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106
Downloads of v 3.7.1:
106
Last Update:
14 Jul 2023
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- John Robbins
Tags:
paraffin windows-installer windows installer wix wxs fragment cli portable foss- Software Specific:
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Paraffin
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3.7.1 | Updated: 14 Jul 2023
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software Source
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Software Issues
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
106
Downloads of v 3.7.1:
106
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- John Robbins
Paraffin 3.7.1
Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by John Robbins. The inclusion of John Robbins trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify John Robbins goods or services and not for commercial purposes.
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All Checks are Passing
3 Passing Tests
Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install Paraffin, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
>
To upgrade Paraffin, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
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To uninstall Paraffin, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
>
Deployment Method:
NOTE
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download paraffin --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/ -
For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" - Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade paraffin -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade paraffin -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install paraffin
win_chocolatey:
name: paraffin
version: '3.7.1'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'paraffin' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '3.7.1'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller paraffin
{
Name = "paraffin"
Version = "3.7.1"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'paraffin':
ensure => '3.7.1',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
Package Approved
This package was approved by moderator Windos on 21 Jul 2023.
Description
choco://paraffin
To use choco:// protocol URLs, install (unofficial) choco:// Protocol support
Paraffin - Making WiX Easier
Windows Installer XML is a fantastic tool for building installers. One small weakness with WiX is keeping your file fragments up to date. While the Heat tool creates the fragments easily, you have to manually edit the .WXS when adding and removing files. Paraffin has been around for a while, but the original requirements sum up the project nicely.
The goal for PARAFFIN was that it would build immediately consumable WiX fragments with a minimum of fuss on your part. PARAFFIN should meet the following requirements for initially creating a .WXS fragment for a directory:
PARAFFIN.EXEcreated unique values to theComponent,Directory, andFileelements'Idattribute so you do not have to worry about conflicts across large projectsPARAFFIN.EXEcreates aComponentGroupelement in the output file with allComponentelements in the file automatically specified withComponentRefvalues- You can optionally exclude specific file extensions from being added to the
.WXSfragment - You can optionally exclude directories from inclusion by specifying a partial name
- You can optionally specify if you want GUID values automatically generated for all components
- You can optionally specify multiple files per
Component(the default is one file per component) - You can optionally specify that you do not want to recurse directories other than the one specified
- You can optionally specify an alias for the directory name when setting the
Fileelement'sSourceattribute so you do not have hard coded drive and directory names in the output.WXSfile
After you've created a .WXS fragment with PARAFFIN, you don't want to have to edit the fragment manually, so PARAFFIN supports the following requirements for creating an updated output file from an existing .WXS fragment:
- The updated output is written to a
.PARAFFINfile so the original.WXSfragment is not disturbed - All command line options specified when creating the initial
.WXSfragment are automatically set when updating a file created by PARAFFIN - Any new directories and files found are automatically added to the output file
- Any directories and files that are no longer part of the directory structure are removed from the output file
Since the original release of Paraffin a few other requirements have been added:
- You can specify the directory reference when initially creating the
WXSfile - Directories and files can be excluded by name or regular expression
- Support for adding fragment information through
.ParaffinMoldfiles so you can more easily support installation options such as services - Adding include files to the top of the produced
.WXSfile - Specifying the
DiskIDis supported so you can handle giant installers easier - Full support for minor upgrades with transitive properties set so you can remove files on the minor upgrade and produce zero byte files so your installer builds
- Support for reporting if subsequent runs of Paraffin are reporting different output (i.e., adding or removing files)
Files
tools\chocolateybeforemodify.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$softwareName = 'Paraffin'
$process = Get-Process -Name $softwareName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($process) {
Write-Warning "$softwareName is currently running, stopping it to prevent upgrade/uninstall from failing..."
Stop-Process -InputObject $process -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
$process = Get-Process -Name $softwareName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($process) {
Write-Warning "$softwareName is still running despite stop request, force stopping it..."
Stop-Process -InputObject $process -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
Write-Warning "If upgrading, $softwareName may need to be manually restarted upon completion"
}
else {
Write-Debug "No running $softwareName process instances were found"
}
tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
tools\Paraffin.zip
md5: BB5F9521DDB072B7C5B96063A3B9249D | sha1: 45D11EC2D8226215971025CB2C62322718BA9CC0 | sha256: 936A67C31AAB7FD4AA29C065044FC5F2342085F559D1ED6890A18E5740CBFEB0 | sha512: 7B1BA0052A07B8F240CEFE358E7C8D700E143B98CB75346B6B612E0D89AE67173DBCA8FAA3207C732C786D745753E8965CE9FBB3F2C6F26B6C9BB2410E581126
tools\LICENSE.txt
From: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Wintellect/Paraffin/3.7.1/CPL.TXT
Common Public License Version 1.0
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tools\VERIFICATION.txt
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
The packaged Windows portable archive is available for independent download via the
Releases page on Paraffin's GitHub repository. A download link for the packaged version
is included at the following URL:
https://github.com/Wintellect/Paraffin/releases/tag/3.7.1
For convenience, this is a direct URL to the relevant asset:
https://github.com/Wintellect/Paraffin/releases/download/3.7.1/Paraffin.zip
The following PowerShell command will print a calculated SHA256 hash:
(Get-FileHash -Path Paraffin.zip -Algorithm SHA256).Hash
This command should be executed against an independently downloaded archive, as well
as the copy distributed with the package. Both hash values should be identical. A
matching hash value should confirm that no corruption or tampering has occurred
during this package's generation process.
For reference, the following SHA256 hash was calculated during the package's automated creation:
936A67C31AAB7FD4AA29C065044FC5F2342085F559D1ED6890A18E5740CBFEB0
Virus Scan Results
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- paraffin.3.7.1.nupkg (c0ba71d17ef9) - ## / 64
- Paraffin.zip (936a67c31aab) - ## / 59
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Copyright
(c) 2007-2017, John Robbins
Dependencies
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- netfx-4.6.2 (≥ 4.6.2)
Discussion for the Paraffin Package
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