Apart from the `dirChooser` flag, is there any wa...

# compose-desktop

[theapache64]

Apart from the dirChooser flag, is there any way to define default installation directory? I read it's possible via `jpackage`'s --install-dir option, but how can I pass that param from build.gradle.kts ? 🤔

[olonho]

@alexey.tsvetkov ^^^

[olonho]

see https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb/tree/master/tutorials/Native_distributions_and_local_execution installationPath

[theapache64]

okay, but is there any way to pass jpackage flags from build.gradle.kts ?

[theapache64]

So,

• if I set installationPath to /some/dir , then on windows, the files will be extracted to which directory?
• also, if i want to extract the files to AppData/Roaming/MyApp directory in windows, and default directory in linux and mac, what should be the installationPath value?

[alexey.tsvetkov]

@theapache64

There is no way to pass jpackage flags directly.

--install-dir is available as a installationPath DSL property.
installationPath is specified for each OS separately (I don’t think a common path would be sensible across Linux, MacOS and Windows).
If you don’t provide an installationPath value for an OS, a default value is used.

compose.desktop {
    application {
        nativeDistributions {
            macOS {
                installationPath = "/Applications/my-app"
            }
            windows {
                installationPath = "C:\Program Files\My Application"
            }
            linux {
                 // default installationPath will be used
            }
        }
    }
}

[theapache64]

Understood 👍