Auto Updater for 86Box with GUI (Qt)

Features

• Update or download 86Box executable from the last available artifact (you can choose between Old and New dynarec). Only the 64 bits version for now.
• Update or download with the last Roms repository. (mandatory for 86Box)
• Show a changelog between the installed and the last version.
• Auto detect if Roms must be updated too. (based on modification date Vs the last commit date)
• Only show GUI if executable or Roms must be updated, otherwise it just try the feature below.
• Execute 86Manager.exe (https://github.com/86Box/86BoxManager) or Avalonia86.exe (https://github.com/notBald/Avalonia86) (if found in the same folder) after update or just close itself.

Requirements

• Python 3.5+
• PySide6-Essentials
• requests
• pywin32 (only for Windows)
• Nuitka (for building only)

How to install dependencies under Windows

python3 -m pip install --user -r requirements-win.txt

How to install dependencies under Linux

python3 -m pip install --user -r requirements-linux.txt

Running

python3 app.pyw

Building (Windows)

build.bat

or

python3 -m nuitka --onefile --windows-console-mode=disable --enable-plugin=pyside6 --windows-icon-from-ico=app.ico --output-filename=86BoxUpdater.exe --deployment --remove-output app.pyw

(A file named 86BoxUpdater.exe file should be created in the project directory)

Building (Linux)

python3 -m nuitka --onefile --windows-console-mode=disable --enable-plugin=pyside6 --windows-icon-from-ico=app.ico --output-filename=86BoxUpdater --deployment --remove-output app.pyw

(A file named 86BoxUpdater.bin file should be created in the project directory)