This is the second alpha release for ninfs 2.0, featuring an installer for Windows.
This release is far from finished! It only has minimal testing. Some features are missing completely, some may not work correctly or at all.
This is a release that is the result of many internal changes under the hood over a year, and there are still more that are coming, before and after 2.0's full release. Testing this release is highly appreciated. Please file issues on GitHub. Support is provided on my server on Discord (info, invite link) or the thread on GBATemp. Thanks!
Windows Installer
An installer is available for Windows. This includes WinFsp, which is automatically installed if it isn't already. It also can add a Start Menu entry, and add the installation directory to PATH for command line usage.
A standalone zip is still available.
Note about Windows 7
Due to Microsoft discontinuing support for Windows 7, this platform is no longer supported. As soon as the standalone release is updated to use Python 3.9, it will not start. It should still work when used as a Python module, but issues specific to Windows 7 may not be fixed.
Other features and changes
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GUI: Support single partition dumps for Nintendo Switch NAND/NANDHAC
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About window updated to display licenses for included software and libraries
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hac crypto module is separated to its own module: https://github.com/luigoalma/haccrypto
- As a result, ninfs wheels no longer contain binary code and are cross-platform.
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GUI: Fix SD wizard
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GUI: Use console process if GUI has no console
- This means that a cx_Freeze error dialog won't appear if the mount exits with an error.
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Standalone Windows build now has two executables: ninfs and ninfsw. The latter starts without a console attached.
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Add ninfsw entry point to setup.py to start without a console on Windows (no effect on other platforms)
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Support providing a mount type to "ninfs" when run as a module, matching Windows standalone releases
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Some others I probably forgot
Installation
Windows
The installer includes ninfs and WinFsp. This is the easiest way to use the application.
The standalone release can be downloaded as ninfs-2.0a2-win32.zip below the notes. Extract and run ninfsw.exe (or ninfs.exe to have a console attached).
ninfs can also be used as a Python module below.
macOS
macOS users need FUSE for macOS.
No standalone build is provided yet. cx_Freeze was giving me problems. Sorry! I really want to fix this soon but decided to focus more of my time on the core application first.
For the time being, install it as a Python module below.
Linux
Install as a pip module like below. To use the gui, make sure tkinter is installed. This is python3-tk on Debian/Ubuntu and python3-tkinter on Fedora.
Arch Linux: (AUR git package still needs updates, please wait...)
BSD/etc.
No idea. It might work! I would like to make sure ninfs works on these systems too, so feel free to file issues or make PRs for compatibility with BSD or other systems that support libfuse.
fusepy should support FreeBSD and OpenBSD. For anything else you should consider adding support to refuse.
Python module installation
Python 3.6.1 or later is required. Version on PyPI
Windows
py -3 -mpip install --upgrade ninfs==2.0a2
macOS
The 10.6 variant of Python is not supported for Nintendo Switch NAND/NANDHAC types.
python3 -mpip install --upgrade ninfs==2.0a2
Linux
python3 -mpip install --upgrade --user ninfs==2.0a2--useris not required if you are using a virtualenv.
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