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MU · Posted: Sun 04 Sep 2005, 20:22 Post_subject: Dotpup making script

This script creates dotpups for you, with an integrated simple "un-installer"
Your application will be installed to /usr/local

usage:
Create a new folder, for example "xclock", and copy "make.sh" and "dotpup.sh-template" there.
Also copy there the folder you want to add to your dotpup.
Just this 1 folder, or the script will not work (it can contain subfolders, off course).

If it is a folder called "xclock-01" containing a file "xclock", you should have these files:

/xclock/make.sh
/xclock/dotpup.sh-template
/xclock/xclock-01/xclock

Now run "./make.sh".
Then you will have your "xclock-01.pup".

Mark

MU · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 07:30 Post_subject:

Version 02: Fixed a bug (template was missing)

Adapted the script to install packages to /usr/local due to Barrys new directive:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2094

MU · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 14:55 Post_subject:

Version 03

Fixed bugs and added more error-handling.

The script also can be used to create dotpups, that can be installed/uninstalled on other Distributions.
You simply have to rename the .pup to .zip after creation, and run "dotpup.sh" after extraction of the zip (works fine on Linux-Mandrake 9.2)

You now also will be asked, if the temporary files shall be deleted.

Mark

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4713 Location: Manila

Yes, keep your updates going. One day someone will just have the time to prepare a dotpup...

(I've been trying to set time aside to make a pup for easy web publishing in Xampp - by Guestoo - but alas, still trying.)

MU · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 21:04 Post_subject:

Raffy,

I think my script would not help you with Xampp.

My script just will help you, if all your files go in 1 folder, for example
/usr/local/Xampp

But I think Xampp has a more complex filestructure?
On other systems, perl goes to /usr/bin /usr/lib and so on.
Apache saves configurations in /etc and so on.

This even differs on the distribution.

To write an installer for files spread all over the filesystem is more complicated, especially if iit shall be able to uninstall these files again.

First, you had to keep a list with all these files.
Then you would have to check somehow (how?), if a library is not needed by another program.

But if you have got something working, I might like to try to help to find a solution Smile

Mark

MU · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 23:16 Post_subject:

This is just a reminder for me:

http://www.goosee.com/puppy/development/package-management.htm

The current version of my script does not register anything to pup-get as it uses its own simple uninstaller.

I think I should add that (optionally?), so you can use pup-get to uninstall the dot-pups.

This may take some days.

Mark

edoc · Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2005, 23:57 Post_subject:

MU · Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 00:05 Post_subject:

Thanks for the hint Smile

Yes,I want to dig through the other programs of that kind presented here Smile

Mark

BarryK · Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 03:18 Post_subject:

MU · Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 14:48 Post_subject:

Thanks Barry.

I tried to implement all this.

Now the user has the choice to register the package to PupGet.
A small infotext for this can be displayed.

After installation, the new folder is opened in rox

Usage as described in the first message.

Still, it can install just 1 folder.

Mark

MU · Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 18:45 Post_subject:

Version 05

This one now lets you select an executable with a fileselector in the folder you want to pack.
This executable will automatically be added to Puppy-wxB-menue.
If you add an "icon.xpm" to your folder, the menue will use it.

You can test it with "Month-Calendar":
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2026#12529
or with "run2windows"
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=1932&start=15#12748

I just updated them with the new installer, but for run2windows I did not add an icon yet.

wxB-Menue you will find here:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=1985

Currently, the installer just adds Menue-entries, but does not remove them if you uninstall the package.
So the user must do it manually using the included grafical menue-editor.

Mark

MU · Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 22:30 Post_subject:

Version 06

It allows you to add the loacation of configuration-files (for example /root/.myapp.rc) to a text-file "config.files".
These lines will be added to PupGet if the user chooses to register the application to it.

See readme.txt

Detailed description of this point:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2094&start=15#12764

Mark

MU · Posted: Fri 09 Sep 2005, 23:38 Post_subject:

The further usage of this script is depreciated (this means: please do not use it any further).

There is a better version, with an additional grafical interface:

http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2138

I'll leave version 06 online for documentation-purposes only.

Mark