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\softwareset 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
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packages: directory with multiple xml files, each of corresponds to an individual WPKG package definition
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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)
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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)
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common-config: config files that are used in a wpkg for all institutions
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%WPKGINSTITUTION%-config: config files specific to a particlar institution.