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Re: [udig-devel] An installer for OSX to try out
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I also made a quick experiment to make a plugin for jai. It was a
standalone plugin. Given a few days or a week I might be able to get
it to work. But then again maybe not. So installer it is.
I personally don't think the installer is so ugly however we do need
to identify the real bad parts and try to fix them. If there is a
translation problem I think that I can override the defaults with my
own. So let me know what needs to be fixed and I will change the
translation.
Jesse
On 29-Apr-08, at 11:58 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
Jesse Eichar wrote:
The JAI/Image IO stuff is exactly the reason that we need the
installer. Geotiff support requires a version of Image IO that is
not shipped with the java available on the OSX. I could try to
make a eclipse fragment that adds the Image IO to libs... But I
don't know if it would be picked up correctly or not...
I tried getting that to work for MRSID support on trunk; after 3
days (and a lot of trouble) I found the only thing that worked as to
place the files into the JRE extensions.
I suppose I could try that though and see if it works. I am
worried about a little about version hell. I know that OSX does
the right thing when the jai stuff is put in ~/Library/Java/
Extensions.
I know the fragment approach does not work for Windows (strictly
speaking it *does* work since that is how SWT functions); The
problem here is we are expecting the Java BootClasspath ImageIO
install to "find" our contributions we are placing in via a
fragment, since it is this ImageIO code that is supposed to be
finding us (using FactorySPI) we are a long ways away, and in a
different classloader, from where we need to be.
What you could try is setting up a eclipse plug-in to hold the
classpath based install of JAI / ImageIO extention / ImageIO-ext
stuff.
In for a penny in for a pound ... and this problem has pounded me
previously.
Jody
On 29-Apr-08, at 9:13 PM, Tore Halset wrote:
Hello.
I just tried the installer. It worked, but I have some comments.
Why do we need an installer on OS X? Does the installer need to
install something in some other place? I am pretty happy about
download a zip or dmg and just drag the application to where I
want it. And then just delete application when I want to remove it.
Does JAI stuff need to be installed in .../Java/Extensions? I
think it would be cleaner to keep it inside the uDig directory and
alter the classpath or whatever to include it.
In the "Select Installation Packages" view, I clicked one of the 3
lines. It worked, but is was kind of non-macish that the small
window with the 3 lines got even smaller. See the attached
screenshot.
I guess my description for the JAI/Image IO is too long. I agree
that is a really ugly effect.
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