Can't install WixToolset.Util.winext

[emanueljg]

I am writing a GitHub Actions to create an MSI on each release. Here's my approach so far:

      - name: Install prerequisite packages (Windows)
        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-chocolatey@v3
        with:
          args: "install swig microsoft-build-tools dotnet"

      - name: Build .msi
        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
        run: |
          # install wix
          dotnet tool install --global wix --version 4.0.2
          wix extension add -g WixToolset.UI.winext
          # run script
          source $VENV
          poetry run poe mkmsi

I added the wix extension part after getting an error that the extension WixToolset.UI.wixext could not be found, but I can't seem to install it: It appears it fails silently, without stderr. What's up?

[jpakkane]

The command that works for me is wix extension add WixToolset.UI.wixext, though I have only used it on my own machine and not Github Actions.

[emanueljg]

The command that works for me is wix extension add WixToolset.UI.wixext, though I have only used it on my own machine and not Github Actions.

Couldn't get that command to work either, same weird error. I tried installing wixl instead as the readme said msitools was supported as well, but when running it, it told me I still needed wix4.

[jpakkane]

The docs are out of date. Msitools is equivalent to WiX 3.

If you want to use either WiX 3 or Msitools, you can check out an older commit of the code that still supports those (before any of the WiX 4 work).

[laggykiller]

Make sure the versions match

dotnet tool install --global wix --version 4.0.4
wix extension add WixToolset.UI.wixext/4.0.4