Pyinstaller auto-update library

PyUpdater An autoupdate framework for pyinstaller that enables simple, secure & efficient shipment of app updates. If you think PyUpdater is awesome, please give this issue an up vote on awesome-python.

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PyUpdater

An autoupdate framework for pyinstaller that enables simple, secure & efficient shipment of app updates.

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Prompt Windows UAC when updating in a privileged folder.

Hey there, First off, thanks so much for PyUpdater, it's a much-needed package in the python ecosystem and has been immensely useful in my own projects!

This patch should address an issue in windows, when the user has installed the .exe in a privileged folder (e.g. C://Program Files aka #35) and the update fails silently. It should prompt the user for access.

I need to do some testing to verify this works on my end and will update this PR with functional proof.

enhancement

opened Mar 25, 2018 by cameronmaske 28

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PyUpdater Packaged app does not restart on mac

Hi.

I'm using PyUpdater to provide updates for my applications both on windows and on mac, but when my code, applies an update on the mac side, it just goes busy and hang, but on windows it works fine and restarts and everything.

System information:

Systems that my code are tested on.

Windows 10 1903.
Mac OS Mojave. Python stuff:
Python version: 3.7-32 bit (64 bit on mac)
PyUpdater version: "3.1.1+3.gbed2239"
Update channels tested: "Alpha and Beta"
Pyupdater notes: Patching disable (shouldn't say anything, because I'm not using stable atm).
Application UI Toolkit: WXPython version 4.0.3.

Code example:

^^ updater_client = Client(ClientConfig()) updater_client.refresh() progress_bar = wx.ProgressDialog(_("VisCon Updater"), _("Downloading update. Please wait!"), 100, None, wx.PD_APP_MODAL|wx.PD_AUTO_HIDE|wx.PD_ELAPSED_TIME|wx.PD_ESTIMATED_TIME|wx.PD_REMAINING_TIME) updater_client.add_progress_hook(lambda info: update_bar(info, progress_bar)) app_update = updater_client.update_check(variables.app_name, variables.version, variables.release_channel) if app_update is not None: variables.update_in_progress = True logging.debug("Update found.") logging.info("Updating VisCon.") logging.debug("Cleaning up old updates.") app_update.cleanup() logging.debug("cleanup done.") t = threading.Thread(daemon=True, target=download_update, args=(app_update, progress_bar,)) t.start() progress_bar.ShowModal()

def update_bar(info, bar): x = info.get(u'downloaded')/info.get(u'total')*100 wx.CallAfter(bar.Update, x)

def download_update(app_update, dialog): logging.info("Downloading update-package.") app_update.download(background=True) while app_update.is_downloaded() == False: pass logging.debug("Download done, removing progress bar.") wx.CallAfter(dialog.Destroy) logging.info("Preparing for update.") wx.CallAfter(wx.GetTopLevelWindows()[0].Close) logging.info("Executing update.") app_update.extract_restart() ``

Looking at #30 I have also tried to change the last function to: `` def download_update(app_update, dialog): logging.info("Downloading update-package.") app_update.download(background=True) while app_update.is_downloaded() == False: pass logging.debug("Download done, removing progress bar.") wx.CallAfter(dialog.Destroy) logging.info("Preparing for update.") wx.CallAfter(wx.GetTopLevelWindows()[0].Close) logging.info("Executing update.") if platform.system() == "Windows": app_update.extract_restart() return else: app_update.extract_overwrite() subprocess.Popen(sys.argv[0]) sys.exit()

Without success (it still works fine on windows as expected).

expected behavior

The user presses yes to download and install the update (not included here for brevity), the progress bar pops up, and shows the progress. When the download is complete, the progress bare gets destroyed, the window(s) of the program closes and the update is applied and the program restarts (update extracted followed by program restart).

What's actually happening:

On windows it goes like described above. On mac the following happens instead.

User says yes to download and install the update.
The progress bar pops up and shows the download progress.
At some point near completion, the progress bar disappears and then nothing happens.
After around 2-5 seconds, the program goes busy and stops responding.
After a while, the standard apple "this program unexpectedly stopped responding" dialog pops up and asks if you want to terminate it.
After force quitting the program and launching it again, the update hasn't been applied and the dialog that asks the user if they want to update ops up again.
If the user presses yes, the progress bar shows for a split second, and then it's a 50/50 chance that it does the same described above, or actually applies the update and restarts.

Log output:

No errors in the log output, even with unexpected errors catched with sys.excepthook.

Hope I get a fix soon (I'm going mad lol :P )

Info Needed

opened Jul 3, 2019 by NicklasTegner 26

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Using pyupdater for an arm executable

I'm using pyupdater to produce an executable on an arm docker container.

I'm giving pyupdater build --app-version 0.9 device_agent.spec and get an error towards the end of the process:

[INFO] Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc completed successfully.
206282 DEBUG: Changing to Directory --> /build/ada/ada/pyu-data/new
206283 DEBUG: Temp Name: arm
206284 DEBUG: Appname: arm
206285 DEBUG: Version: 0.9
206286 DEBUG: starting archive
206288 DEBUG: Temp file: device-agent
206289 DEBUG: Moving back to Directory --> /build/ada/ada
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arm'
206291 ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arm'
[ERROR] [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arm'
206292 DEBUG: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arm'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/cli/__init__.py", line 108, in main
    _real_main(args)
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/cli/__init__.py", line 84, in _real_main
    dispatch_command(args, pyi_args)
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/cli/__init__.py", line 97, in dispatch_command
    cmd(args, pyi_args)
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/cli/commands.py", line 96, in _cmd_build
    builder.build()
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/builder.py", line 86, in build
    self._archive(self.args, temp_name)
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/builder.py", line 231, in _archive
    filename = make_archive(self.app_name, app_name, version)
  File "/build/ada.venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyupdater/utils/__init__.py", line 273, in make_archive
    shutil.copytree(target, temp_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 171, in copytree
    names = os.listdir(src)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arm'

The executable is produced correctly, but I wanted to find out more about the error and what I can do to prevent it.

opened Aug 24, 2018 by nedosa 24

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support for onedir mode and fix to the download progress hook

As i needed a way to update my app and is impossible to me bundle it in a single file, i did some modifications to the source code implementing the support for onedir mode. most functions didn't required any modification, just small fixes and considerations.

i did the modifications based on @beniamino38 patch: https://gist.github.com/beniamino38/6fcb742b620085de75c22de340580f96 and #16

i have only tested it on MAC, i'm going to do the windows's test this week.

BTW, also patched the downloader.py file because i wasn't getting the correct download progress.

opened Sep 17, 2017 by moscoquera 22

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Strategy for releasing new builds from CI pipeline

Hi,

I am trying to put PyUpdater to use, and I am kinda struggling to wrap my head around its concepts.

I have an wxPython-based app that needs to be built for two platforms. I managed to get spec files working, I got my runners working (GitLab CI), everything is slowly falling into place.

Now, I just started packaging and signing stuff with PYU, and I realized that .pyupdater folder and its config.pyu are the central source for all versions metadata, however, they don't really belong in the source code repository.

I need to build my app on two separate systems (one for macOS, one for Windows) and I want to have an alpha release for every commit made on alpha branch (and beta release on commits to beta branch, etc.) - but for this to happen, it seems I'd need to manage config.pyu in some other way.

One idea that comes to mind is to upload config.pyu after every successful build, and to download it before the next one - but I am not sure if this is the right way to do.

enhancement help wanted

opened Dec 7, 2016 by vvarp 22

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v3 The next steps

ToDo

CI/CD Support

Please see #36

Some things that will need updating. This will be an evolving list.

PyUpdater as a whole

[ ] Overall refactoring of class APIs
[ ] Change asymmetric key type. See #45 for more info.

Client

[ ] Add support for version manifest per platform.

KeyHandler

[ ] Allow reading private key from env var

PackageHandler

[ ] Create individual manifests for each platform
[ ] Download latest manifest from online repository

opened Oct 4, 2017 by JMSwag 19

Open

Installation Error

Hello i'm on Win10, when i try to install Pyupdater by pip, i get an error saying as there is no wheels package and i don't have Visual Studio, it cannot continue.

building 'ed25519._ed25519' extension error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

opened Dec 28, 2020 by JoeBarouneD 2

Open

Divide builds for mac with M1?

Is it possible to divide builds by architecture?

Now I see only 'mac' builds, but what if I need to support 2 architectures for mac?

opened Dec 28, 2020 by ikhmyz 0

Open

Pyupdater loops when a new version arrived when using nssm

My program consists of the following steps:

check for update
if an update exists, download it, extract and restart the program
run update checks in a new thread every 30s
run the main program that prints the word YAY every 5s

Here is the code of the update checker:

client = Client(ClientConfig, refresh=True)
appUpdate = client.update_check(ClientConfig.APP_NAME,
                                ClientConfig.APP_VERSION,
                                channel='stable')
if appUpdate:
    if hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
        downloaded = appUpdate.download()
        if downloaded:
            status = UpdateStatus.EXTRACTING_UPDATE_AND_RESTARTING
            print('Extracting update and restarting...')
            time.sleep(10)
            appUpdate.extract_restart()
        else:
            status = UpdateStatus.UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED
    else:
        status = UpdateStatus.UPDATE_AVAILABLE_BUT_APP_NOT_FROZEN
else:
    status = UpdateStatus.NO_AVAILABLE_UPDATES
print(UPDATE_STATUS_STR[status])

Furthermore, I'm trying to run the program as a Windows service using nssm.

When a new version of a program is uploaded to s3, pyupdater tries to update the program but it never succeeds causing the main program to never start. However, if I don't use nssm it works just fine.

Link to logs

opened Dec 12, 2020 by AndLvovSky 2

Open

Issue at 3rd party downloader

There is an issue a current release in #443 at Client/init where fd=downloader is instead of self.downloader. When do you plan to release next version? Thanks

opened Dec 10, 2020 by gundarsk 1

Open

[ERROR] size does not fit in an int

The following error occurred when I try to package the 2nd version and generate the first patch. FYI: The packaged file is quite large, 3,174 MB, I guess it might be the reason

pyupdater pkg --process --sign [INFO] PyUpdater 3.1.1 [INFO] Processing packages... [INFO] Patch support enabled [INFO] Generating package list [INFO] Starting patch creation [INFO] Creating patch... Anvsoft BetterVideo-win-stable-2 size does not fit in an int [ERROR] size does not fit in an int

opened Dec 5, 2020 by hohband 0

Open

Not use swap memory when ram is full?

Currently I'm try to packaging a python project running on Jetson Nano (aarch-linux), but it has only 4GB RAM. This is enough for building executable file but when I perform --process on it, It rapidly fill full ram memory and return [ERROR] with no other detail, so I guess that this error come from the lack of memory on this device . The created executable file's size is about 700M. Any work around for this problem? Does PyUpdater not use swap when ram memory is full?

opened Oct 20, 2020 by DoriHp 0

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