RE: [stellation-res] New Core build and installation procedure posted.

["Jonathan Gossage" <jgossage@xxxxxxxx>]

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Wright -
> >IBM Research
> >Sent: January 28, 2003 6:03 PM
> >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [stellation-res] New Core build and installation procedure
> >posted.
> >
> >
> >I've just finished posting the new Core binary build and installation
> >procedure which Jeffrey Howard tested for me, and have also updated
> >relevant web pages.  (What's New, Current Stellation Builds pages).
> >
> >This build contains the command-line components, configured as follows:
> >* uses PostgreSQL
> >* Intended for Linux only (no .bat files supplied)
> >* accesses database in 'trial' mode rather than 'release' mode
> >* mandates a specific Stellation file structure:
> >$HOME/opt/stellation/{bin,lib,test}
> >* Uses Ant for testing the installation, but not for performing
> >the actual
> >installation.
> >
> >This build does *not* contain any Eclipse client components.
> >That's the next
> >item on my todo list....
> >
> >I realize this leaves Windows users out in the cold, for now (and it was
> >about 3 degrees
> >Fahrenheit outside my house this morning.... without wind chill
> >factored in).
> >If someone wants to work up a similarly simple install for Windows, I'm
> >glad to advise.
> >Otherwise, this may need to wait until a 'proper' installer is available
> >(per discussion on
> >this list over the past few weeks).
> >
> >Note that (at least on my Win2k machines), IE is munging the
> >archive file extension from .tgz to tar.tar (or a variant).  This causes
> >WinZip to "decline the honor"; restoring the correct .tgz extension makes
> >WinZip happy.  Can anyone shed any light on this?  (As a workaround, I
> >put a cautionary note on the Downloads page, but I'd much rather fix it
> >properly...)
> >BTW - I also noticed, earlier, that the "Current Stellation Builds"
> >zipfiles created over the
> >past few weeks also failed to decompress using WinZip (but
> >behaved properly
> >using Linux 'unzip').
> >(Hmm.  Time to replace WinZip ?)
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jim
> >--

I have never had Windows mangle a file extension like that but I have
certainly found that Winzip does not always gracefully handle stuff from
Unix-land. I keep a copy of Cygwin on my system to deal with this.

As to a proper installer, the requirements are simple enough that I believe
we may be able to do as the Eclipse folks do and make the beast be
self-installing. We would also then provide an uninstall option in the
package (both HUI and commad line).

Hopefully updates can be andled with the Eclipse update facility.

Regards

Jonathan