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The OCI (one click installer) utility provides users with an easy method to install the operating system on the primary drive (sda) of their computer.
One click to format/erase the primary hard drive and start the installation, then you take a walk and make you run a cafe. When you return, it remains only to click a second time to restart the computer.

The simplified installation method does not replace the traditional method (puppyinstaller), but in many cases it allows a novice user or pressed, install the operating system without having to worry about the steps required by puppyinstaller: gparted , grub, etc.


Important!

1. It is strongly recommended to read the help before using the OCI utility.
2. The simplified installation proposed by OCI must be activated from a media liveUSB (vfat) or liveCD/DVD (iso9660) used with pupmode=5 (first use without backup).
3. The simplified installation allows you to install the operating system on the primary hard drive of the computer (sda), no other host support is possible.
4. The simplified installation formats/erases automatically the different partitions of the main hard drive (sda) of the computer. So you must save the files (available on the main hard drive sda) you want to keep before you start easy installation!
5. The simplified installation does not affect the additional hard drives: sdb, etc.
6. Users wishing to benefit from a complete selection of options (multiboot, encryption, etc.) must use traditional method "puppyinstaller" (/usr/sbin/puppyinstaller).

Notes

1. For ASRI Edu 300 et Puppy Lucid 52x it is necessary to install a dependency gettext-base_0.17.
2. OCI is based on scripts of rcrsn51, cf. How to do a One-Click Installation of Puppy.
3. A discussion exists for French-speaking users, cf. OCI (one click installer) - Utilisateurs francophones.

Translations
Last version of OCI is avaible for :

• en (english) by ASRI
• fr (french) by ASRI
• es (spanish) by nilsonmorales

Links

• Download the packages (the NLS contains the help files and translations) ; consult help, screenchots and OS compatibility => click here
• View videos => cliquez ici

Release Notes
oci-0.0.7_20131229 : improve oci-install (no swap creation if size = 0 MB.

oci-0.0.6_20131124 : improve oci-pre-install ; updated translation (fr, en, es).

oci-0.0.5_20131115 : fix check compatibility for xz compression of sfs (added SfsCompatibility in settings file) ; updated Splash boot ; added Reset button ; move function Compare install size and host size in file oci-pre-install ; fix report of InstallInfosSFScompression ; added save file (pupsave) name in installation report ; move functions DelayBeforeInstall & CompareSize (before, these functions was in oci-bin) ; updated translation (fr, en) and added es translation.

oci-0.0.4_20131027 : le choix de la compression du fichier sfs (gzip, xz) n'est désormais possible que si le format xz est compatible avec l'OS (dans le cas contraire, l'option gzip est utilisée par défaut) ; ajout d'un test au démarrage de OCI afin de limiter l'activation aux supports live usb/cd/dvd utilisés avec un pupmode 5 ; ajout d'un test permettant de comparer la taille disponible sur le disque dur hôte et l'espace nécessaire pour effectuer l'installation ; ajout d'un GUI supplémentaire afin de permettre à l'utilisateur une dernière vérification avant de commencer l'installation ; ajout d'un rapport d'installation enregistré sur le disque dur ; amélioration de la détection des supports usb ; ajout de la possibilité d'ajouter un raccourci sur le bureau ; mise à jour des traductions ; autres modifications mineures.

oci-0.0.3_20131017 : ajout de l'option "compression du fichier sfs" (gzip, xz), amélioration du gettext, amélioration du yafsplash, ajout d'un rapport d'installation, ajout de la traduction fr, etc.


Improvements planned for future releases

1. Create two partitions on the hard drive host (sda), one for the OS and one for data.
2. Allow extra frugal installations without overwriting the hard drive host (sda) to add other versions of Puppy without overwriting the existing installation.
3. Improve conditional display of the main GUI: swap file size and pupsave according to size available on the host hard drive, display pupsave information only if frugal installation is selected.

ASRI éducation wrote:The OCI utility (one click installer) provides users an easy method to install the operating system.
OCI is usable with the latest versions of Puppy.

OCI is based on scripts of rcrsn51, cf. How to do a One-Click Installation of Puppy.
A discussion exists for French-speaking users, cf. OCI (one click installer) - Utilisateurs francophones.

- Download the packages (the NLS contains the help files and translations)
- Consult help
- View screenshots

That seems really great and promising!

This first version is available in English, additional translations will be added when the script has evolved enough.
Only the French help is available.

Cordialement,

ASRI éducation wrote:This first version is available in English, additional translations will be added when the script has evolved enough.
Only the French help is available.

Some small bugs to report (obviously you can help me to solve):

1. The installation "silent" pollutes "config" file, then with the installation "talkative" everything is ok.
2. With Precise Puppy 5.7.1, the creation of the pupsave file causes an error at the first reboot. To find the desktop icons and menu, you must write in console "gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache" and restart the X server
3. The simplified help is written in gtk (with notebook option). When starting, the first tab is not the correct size.

Cordialement,

Unfortunately i can't help with development/coding but i'd be happy to help you with the Greek translation any time you want!

koulaxizis wrote:Unfortunately i can't help with development/coding but i'd be happy to help you with the Greek translation any time you want!

Thank you in advance.

Compatibility with OS = see the first message.

oci-0.0.2_20131007 is available.
For changes and developments, see the first message of the thread.

Cordialement,

oci-0.0.3_20131017 : ajout de l'option "compression du fichier sfs" (gzip, xz), amélioration du gettext, amélioration du yafsplash, ajout d'un rapport d'installation, ajout de la traduction fr, etc.
Remarque : pour les bases ASRI300 et Lucid il est nécessaire d'installer préalablement le paquet gettext-base_0.17

ASRI éducation wrote:oci-0.0.3_20131017 : ajout de l'option "compression du fichier sfs" (gzip, xz), amélioration du gettext, amélioration du yafsplash, ajout d'un rapport d'installation, ajout de la traduction fr, etc.
Remarque : pour les bases ASRI300 et Lucid il est nécessaire d'installer préalablement le paquet gettext-base_0.17

Obviously, comments and suggestions are welcome.

oci-0.0.4_20131027 : le choix de la compression du fichier sfs (gzip, xz) n'est désormais possible que si le format xz est compatible avec l'OS (dans le cas contraire, l'option gzip est utilisée par défaut) ; ajout d'un test au démarrage de OCI afin de limiter l'activation aux supports live usb/cd/dvd utilisés avec un pupmode 5 ; ajout d'un test permettant de comparer la taille disponible sur le disque dur hôte et l'espace nécessaire pour effectuer l'installation ; ajout d'un GUI supplémentaire afin de permettre à l'utilisateur une dernière vérification avant de commencer l'installation ; ajout d'un rapport d'installation enregistré sur le disque dur ; amélioration de la détection des supports usb ; ajout de la possibilité d'ajouter un raccourci sur le bureau ; mise à jour des traductions ; autres modifications mineures.

Unless I am mistaken, no tester in the English forum ...
Shame, because OCI seems to be an interesting utility.
Cordialement,

ASRI éducation wrote:The simplified installation formats/erases automatically the different partitions of the main hard drive (sda) of the computer.

I guess many users do not have this liberty with their hard disk - that can explain the "no tester" that you observed.

wget -c --content-disposition http://ubuntuone.com/13rnMOHRNbL3oSi4mwH1Hm

md5sum d7929e3f6c2c5212b6e692dfa499a8c5 oci_es.tar

nilsonmorales wrote:wget -c --content-disposition http://ubuntuone.com/13rnMOHRNbL3oSi4mwH1Hm

md5sum d7929e3f6c2c5212b6e692dfa499a8c5 oci_es.tar

Thank you, your translation will be included in OCI-0.0.5 (available at the end of the week).
Cordialement,

raffy wrote:

ASRI éducation wrote:The simplified installation formats/erases automatically the different partitions of the main hard drive (sda) of the computer.

I guess many users do not have this liberty with their hard disk - that can explain the "no tester" that you observed.

You're right.
OCI is intended for novice users or pressed.
Obviously, on this forum I deal with experts who perform manual installations (without using the puppyinstaller).
Cordialement,

raffy wrote:

ASRI éducation wrote:The simplified installation formats/erases automatically the different partitions of the main hard drive (sda) of the computer.

I guess many users do not have this liberty with their hard disk - that can explain the "no tester" that you observed.

i don't foresee wanting to erase any of my hard drives, but if you could mod it to allow the user to select a particular partition for installation, i'd conceivably give it a go.

seems like a cool program, but it also seems a bit unnecessarily destructive.

Puppus Dogfellow wrote:i don't foresee wanting to erase any of my hard drives, but if you could mod it to allow the user to select a particular partition for installation, i'd conceivably give it a go.

seems like a cool program, but it also seems a bit unnecessarily destructive.

I'd like to know how to do it, but actually it is not possible for me.
Especially because of the automatic configuration of Grub.
However, I can find a possible solution...
Cordialement,

oci-0.0.5_20131115 : fix check compatibility for xz compression of sfs (added SfsCompatibility in settings file) ; updated Splash boot ; added Reset button ; move function Compare install size and host size in file oci-pre-install ; fix report of InstallInfosSFScompression ; added save file (pupsave) name in installation report ; move functions DelayBeforeInstall & CompareSize (before, these functions was in oci-bin) ; updated translation (fr, en) and added es translation.

View videos about OCI on YouTube (Utility > OCI)

oci-0.0.6_20131124 : improve oci-pre-install ; updated translation (fr, en, es).

Cordialement