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Update Windows installation instructions for zip artifact format #25

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Starting with loda-cpp v25.12.1, Windows binaries are distributed as zip archives (containing loda.exe + libcurl.dll) instead of standalone executables.

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  • Download .zip archive instead of .exe
  • Use native PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest for downloading
  • Extract using PowerShell's Expand-Archive cmdlet
  • Clean up zip file after extraction
  • Switch from Git CMD to PowerShell for better compatibility

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md "$env:USERPROFILE\loda\bin"
cd "$env:USERPROFILE\loda\bin"
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/loda-lang/loda-cpp/releases/latest/download/loda-windows-x86.zip -OutFile loda.zip
Expand-Archive -Path loda.zip -DestinationPath .
del loda.zip
.\loda setup
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<issue_title>Update installation instructions for Windows</issue_title>
<issue_description>loda-cpp changed the format of the Windows release artifacts in v25.12.1: https://github.com/loda-lang/loda-cpp/releases/tag/v25.12.1
For Windows, the binaries are now in a zip archive and include DLL dependencies. Update the installation instructions in install.md accordingly. Try it out and make sure that you can execute the loda command and see the help text.</issue_description>

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits December 1, 2025 17:01
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Update Windows installation instructions for new zip artifact format
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Add cleanup step to delete zip file after extraction
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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Update installation instructions for Windows Update Windows installation instructions for zip artifact format Dec 1, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from ckrause December 1, 2025 17:04
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ckrause commented Dec 1, 2025

@copilot Thanks. Does tar really support zip files?

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Use PowerShell with Expand-Archive for Windows installation
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Copilot AI commented Dec 1, 2025

@copilot Thanks. Does tar really support zip files?

Good question! The Windows 10+ built-in tar.exe (based on libarchive) does support zip files, but you're right that it's not universally known. I've updated the instructions in commit 615195e to use PowerShell with Expand-Archive instead, which is the standard and more explicit way to extract zip files on Windows.

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ckrause commented Dec 1, 2025

@copilot Would it be possible to also replace the curl command by a native Powershell command?

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Replace curl with native PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest
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Copilot AI commented Dec 1, 2025

@copilot Would it be possible to also replace the curl command by a native Powershell command?

Done in commit dda1c66. Replaced curl with Invoke-WebRequest -Uri ... -OutFile loda.zip, which is the native PowerShell cmdlet for downloading files.

@ckrause ckrause marked this pull request as ready for review December 1, 2025 17:28
@ckrause ckrause requested a review from neoneye as a code owner December 1, 2025 17:28
@ckrause ckrause merged commit cfdbcc3 into master Dec 1, 2025
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