Bug 160718 - SI-GUI installer (setup.exe) fails to download LibreOffice Separate Install GUI.application
Summary: SI-GUI installer (setup.exe) fails to download LibreOffice Separate Install G...
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: QA Tools
Classification: Unclassified
Component: SI-GUI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL: http://tdf.io/siguihome
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Reported: 2024-04-18 14:08 UTC by Joseph
Modified: 2024-04-19 12:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Capture image of the error message (12.88 KB, image/png)
2024-04-18 14:08 UTC, Joseph
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SI-GUI unknown publisher warning (23.35 KB, image/png)
2024-04-19 12:23 UTC, V Stuart Foote
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SI-GUI notice of Piwick tracking (40.35 KB, image/png)
2024-04-19 12:24 UTC, V Stuart Foote
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Description Joseph 2024-04-18 14:08:28 UTC
Created attachment 193743 [details]
Capture image of the error message

The installer tries to download but fails.
I downloaded the file manually and put it in the same directory as the setup.exe.
Restarting the setup.exe repeats the same error.
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2024-04-18 16:28:45 UTC
The SI-GUI utility worked nicely for doing parallel installs of LibreOffice builds, but Florian said he'd abandoned it in Dec 2021 [3] after the Kotlin reimplementation of SI-GUI done in 2018 was not widely adopted:

"Florian Reisinger
29. DECEMBER 2021 AT 19:18
Hi,

I fear that it never really was adopted and I choose not to support it."

But the result of SI-GUI for "server installs" on Windows is easily replicated following steps of the project Wiki [1] at the command prompt with "msiexec.exe /a" of the .msi package (download from here [2]), and including a "TARGETDIR=" value for the /a install.

Then it is necessary to perform an edit of one file (bootstrap.ini) to point the user profile into the installation. Details in the same Wiki.

All told about two minutes effort to install and configure each nightly build as desired.

Suggest you try performing a command line install. Use the ASK.libreoffice.org channel or users@global.libreoffice.org list if you get stuck. 

=-ref-=
[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel/Windows#Version_3.5.x_and_newer
[2] https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/Win-x86_64@tb77-TDF/
[3] https://flosmind.wordpress.com/2018/06/08/kotlin-si-gui-incompatible-changes/
Comment 2 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-04-18 17:20:17 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-04-18 17:31:39 UTC
(In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #2)
> Joseph, where did you find the install link?
> Does this one work for you? http://tdf.io/siguiexe
Sorry, ignore that, the redirect leads to the same installer.

However, the installer does work for me on Windows 11, I just tested it.
Could you try again? Could it have been a temporary network issue?
Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2024-04-19 12:23:26 UTC
Created attachment 193755 [details]
SI-GUI unknown publisher warning
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2024-04-19 12:24:10 UTC
Created attachment 193756 [details]
SI-GUI notice of Piwick tracking