Re: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
Derek Bump wrote: My suggestion would be to follow what is traditional for the platform. A setup from for Windows. A DMG for MacOS X. Amen, brother. I love DMGs for many reasons, not the least of which is that it liberates us from the strange pricing practices of so many installer vendors:

Re: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Rishi Viner
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:07 pm, Derek Bump wrote: > My suggestion would be to follow what is traditional for the platform. > A setup from for Windows. A DMG for MacOS X. And a gzip file (or > whatever is used) for Unix. Linux packages are often installed using the RPM system (originally RedHat

Re: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Derek Bump
Scott Kane wrote: Yeah - I agree. But I wasn't the one asking about installers. I was answering. Yeah, my email is still a little funky so I don't know who asked the original question. But that's ok though. Our answers will be plastered on the list web site for years to come. We've ma

RE: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Scott Kane
> But that's ok though. Our answers will be plastered on the list web > site for years to come. We've made our marks in history. :) LOL! Must admit that's a new thought to me. Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.c

RE: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Scott Kane
> This is true. I think 1 question has to be answered though. > Does your > program on the Mac and Unix side require itself to be installed? Hi Derek, Yeah - I agree. But I wasn't the one asking about installers. I was answering. Scott ___ us

Re: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Derek Bump
Scott Kane wrote: Yes. I've used Jordans' installer on Win since version one beta. It's excellent and the ISTool that goes with it is superb. But it won't help on the Mac and *nix side of things... :-) This is true. I think 1 question has to be answered though. Does your program on the

RE: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Scott Kane
> Or if you're in the market for a free installer that produces the the > same exact installers that many companies already use, you > can check out > InnoSetup. It's free, customizable, codable, and works for > all flavors > of Windows. > > http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php Yes. I've

Re: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Derek Bump
Scott Kane wrote: However - if you are in the market for a cheap Rev project installer then see: http://downloads.runrev.com/stacks_apps/installgadget.php Or if you're in the market for a free installer that produces the the same exact installers that many companies already use, you can check

RE: Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Scott Kane
> I am preparing to release a stand alone application and am > working on doing Mac and Linux distributions along with > Windows. As far as an installer for these, I am planning on > using the Nullsoft install system for Windows because I am > already familiar with it and it has worked great

Installers for Mac / Linux?

2005-08-25 Thread Levi Kendall
Hi all, I am preparing to release a stand alone application and am working on doing Mac and Linux distributions along with Windows. As far as an installer for these, I am planning on using the Nullsoft install system for Windows because I am already familiar with it and it has worked great in t