> Observation... > It's interesting trying to make a personal comeback to a unix world from the MS world. For some reason I thought that > in the past 10 years something like InstallShield would have been adopted as the defacto standard for installations on > unix. You know, download the Xang bits and run the setup that then goes out and downloads and installs everything > else it needs. There are two approaches I know of - but am unfamiliar with - RPM (redhat package management) and InstallAnywhere (java based installer)
The toughest part isn't getting files on disk - it's configuring the host for the app/component. In this case, Xang is a servlet and there are many servlet engines. There was no standard way to install servlets - but now with J2EE there is. A "Web Application aRchive" - war file. This is a .zip with a folder structure inside (also called a .jar). In one folder called WEB-INF there is a web.xml file with the description of how to deploy the component(s) in the .zip - the 'deployment descriptor'. I haven't had time recently to build one, but I'll work on it Real Soon Now. This will make install instructions easier - install modern servlet engine - Tomcat prefered - add xang.war to Tomcat webapps directory - restart Tomcat --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
