cep-packager

This packager allows you to create native macOS and Windows installers for a CEP extension. It takes a configuration file (it looks for it in the folder where you are running the command from) and a folder that contains the files that have to be packaged up (usually generated by cep-bundler) as input.

The easiest way to use this package is to use the cep-starter package, which already depends on the cep-packager and has a default config.

However, you can also use this package standalone, for that, follow the instructions below:

requirements

• macOS
• node.js
• homebrew
• wine
• makensis

# install homebrew 
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
# install makensis 
brew install wine makensis

install

npm install --save cep-packager

configure

• Copy the cep-config.js file from the cep-starter package into you project folder.
• Modify desired options

Run the packager:

./node_modules/.bin/cep-packager

Or, add to your package.json's scripts section:

"scripts": {
  "package": "cep-packager"
}

Then you can run the packager like this:

npm run package

CLI usage

Instead of using the cep-config.js configuration file you can also use CLI arguments or environment variables. For this, it is recommended to install cep-packager globally like this:

npm install -g cep-packager

Basic example:

cep-packager \
    --name testpackage \
    --bundle-id com.test.testpackage \
    --version 0.0.1 \
    --macos-resources $PWD/resources/macos \
    --windows-resources $PWD/resources/windows \
    --macos-dest $PWD/0.0.1.pkg \
    --windows-dest $PWD/0.0.1.exe \
    ./testpackage

Example with signing:

cep-packager \
    --name testpackage \
    --bundle-id com.test.testpackage \
    --version 0.0.1 \
    --macos-resources $PWD/resources/macos \
    --windows-resources $PWD/resources/windows \
    --macos-dest $PWD/0.0.1.pkg \
    --windows-dest $PWD/0.0.1.exe \
    --windows-cert path/to/cert.p12
    --windows-cert-password passwordofp12file
    --zxp-cert path/to/cert.p12
    --zxp-cert-password passwordofp12file
    --macos-keychain login.keychain
    --macos-keychain-password loginkeychainpassword
    --macos-identifier "Developer ID Installer: Your Name"
    ./testpackage

develop

git clone https://github.com/adobe-extension-tools/cep-packager.git
cd cep-packager
npm install
npm start