Package Building and Signing Commands
If you have a project, you can generate a package using the project content. It is possible to generate a package in the MSI, App-V and AppX/MSIX formats.
MSI Package Generation
To generate an MSI package, you can run the following command:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -build-msi <project-path> <package-path> [-g <guid>] [-u <guid>] [-m <manufacturer>] [-n <product-name>] [-l <language-id>] [-v <version>] [-p <x86|x64>]
Parameter |
Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
<project-path> |
No |
The path to the project used to generate an MSI package. |
<package-path> |
No |
The path to the MSI package output file. |
-g <guid> |
Yes |
Set the product GUID for the generated MSI package. |
-u <guid> |
Yes |
Enable an upgrade for the generated MSI package with the specified GUID. |
-m <manufacturer> |
Yes |
Set the manufacturer for the generated MSI package. |
-n <product-name> |
Yes |
Set the product name for the generated MSI package. |
-l <language-id> |
Yes |
Set the MSI package language. |
-v <version> |
Yes |
Set the MSI package version. |
-p <x86|x64> |
Yes |
Set the MSI package platform. |
To generate an MSI, you need to specify a path to the project and the output file only. Other parameters are optional. For example, you can use the following command to generate an MSI package:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -build-msi c:\Projects\AdobeReader c:\Projects\AdobeReader.msi
The project name, manufacturer, version and other settings should be specified in the project, so that you don’t have to specify them when you generate a package from the command-line. If those settings are missing for some reason, you can specify them using the corresponding command-line parameters.
App-V Package Generation
To generate an App-V package, you can run the following command:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -build-appv <project-path> <package-path> [-g <guid>] [-m <manufacturer>] [-n <product-name>] [-l <language-id>] [-v <version>] [-p <x86|x64>]
Parameter |
Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
<project-path> |
No |
The path to the project used to generate an App-V package. |
<package-path> |
No |
The path to the App-V package output file. |
-g <guid> |
Yes |
Set the product GUID for the generated App-V package. |
-u <guid> |
Yes |
Enable an upgrade for the generated App-V package with the specified GUID. |
-m <manufacturer> |
Yes |
Set the manufacturer for the generated App-V package. |
-n <product-name> |
Yes |
Set the product name for the generated App-V package. |
-l <language-id> |
Yes |
Set the App-V package language. |
-v <version> |
Yes |
Set the App-V package version. |
-p <x86|x64> |
Yes |
Set the App-V package platform. |
Example:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -build-appv c:\Projects\AdobeReader c:\Projects\AdobeReader.appv
MSIX/AppX Package Generation
To generate an MSIX/AppX package, you can run the following command:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -build-appx <project-path> <package-path> [-a <package-name>] [-u <publisher>] [-d <package-description>] [-m <manufacturer>] [-n <product-name>] [-l <language-id>] [-v <version>] [-p <x86|x64>]
Parameter |
Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
<project-path> |
No |
The path to the project used to generate an MSIX/AppX package. |
<package-path> |
No |
The path to the MSIX/AppX package output file. |
-a <package-name> |
Yes |
The package name. |
-u <publisher> |
Yes |
The name of the package publisher (in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) format) |
-d <package-description> |
Yes |
The package description. |
-m <manufacturer> |
Yes |
Set the manufacturer for the generated MSIX/AppX package. |
-n <product-name> |
Yes |
Set the product name for the generated MSIX/AppX package. |
-l <language-id> |
Yes |
Set the MSIX/AppX package language. |
-v <version> |
Yes |
Set the MSIX/AppX package version. |
-p <x86|x64> |
Yes |
Set the MSIX/AppX package platform. |
Example:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -build-appx c:\Projects\AdobeReader c:\Projects\AdobeReader.appx
Package Signing
You can digitally sign a package using the sign command. You can find detailed information on digital signatures in the signing packages chapter. To digitally sign a package, run the following command:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -sign-package <package-path> <certificate> [-p <password>] [-t <timestamp-url>]
Parameter |
Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
<package-path> |
No |
The path to the AppX or MSI package to sign. |
<certificate> |
No |
The path to the certificate pfx file to sign the package with. |
-p <password> |
Yes |
The certificate password. |
-t <timestamp-url> |
Yes |
The timestamp URL to use in the signing process. |
Example:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -sign-package c:\Projects\AdobeReader.msi c:\certificate.pfx