RE: [stellation-res] Installation requirements

["Jonathan Gossage" <jgossage@xxxxxxxx>]

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark C.
> >Chu-Carroll
> >Sent: January 15, 2003 7:07 PM
> >To: Stellation-res
> >Subject: RE: [stellation-res] Installation requirements
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 18:33, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> >> > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> >Jim Wright -
> >> > >IBM Research
> >> > >Sent: January 15, 2003 6:03 PM
> >> > >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > >Subject: Re: [stellation-res] Installation requirements
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >John,
> >> > >
> >> > >Mark has asked me to look into the Windows installation
> >puzzle, since (of
> >> > >the three of us here) I'm the most familiar with Windows.
> >> > >
> >> > >This may be completely lame, but bear with me.
> >> > >
> >> > >Assume we give up on the notion of a totally portable
> >installer.  The
> >> > >differences between Windows and Linux installs is pretty
> >> > >significant (esp.
> >> > >for Stellation servers).  It's probably a lot easier to
> >factor out the
> >> > >platform-neutral parts (Stellation jars) from the platform-specific
> >> > >installation scripts.
> >> > >
> >> > >Would it be reasonable to:
> >> > >a) pack all the redistributables into one or more
> >> > >self-extracting Jar files
> >> > >b) Use a WSH (Windows Scripting Host) script to do the
> >> > >Windows-specific parts:
> >> > >         - Display Welcome screen; prompt for acceptance of
> >license terms
> >> > >         - Prompt for install location
> >> > >         - Unpack the jars
> >> > >         - Register runtime client and/or server components
> >as needed
> >> > >         - Add desktop and/or Start Menu shortcuts, if desired.
> >> > >
> >> > >c) Use a complementary script to uninstall Stellation (invoked
> >> > >from Start
> >> > >Menu shortcut;
> >> > >     provided with installation-specific details (paths, components
> >> > >installed) from Registry
> >> > >     entries made during installation.
> >> > >
> >> > >Admittedly, this is hardly bulletproof, and a bit kludgy.
> >However, I did
> >> > >something fairly similar with WSH about a year ago (installing
> >> > >some PDFTool
> >> > >components I built), and I believe all the tasks listed above can be
> >> > >accomplished using WSH (and without installing Ant -- at worst,
> >> > >the end user
> >> > >might have to get the latest version of WSH from Microsoft,
> >about a 750K
> >> > >download).
> >> > >
> >> > >Note: I'm assuming that installation of Firebird (or another db)
> >> > >is outside
> >> > >the scope of the WSH-based Stellation install.  We should
> >> > >certainly provide
> >> > >installation instructions:
> >> > >* Install Firebird first (here's how)
> >> > >* When Firebird is running, install Stellation
> >> > >    - Download/Install WSH if necessary (get .exe from MS
> >and run it)
> >> > >    - Download/Install Stellation (download jar(s) and a couple
> >> > >of scripts;
> >> > >      run the scripts, answer the prompts and you're done)
> >> > >
> >> > >This way, the Linux jocks can make beautiful
> >Penguin-oriented scripts
> >> > >without having to learn about Redmond rituals, and vice versa;
> >> > >everyone can
> >> > >use the same set of Stellation deliverables from within their
> >> > >installation
> >> > >incantations; and happiness should reign.
> >> > >
> >> > >I think this approach should work for a no-frills installation;
> >> > >if someone
> >> > >wants to build a better installer later, they're more than
> >welcome too.
> >> > >
> >> > >Comments ?
> >> > >
> >> > >- Jim
> >> > >
> >>
> >> I have fouund a open source cross-platform Java installer that
> >looks as if
> >> it might come very close to meeting our needs and, since it is
> >open source,
> >> we can tweak it if necessary.
> >>
> >> Take a look at
> >>
> >>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/vainstall/
> >>
> >> and see what you think. I havn't done anything about it yet
> >because I had a
> >> number of other things I wanted to complete first.
> >
> >It's GPL. We have to be very careful about how we use any GPLed. I'll
> >have to double-check with the Eclipse legal types to make sure it's not
> >a problem for us to use a GPLed installer.
> >
> >> BTW I also have a Windows service launcher that we can use to launch
> >> Stellation as a Windows server.It is also open source and we
> >use it at work
> >> for our products.
> >
> >What license?
> >
> >	-Mark
> >
 It is a BSD style licence.

Here is the link for the service launcher.

www.alexandriasc.com

Regards

Jonathan