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Re: GNUstep binary installation
From: |
MJ Ray |
Subject: |
Re: GNUstep binary installation |
Date: |
16 Jul 2004 01:32:19 GMT |
Stefan Urbanek <stefan@agentfarms.net> wrote:
> 2. User downloads GNUstep binary package
> Note: User has a system without default package management or users does not
> use the package management, because he only knows how to use default system
> installation or has no permissions to install other software.
Does this situation really exist? We have source so that people can do
adaptations like shove GNUstep into $HOME or whatever else they want.
> 3. User installs GNUstep from a file manager (in KDE/Gnome/MS Windows) by
> launching a script or running an .exe file.
> Note: no configuration files editing should be required.
Maybe that builder script could help here. Can't remember its name.
> 4. User installs the Application either by extracting contents of the
> downloaded package to GNUstep specific directory OR user launches application
> installation script OR user runs GNUstep package installer to install it.
A GNUstep package installer should be possible, but probably would be
built atop some package manager backends.
[...]
> One analogy can be JRE and Java applications.
It's easier to install a working GNUstep than a working JRE already, IMO.