Re: [Jython-dev] Installer test

[Jeff T. <je...@so...>]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Finn Bock wrote:

> Hi 
> 
> I have tried to create an installer for the current snapshot of jython.
> I have used the free (GPL) LiftOff program to create the self installing
> .class file.
> 
>    http://sourceforge.net/projects/liftoff/
> 
> The installer is 1.5 Mb and contains also the standard python library
> which have previously been distributed as pylib15x.jar
> 
>    ftp://jython.sourceforge.net/pub/jython/Install.class
> 
> We have not made any decisions that LiftOff should be used, so please
> look at this as part of an evaluation of installers.
> 
> I have only tested this on win2k (with jdk1.3, jdk1.1.7a & MS-jview
> 5.00.3229). Feedback from other platforms and JVMs is needed before we
> can decide whether LiftOff is useful to us. 
> 
> Please try the installer and post your experience, both good and bad,
> here on the list. Give special attention to the two generated scripts.
> With some luck these should work on unixes and windows. 

Everything went fine (rh6.0, jdk1.2.2), except the two shell scripts
(jython and jythonc) were in DOS file format, and wouldn't execute:

~/jython-2.0pa0$ ./jythonc
bash: ./jythonc: No such file or directory

Also, the jython script had set:

JAVA_HOME=/home/jeff/jdk1.2.2/jre

Usually I have JAVA_HOME to /home/jeff/jdk1.2.2. I had not checked
the "jre" button on the installer. The script worked okay.

> 
> The text shown as license and readme should not be taken for anything
> other than examples. This also include the graphics used.

Hmm.. so the use of a GPL'ed installer won't affect jython's license?

--Jeff

> 
> I had to fix some bugs in LiftOff which occurred on windows
> (line-ending, slash/backslash) and LiftOff is GPL so the modified
> version is here:
> 
>    ftp://jython.sourceforge.net/pub/jython/liftoff-001031.tar.gz
> 
> regards,
> finn
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