninstall actions

* Configurable "Force update" or "Ask for update"

## Installation

1. Install python 3.6

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/

2. Install Tkinter (if its not already in python3) on debian/ubuntu:

```sudo apt-get install python3-tk``` on fedora ```sudo dnf install python3-tk```

3. Install iQuail

```python3 -m pip install iQuail```

## Using iQuail

Currently everything is subject to change,

You can still begin learning by [examples](examples)

To build a iQuail installer run ```iquail_script.py --iquail_build```

How to sign? https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki/Recipe-Win-Code-Signing

## Short time goals

* Integrity verification and updating only modified data

* Building a versioning server

* Using iquail to update solutions which already have an installer .msi / .deb / setup.exe / .rpm  files

* Mac OS support

## Support

If you find iquail interesting and if you would like to use iquail for your project,

feel free to contact us by email: [email protected] or by creating a github issue

we will be happy to help you and make iquail meet your needs.

## License

This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details

Big thanks to PyInstaller project, our project would have never been possible without them:

https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller