Monero GUI Installer
The steps to create the Monero GUI installer in a deterministic way are described below.
First, a pull request is made to create the new release binaries
Once this PR is merged, it triggers the Github action which creates them here (take note of the run id number at the end of the URL - this script requires it)
We download the docker-windows-static file, then obtain a copy of Monero's 64bit binaries for windows, from getmonero.org (created by the Gitian build process, hashes of which can be found here).
After placing all the files correcly and touching them so they have the same modification time as the monero-wallet-gui.exe from the docker-windows-static zip file, InnoSetup creates the .exe file.
This Repo provides a Github actions file , and also a shell script we can run at home on our ubuntu 20.04 machine (yes, i'll create a docker at some point) which ensures that no 'funny business' is happening on Githubs end.
After running the actions script, you will be presented with the hash and the installer is uploaded at the end. Seen here in this build of v18.1.2
The official Monero GUI installer file is created on a windows machine, but we are able to replicate the final hash using Linux and W.I.N.E
To use the make_exe.sh script at home, ensure you have an ubuntu with wine / jq / curl / git installed. (pass the runid and a github token with public repo access)
./make_exe.sh 3147123066 ghp_hunter2U*U*u8888**888
Or, you can just fork this repo, and run the actions file
Docker
Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/plowsof/monero-gui-exe
cd monero-gui-exe
Note: The container is not optimised and its about 3GB
docker build -t gui .
Once built you need to run the container and pass it 2 arguments. 1st - runid 2nd - a github token with access to public repositories
docker run -it gui 3147123066 ghp_hunter2U*U*u8888**888
At the end you should see something like:
Hash of gitian built cli zip:
0a3d4d1af7e094c05352c31b2dafcc6ccbc80edc195ca9eaedc919c36accd05a monero-win-x64-v0.18.1.2.zip
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# Monero GUI installer hash:
# c5dbf3e8fca7341dea1194e57b22f233ceb9471aca8692da6ffd0b4bc3a54a1b
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Improvements / TODO's
Currently this can only be used 'after the fact' - when new binaries are uploaded to getmonero. Providing a copy of the Gitian-built CLI binaries is something in process at the moment. This will let people reproduce the installer before it is released. When this pull request from selsta is merged, we can reproduce/confirm hashes of the installer before it's actually released.