[Gambas-user] How to package and distribute our software written in Gambas

[jbskaggs]

Does this have to be done for each file or can I copy whole directories?

JB Skaggs


Stefano Palmeri wrote:
> 
> Il lunedì 23 giugno 2008 03:51:55 jbskaggs ha scritto:
>> After six months I have a package that is nearly finished.
>>
>> I understand how to make an installation package via Gambas.
>>
>> What I need though is a one-click means of installing my data directories
>> into the correct area on the user's drive.
>>
>> IE
>>
>> user.home/wwmkr.
>>
> 
> Oh well. If you just need to copy some data in user.home
> there's an easy way to do it.
> 
> I.E. in your project directory there's a file called "mydata.txt"
> and you want to install it when you distribute the installation package. 
> When you create the executable or the installation package the 
> file "mydata.txt" is integrated in the binary too.
> 
> Now you want to install it in user.home &/ blabla.
> 
> The only thing you need when you start the app is
> to check if exist user.home &/ "blabla" &/ "mydata.txt".
> 
> If not exist just copy it:
> 
> COPY "mydata.txt" TO user.home &/ "blabla" &/ "mydata.txt".
> 
> "mydata.txt" is integrated in the binary: it's just a matter
> of extracting it with COPY.
> 
> If you need to install files in a directory where you need
> root permissions, you can do the same thing asking root 
> password to the user, or tell the user that to "complete the installation"
> the app must be run as root for the first time.
> 
>> Using linux's archive manager does not give me that option automatically.
>> Maybe there is a nice liux packager out there for the data files etc?
>>
>> Second I need to know how to get the software in front of the people's
>> eyes
>> who need it.  How does one distribute a software efficiently and
>> effectively?  Recruit alpha and beta testers etc.
>>
> 
> account on freshmeat.net or kde-apps.org.
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 
>>
>> JB SKaggs
> 
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