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Using a 7zip fork with zstandard support: https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd Saves 20% CPU when extracting, also uses ~50MB less peak memory. Downside is a 5% larger installer.
MSYS2 Installer
Nightly build
https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/tag/nightly-x86_64
CLI Usage examples
Installing the GUI installer via the CLI to C:\msys64:
.\msys2-x86_64-latest.exe in --confirm-command --accept-messages --root C:/msys64
Uninstalling an existing installation in C:\msys64 via the CLI:
C:\msys64\uninstall.exe pr --confirm-command
Installing the self extracting archive to C:\msys64:
.\msys2-base-x86_64-latest.sfx.exe -y -oC:\
Build Instructions
# Run in a MSYS2 environment
./make-msys2-installer
New Release TODO List
- Trigger a new nightly build via https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/actions/workflows/build.yml or use an existing one
- Get all files with dates in their names, sign them and create checksum files (.sig and .sha256)
- Create a new git tag following format:
date -I - Upload the installer files to the release tag
- Run
msys2-devtools/update-installer "$(date -I)"on the server to copy the release from GitHub - Update the link, name and checksum on the main website (pointing to GitHub): https://github.com/msys2/msys2.github.io/blob/source/web/index.md
- Update the download link and checksum for the GiHub action: https://github.com/msys2/setup-msys2/blob/master/main.js