ZXPInstaller works with CC 2018. Developers: Be sure you update your manifest.xml maxVersion file to allow for CC 2018, or remove it entirely. End users: Check with your extension developer to see if they have an updated version.
ZXPInstaller is a simple cross platform (OS X and Windows) installer for third party Adobe extensions (.zxp
files). It serves as a replacement for the Extension Manager which no longer is not supported after CC 2014. It provides a drag-and-drop GUI for installation, and a website to which extension developers can point users to download the installer.
ZXPInstaller uses Electron (http://electron.atom.io) to create a cross platform HTML/node.js app. The app spawns a child process for the Adobe Extension Manager command line utility to install the ZXP.
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Install Node.js.
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Install the dependencies and start the app.
npm install
npm run dev
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Install Homebrew.
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Install
wine
andmakensis
forelectron-builder
(needed to build the Windows installer).
brew install wine makensis
- Run the build script
npm run pack
- You will find the compiled binaries in the
release
directory.
Windows is supported, however a maintainer is still needed for the Windows portion of the code.