README.md



To learn more about this project, read the wiki.


Shared WPKGs in use by both Chemistry and Maths

Environment variables
We expect that you will have set the following environment variables:

WPKGJS

Full UNC path to 32-bit wpkg.js
WPKGJS64

Full UNC path to 64-bit wpkg64.js
WPKGINSTITUTION

Agreed-upon code your institution (see below)
WPKGSOFTWARE

Full UNC path to the central software repository.
WPKGSHAREBASE

Full UNC path to base of the central share.
WPKGSOFTWAREUSER

Username that should be used for connecting to WPKGSOFTWARE
WPKGSOFTWAREPASSWORD

Password that should be used for connecting to WPKGSOFTWARE as WPKGSOFTWAREUSER
WPKGLOGDIR

Directory in which software installer logs are to be kept

The included wpkg wrapper script will look in HKLM\SOFWARE\WPKG\vars and set environment variables for all keys of type REG_SZ, so you could e.g.
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\WPKG\vars /v WPKGINSTITUTION /t REG_SZ /d chemistry
Note: in general, the expectation is that environment variables with names starting "WPKG" are somehow used in this repository, e.g. in package definitions, helper scripts, etc.

Share location

set WPKGSOFTWARE=\\ifs.ch.private.cam.ac.uk\deploy\software
set WPKGSHAREBASE=\\ifs.ch.private.cam.ac.uk\deploy


Institute codes
See https://gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/ch/co/ucam_wpkg/-/wikis/Institute-codes

Repository layout


packages: directory with multiple xml files, each of corresponds to an individual WPKG package definition


packages\wpkg\tools: scripts which are called from wpkg definition (see https://gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/ch/co/ucam_wpkg/-/wikis/Helper-scripts-used-in-packages)


miscscripts: example scripts, e.g. wrappers around wpkg.js which map drives and set environment variables (see https://gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/ch/co/ucam_wpkg/-/wikis/Misc-other-scripts)


common-config: config files that are used in a wpkg for all institutions


%WPKGINSTITUTION%-config: config files specific to a particlar institution.