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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, what do you mean I can't do it? Like it violates the license?

Well, I did do it, and it worked, but I guess Sun's lawyers will be
paying me a visit here in Lusaka. I packaged the EXE and triggered it
during the installation, similar to the Postgres MSI. The same
click-through installation procedures was used with postgres as well,
although this could be done silently.

Yeah, the little notice that you must download it will not work here,
as there will be no internet where  I will be next week.

If the Sun distro cannot be packaged, even the EXE, then this is a
problem, and we need to find another JRE.

Regards,
JPP



On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10 February 2010 15:53, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have made some more changes to the installer, and it now seems to
>> work pretty OK.
>>
>> Basically, you will need to populate some different directories with
>> prerequisites.
>>
>> 1) Put everything you need for postgres in the postgres directory.This
>> usually involves unzipping that installer on the Postgres website.
>> 2) Put an offline version of Java (to be sure you have a recent
>> version) in the /java directory. Be sure that the file name matches
>> that in the install.xml file
>
> You can't really do this.  Stupid sun java licence requires click
> through install.  The dhis2-live.exe wrapper will check for correct
> installed java version and suggest download if necessary.  Not the
> best but best I could do.
>
>> 3) Put the dhis2_user_manual_en.pdf from the documentation branch into
>> the /docs directory
>> 4) Change the hibernate.properties file to set your needs.
>> 5) Compile with the IZPack compiler.
>>
>> There were numerous problem encountered trying to install this on
>> Windows Vista. XP was a breeze.  You must run the application with
>> elevated privileges.
>> http://wiki.evolvis.org/mvn-pkg-plugin/index.php/IzPack_on_Windows_Vista
>> has some discussion on this. I guess this needs to be worked out.
>> Strangely, when it was installed with elevated privileges, the user no
>> longer had permissions to write to the directories, so DHIS2 just
>> hung. I had to provide the user permissions.  You must also authorize
>> the port used by Java. Also, the restoration of the database was
>> manual. This could be easily automated with a batch script. I think
>> Knut has already done this with the BitRock installer.  There are
>> still several steps required for user intervention, which usually
>> spells disaster. But for a supervised installation (as will be the
>> case here) I think this installer pretty much suits our needs. The all
>> important shortcut is there. Perhaps it will be useful to others.
>>
>> Knut has also provided the BitRock installer he did a while ago, and I
>> will take a look at this one and commit to Launchpad as well. It
>> sounds like it may be a good alternative as well.
>>
>> Next step (but not urgent) is to automate the builds with Maven. Seems
>> possible, but if there is a Maven guru out there with not enough work
>> to do, I gotta job for ya.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> 2010/2/10 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Oh, I forgot to add, I am going to try with a full postgres install,
>>> instead of H2. This is going to cause problems otherswise in the long
>>> run. Better to try and get it right the first time around.
>>>
>>> 2010/2/10 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> I am certainly no maven guru either, but am much more comfortable with
>>>> XML,and since we are already using Maven, it seems to make sense, and
>>>> perhaps it is really not too difficult, as seen here..
>>>>
>>>> http://www.jroller.com/vschiavoni/entry/how_to_izpack_installer_with
>>>>
>>>> In the latest revision, done just right now, I can install the VC++
>>>> redistributable, and Postgresql msi. I think this can be done silently
>>>>  as detailed here
>>>> http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html. Finally, a
>>>> batch file using psql could be used to populate the database. It is
>>>> not foolproof, but I will continue testing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Either way we go, it is fine with me, as long as their is an
>>>> installer. I have something that meets my needs, well just about all
>>>> of them. Just need to go that little extra bit and get Postgres
>>>> installed, and then populated with the data, but it certainly seems
>>>> feasible at this point.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2010/2/10 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>> Hi Jason
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the effort you have put into this.  Basically you are
>>>>> correct - all the steps for putting the pieces together should be
>>>>> easily automated.  Not being a maven guru, I have not taken this last
>>>>> important step.  So I have used maven as far as building the jars.
>>>>> Doing the launch4j wrapper, creating the directories and lzpack and
>>>>> stuff I could do very easily with a makefile but it should be doable
>>>>> with the dreaded maven as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Packaging with a default hibernate.properties which points to a
>>>>> postgres database is also of course trivial.  Presumably you would
>>>>> install postgres with its native installer?  And do that first.  The
>>>>> missing piece of the puzzle would be to create the empty dhis pg
>>>>> database between the steps of installing postgres and installing
>>>>> dhis2-live.  I guess the logic of using H2 as default is that it is
>>>>> more foolproof for a simple install.
>>>>>
>>>>> One way of doing this (which would also be cross-platform) would be to
>>>>> make a tcl based installer.  Now I know this is not the latest
>>>>> buzz-hype language but there is a long history of creating installers
>>>>> this way (http://wiki.tcl.tk/1896) and it remains very actively
>>>>> maintained and developed.  The benefit is you can combine the ability
>>>>> to create windows shortcuts, registry entries etc with the ability to
>>>>> script postgres (and mysql) with a cross-platform gui.  I used to be a
>>>>> dab hand at embedding tcl in my previous life.  Would love to look at
>>>>> something like this when I get a breather ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you try importing dxf into h2?  The dxf2 project is not dead (just
>>>>> resting).  It would be good to get a list of requirements of crucial
>>>>> things people have found missing.  You will certainly get all your
>>>>> data values, datasets, orgunits etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010/2/10 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>> I have not dealt with Postgres yet. I think it should be possible. I
>>>>>> am going to see what the result of a DXF import is. Knut and Bob both
>>>>>> tell me these are lossy. So, the other strategy will be to install
>>>>>> postgres if needed, install a copy of the Zambia database, and then
>>>>>> the rest of the application.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, the source is here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bzr branch lp:~jason-p-pickering/+junk/dhis2-live-installer
>>>>>> There are two files that are important. The install.xml file and the
>>>>>> shortcutSpec.xml.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The description for maven integration is here
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://izpack.codehaus.org/izpack-maven-plugin/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right now, I place all the needed files into the directories where
>>>>>> they should be, and compile with the Izpack compile.bat file,
>>>>>> something like this...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\dhis2-live-shell>"c:\Program Files\IzPack\bin\compile.bat" install.xml -b . -
>>>>>> o dhis2-installer.jar
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, I just execute the dhis2-installer.jar, and everything works.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I mean in terms of the build is, it would be ideal to be able to
>>>>>> populate the /webapps/dhis directory with a fresh build, and the
>>>>>> /docs/ directory with a fresh build of the docs with maven.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, as we make changes to the application/docs/installer everything is
>>>>>> kept fresh and up to date. Capiche?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, this will likely require modification by individual
>>>>>> implementers, but at least a skeleton project, able to be build by
>>>>>> maven, would be a nice to have...but not absolutely necessary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2010/2/10 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2010/2/10 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OK. For now, I am populating everything manually, but it works.  It
>>>>>>>> would be great to have this as part of the build process. Maybe a
>>>>>>>> maven guru can take this on, perhaps Jo? Not entirely urgent, as this
>>>>>>>> installer is really for my own purposes here, but it is general enough
>>>>>>>> to be reused elsewhere I think.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A windows installer with Postgres and Jetty/DHIS2 Live would be useful,
>>>>>>> perfect for the scenario where rolling out a large number of offline
>>>>>>> installations. Don't know anything about izpack though. What exactly is it
>>>>>>> that you wanted to be part of the build process..?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2010/2/10 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > 2010/2/10 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Hi there. I created a very basic installer last night using IZPack.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Right now, this will install the system with dhis2-live.exe file you
>>>>>>>> >> gave me yesterday. I think it should be possible to do
>>>>>>>> >> an install with Postgres (there are some fragmented documents around).
>>>>>>>> >> It will be more work for sure, but maybe we can reuse what Knut has
>>>>>>>> >> done previously, once he finds it. I needed something quick and dirty
>>>>>>>> >> yesterday, thus the urgency with this. Basically, it just creates the
>>>>>>>> >> directory structure, and importantly for me, creates shortcuts and
>>>>>>>> >> other "ornamentation" critical for end-users.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Just a few questions. Is there source for the dhis2-live.exe
>>>>>>>> >> application?
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > The exe file is generated using Launch4j and is just a wrapper for the
>>>>>>>> > live
>>>>>>>> > JAR file.  The xml file used to generate it (+ splash image etc) can be
>>>>>>>> > found in utils/launch4j in the repo.
>>>>>>>> > Lars
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Theoretically, the installer can be build with ant/maven as part of
>>>>>>>> >> the build process (one of the reasons I chose IZPack). It would be
>>>>>>>> >> great to be able to get the latest copy of the dhis.war file,
>>>>>>>> >> dhis2-live.jar, and all the docs, and put them in the right place. I
>>>>>>>> >> do this manually at the moment, but perhaps it could be automated.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> I am in the process of sending it to launchpad, but the internet is so
>>>>>>>> >> sucky here today, it may not work.
>>>>>>>> >> It will reside here for now.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jason-p-pickering/+junk/dhis2-live-installer/files
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Regards,
>>>>>>>> >> Jason
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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