= Windows Installer Package Tool =

The Windows Installer Package Tool, or Wipt, is a package management system inspired by the Advanced Package Tool that forms the basis of the [http://www.debian.org Debian GNU/Linux] distribution.

The [wiki:WiptGet wipt-get] tool allows the easy installation of Windows Installer packages and patches and allows for the application of customization transforms during the install process.

A system administrator or archive maintainer can create a repository file and add packages for different products and multiple versions of the same product using the [wiki:WiptPut wipt-put] tool.

Unlike APT, Wipt does not require a repository with a directory structure.  A [wiki:WiptRepositoryFile repository file] merely contains URLs for packages, patches, and transforms accessible via HTTP, FTP or the local filesystem.

Through [wiki:WiptConfig configuration] of Wipt, multiple repository files can be cascaded to make many packages and transforms from different sources available to clients.

== Downloads ==
=== Binary Releases ===
|| 1.0 final || [http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigwin/wipt/Wipt.msi HTTP] ||

=== Source ===
You can browse the source and download a zip package in the [browser:trunk Browser].  You can also check out the latest version of the source using [http://subversion.tigris.org Subversion] at URL:
{{{
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/svn/sigwin/wipt/trunk
}}}

Note that these sources include only the public keys for the assemblies, and are set to build delay-signed executables.  There are two targets `skipregister` and `skipunregister` which will add and remove the assemblies from the verification skip list.

Also, the `wipt.msi` target will refuse to build if the executables are delay-signed.  If you wish to distribute custom binaries, you should replace the keys in the repository with your own, and then build fully-signed binaries.