Re: [OctDev] Octave/Win32 new binary package (2.9.12)

[Michael G. <mic...@gm...>]

On 6/1/07, Olli Saarela <Oll...@kc...> wrote:
>
> >> error: unable to find Java Runtime Environment
> >
> > Guess what? You'll need Java to run the java-based backend... :-)
> > More seriously, do you have JRE installed? OTOH, I should also make the
> > installer smarter and not install by default java-based backend if Java is
> > not detected on the target system.
>
> Or you might add a notification that tells the user to download and
> install JRE. An average user doesn't know whether the Octave package is
> supposed to contain all the necessary components. (I must be spoiled
> after using Windows for quite a few years :-) Anyway, it could be a
> barrier for several potential users if installing and starting Octave
> just pops up a blank window. Not even an error message without some
> further user action.

I can indeed add such a warning.

> Another minor observation: Uninstall didn't remove start menu items on
> Vista (even with JRE installed before installing & uninstalling Octave).
> On XP this worked as expected.

This is something I really cannot test myself. I don't have Windows Vista.
Does it remove at least some entries, or none of them? Did the start menu
folder location change under Vista? Can you delete them manually?

Michael.