Squirrel.releasify does practically nothing

[Overdrivr]

I have packaged my python application with NuGet and I would like to build an installer from it with Squirrel. I have installed Squirrel using Nuget.

Now, when I run, there is no console output, leading me to believe it works with any issue.

Squirrel --releasify my-pkg

For sure it has created a Releases folder but only copied the NuGet package in it. There is no .exe, no .msi.

What I am missing here ?

On a more general matter, my experience with Squirrel so far has been quite frustrating. I thought it would be a whole lot easier to build an installer with Squirrel, but the documentation is very hard to grasp. It mentions .NET and shows screenshots with VisualStudio everywhere, but I cannot understand if I need to use those two things to build my installer.

• Is there documentation on how to implement update with something else than a .NET app ?
• Is there documentation on how to install Squirrel itself on Windows ? I have installed it through nuget, without visual studio, but I feel it's a hack
• Is there documentation on the big picture, how is structured everything between squirrel, updater, installed nuget pkg, ... ?
• Is there a simple, one-page exemple, to build a Hello World app, that does not involve Visual Studio, just bash commands, where we start with a NodeJS/or python/ or you name it language, and ends up with a proper, basic installer ? That would be extremely instructive

[rheuser]

I am experiencing the same symptoms. How did you solve it?

[Overdrivr]

I don’t think I ever did, I switched to another packaging tool in the end but it’s pretty old can’t remember which one.