Installing the symbols to a local symbol server from the MSIs

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Hi,

I am wondering how to get the symbol packages installed on a *local*
symbol server without actually installing the MSIs? Our symbol server is
a Samba share on a Linux box that is being filled using symstore.

Unlike with Vista the admin install does not seem to just unpack the
MSIs. Any ideas?

Thanks,

// Oliver

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You could try using Orca: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370834(v=vs.85).aspx

If I recall correctly, it will let you read MSI’s, though I haven’t any idea if that means that you will be presented will a nice collection of symbol files, or a mess of mangled names.

Incidentally, to what ‘MSI’s’ do you refer?

If all else fails, you could install them locally and then move them. Not very satisfying, alas.

Good luck,

mm

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [windbg] Installing the symbols to a local symbol server from the MSIs

Hi,

I am wondering how to get the symbol packages installed on a *local*
symbol server without actually installing the MSIs? Our symbol server is
a Samba share on a Linux box that is being filled using symstore.

Unlike with Vista the admin install does not seem to just unpack the
MSIs. Any ideas?

Thanks,

// Oliver

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Can’t you just run the MSI from a Windows box and pick your share as the
target install location? Or just install them locally and xcopy them over.

-scott

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“Oliver Schneider” wrote in message news:xxxxx@windbg…

Hi,

I am wondering how to get the symbol packages installed on a *local*
symbol server without actually installing the MSIs? Our symbol server is
a Samba share on a Linux box that is being filled using symstore.

Unlike with Vista the admin install does not seem to just unpack the
MSIs. Any ideas?

Thanks,

// Oliver

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Don’t mind me - I didn’t realize/remember that the symbol packages were MSI’s. My brain was quiet certain that they were self-extracting exe’s.

mm
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin O’Brien [mailto:xxxxx@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:47 PM
To: ‘Kernel Debugging Interest List’
Subject: RE: [windbg] Installing the symbols to a local symbol server from the MSIs

You could try using Orca: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370834(v=vs.85).aspx

If I recall correctly, it will let you read MSI’s, though I haven’t any idea if that means that you will be presented will a nice collection of symbol files, or a mess of mangled names.

Incidentally, to what ‘MSI’s’ do you refer?

If all else fails, you could install them locally and then move them. Not very satisfying, alas.

Good luck,

mm

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Oliver Schneider
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:41 PM
To: Kernel Debugging Interest List
Subject: [windbg] Installing the symbols to a local symbol server from the MSIs

Hi,

I am wondering how to get the symbol packages installed on a *local*
symbol server without actually installing the MSIs? Our symbol server is
a Samba share on a Linux box that is being filled using symstore.

Unlike with Vista the admin install does not seem to just unpack the
MSIs. Any ideas?

Thanks,

// Oliver

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:41:16 +0000
Oliver Schneider wrote:

> I am wondering how to get the symbol packages installed on a local
> symbol server without actually installing the MSIs? Our symbol server
> is a Samba share on a Linux box that is being filled using symstore.
>
> Unlike with Vista the admin install does not seem to just unpack the
> MSIs. Any ideas?

7-zip (http://7-zip.org) understands the archive format used by MSI -
if you open the MSI in either Windows or Linux you’ll be able to
extract the symbol files.

–
Bruce Cran