The Wix Installer for Windows ============================= cppcheck Windows installer is created with WiX: http://wixtoolset.org/ You'll need: - WiX - MSBuild (coming with Visual Studio) - VS 2015 CRT merge module Configuring ----------- Installer configuration is done in file config.wxi. Depending how you build cppcheck you may need to alter the paths for binaries. Product version and other info ------------------------------ Version number and product name are set in file productInfo.wxi. Building installer ------------------ Before building the installer make sure all the components are build: - LIB dynamic link library (cppcheck-core.dll) - CLI executable (cppcheck.exe) - GUI executable (cppcheck-gui.exe) - GUI translations (*.qm) - generated by the Qt's lrelease tool And that runtime files are available: - Qt runtimes: Qt5Core.dll, Qt5PrintSupport.dll, Qt5Widgets.dll, Qt5Gui.dll and platforms/qwindows.dll - MS CRT merge module (Microsoft_VC143_CRT_x86.msm or Microsoft_VC143_CRT_x64.msm) Build installer by giving this command line in VS command prompt (or run vcvars32.bat in DOS prompt first to setup environment): > msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=X.YY For example: > msbuild cppcheck.wixproj /p:Platform=x86,ProductVersion=1.40 Installer is created to Build -folder.