Installing wixl

sudo apt install wixl

For Conditional setup using Feature, use distro with wixl v0.106. Ubuntu 25.10 can install wixl v0.106 by default. Or build your own from https://download.gnome.org/sources/msitools/0.106/

• Condition tag was added in msitools v0.106 https://download.gnome.org/sources/msitools/0.106/

  v0.106
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  - !75 Support <Condition> inside <Feature> and <Component>
  

Building MSI

wixl -D VERSION=18.5.0 -o gitlab-runner.msi wixl-gitlab-runner.wxs

Silent setup MSI

Launch elevated CMD and paste modified command

msiexec /qn /i "gitlab-runner.msi" GITTOKEN=Token123 GITURL=http://github.com GITNAME=server1

TODO

• Fix rewriting toml on Upgrade
• CustomActions not working properly
  • replaced with modification of config.toml using IniFile

Passing arguments to .msi package

Create Property with Id="GITTOKEN", set default Value in case you don't provide launch argument when starting .msi

<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs">
  <Package Id="GitLab-Runner.Msi" Name="GitLab Runner" Manufacturer="GitLab" Version="18.14.0">
    <Property Id="GITTOKEN"  Value="someDefaultToken" />

Pass your data to GITTOKEN property as launch argument:

• PowerShell token with spaces

  msiexec /i "gitlab-runner.msi" GITTOKEN=`"Token with spaces`" GITURL=http://github.com

• CMD token with spaces

  msiexec /i "gitlab-runner.msi" GITTOKEN="Token with spaces" GITURL=http://github.com

Creating/changing config.toml

• Do not use a closed bracket as part of the section name

  TOML section	wixl section name
  [[runners]]	[runners