On 02/28/2018 11:37 AM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode wrote:
I decided to see how hard it was to turn LC into a deb package. So far it
hasn't been too difficult, the only thing I need to find again is how to
have the icon auto update during the install. (as it is, to see the lc icon
one must log out and in for it to show up, otherwise its the generic icon
that shows... I have the answer to that specific thing.. I just need to
remember where I put it. :)
I built the .deb package on ubuntu 16.4. Currently, I don't know if it
will function as is on earlier versions, and would also like others to
test. This is the x64 version.
Any of you who like messing with vm's, would you mind downloading it and
seeing if it will work? (I'd rather a safe check in a vm rather than a
production system obviously, though there isn't all that much that could go
wrong.. i'm still paranoid)
The link to it is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/49d4g6n4fi7nabz/livecode_9.0.0_dp_11_x64.deb?dl=0
To install, at a command prompt run: dpkg -i livecode_9.0.0_dp_11_x64.deb
I added some dependencies to the deb, but i'm unsure (so far) what might
need to be adjusted for earlier versions (if anything.) Still trying to
get a handle on how it all works. (it seems deceptively simple, so i'm
pretty sure i'm missing something!)
Installed properly here on linux Mint 17.3. I opened with the Gdebi
package installer first rather than following my first instinct to go
with a commandline. That let me look at the install directories, and
everything seemed fine, so I clicked install. No problems installing,
and it showed up properly in the menu.
A few things here:
You might want to change the download link - Dropbox lets you do this in
a couple of different ways, and the one you selected requires that the
downloader have a Dropbox account as well. You can alternately create a
download link that anyone can use without needing an account.
The installer installs to the /opt/livecode directory, which doesn't
offer the option of installing just for the current user. That doesn't
bother me, since it's what I wanted anyway, so I'm just noting it. Also,
I'm not sure if it's desirable or feasible to create a .deb installer
that would only install for the current user.
And the size of the installer is a bit of a boggler. The installer from
the downloads.livecode page is a bit under 400MB, and the .deb installer
is 628MB. That seems like a lot of overhead. Just curious.
--
Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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