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

[Stefano Palmeri]

Il martedì 24 giugno 2008 09:43:47 jbskaggs ha scritto:
> Does this have to be done for each file or can I copy whole directories?
>
> JB Skaggs
>

COPY manages only single files.

you could create a *.tar archive file of your data, then COPY
the single *.tar file and then extract it. Not very clean...

Stefano


> 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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