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The script should live in your %SOFTWARE%\ninite\ directory:

The following script is run as a scheduled task on a suitable server or other machine. This will almost certainly not work with the free version of ninite.exe NiniteOne.exe is only available to Pro customers.

Save your copy of NiniteOne.exe or NiniteProTrial.exe in %SOFTWARE%\ninite\.

Create a directory called "ninite" in the %SOFTWARE% directory.

We have to parse the ninite log file to report to wpkg whether or not an installation or update failed or succeeded.

We run ninite with the "updateonly" option for all applications, to ensure that all relevant applications are kept up to date.

We create a wpkg package for each application which is installed using ninite.

We run the installer as a nightly scheduled task, and build a cache of the results.

Overview of this example of how to use ninite with wpkg Obviously this is contrary to a pure open source approach of only using wpkg, though some system admins may find this a practical compromise.

The professional version can integrate ninite with wpkg, so that we can use ninite for installing and patching common utilities, whilst using wpkg to install the more unusual or specific applications. The professional version as a commandline option and can be included in scripts. Ninite is commercial software which installs and updates a variety of popular applications. 6 A wpkg package which will update all relevant applications.5 A wpkg package to install an individual application.4 Scheduled task to cache the installers.2 Overview of this example of how to use ninite with wpkg.