Re: Installation and Novices

2014-12-25 Thread Matt Wilkie
I brought forward the model used by calibre as a possible way forward for Leo installations for novice users. I reiterate that this provides a one-click installer and an application that will work out of the box, every time with all features fully enabled instead of expecting novices to hunt

Installation and Novices

2014-12-24 Thread Chris George
75 versions of Python listed on the official download page. 13 versions of QT 47 versions of PyQT ver. 4 45,825 possible combinations. 3 OS platforms Is the intent to have Leo support all possible combinations? If it is, then kindly disregard the rest of this message and continue with the

Re: Installation and Novices

2014-12-24 Thread Davy Cottet
I think this discussion is mostly about windows installer, since both linux and Mac provides packaging systems able to automatically install required dependencies. Does someone already had a look at py2exe as a way to include qt/pyqt into the installer ? -- You received this message because

Re: Installation and Novices

2014-12-24 Thread Davy Cottet
Apparently py2exe could include every py-related staff but not Qt... Maybe we could think about including Qt installer with nsis : http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Embedding_other_installers -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups leo-editor group. To

Re: Installation and Novices

2014-12-24 Thread Chris George
Arch Linux uses pacman. Neither rpm nor deb work properly. Slackware uses slackpkg. Bsd uses ports. Anaconda (a scientific python distribution) will install on all three platforms, but includes its own versions of pyQT etc. KDE complicates all of the above by installing QT, different versions

Re: Installation and Novices

2014-12-24 Thread Davy Cottet
I think that archinux, slawkware and BSD are both systems that mostly targeting advanced unix users, so who would know how to install a simple python apps and dependencies. Maybe I'm wrong... From all experiences people have shared concerning last *.deb* builds, it seems that it's working