uninstall and uninstallstring

[Stenon]

Hi,

here's my setup.py code.

It's a batch file for installation and it works fine. I'm also trying to run an uninstallation with a batch file, and it's crashing...

which should I use, uninstall or uninstallstring? Thanks for your help!

from setuphelpers import *
uninstallkey = []
uninstallstring = [u'"C:\\FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"']

def install():
run(r'"FirewallAddEsetRule.bat"')

def uninstall():
run(u'"FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"')

and errors:
2016-09-28 15:09:00,963 WARNING Warning: CalledProcessError: Command '(u'"C:\\FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"',)' returned non-zero exit status 1
2016-09-28 15:09:00,986 CRITICAL Error running uninstall script: Command '(u'"FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"',)' returned non-zero exit status 1
=== Removed packages ===
allowesetinstall
=== Error removing packages ===
allowesetinstall

[Nathanael]

Hello,
have you found a solution to this question since then?
Nathanael

[agauvrit]

Good morning,

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from setuphelpers import *
uninstallkey = []
uninstallstring = [u'"C:\\FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"']

def install():
    run(r'"FirewallAddEsetRule.bat"')

def uninstall():
    run(u'"FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"')

During installation, your *.bat script runs correctly, no problem, since it's included in your package (I assume?)

The uninstall, however, fails because at no point in the install function do you copy and paste this script to the root of the C:\ drive

If you want this to work, use a file copy with the function filecopytowhich will allow you to call your script FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat during uninstallation.

The source code would then become:

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from setuphelpers import *
uninstallkey = []

def install():
    run(r'"FirewallAddEsetRule.bat"')
    filecopyto("FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat","C:\\")

def uninstall():
    run(u'"C:\\FirewallRemoveEsetRule.bat"')

Sincerely,

Alexander

[Stenon]

Thanks,

in the meantime I had created a second wapt package that called remove.bat.

But a big THANK YOU for your explanation and your clear answer!

PS: The livecast video was very, very good; we seem to know you better now.