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Re: Installation idea

From: Felipe Gaúcho <fgaucho_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:09:41 +0200

A DEB installer package for Ubuntu users (and other Linux flavors)
would be a plus :)

apt-get Glassfish ...

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Adam Bien <abien_at_adam-bien.com> wrote:
> Kristian Rink schrieb:
>>
>> Adam Bien schrieb:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Glassfish v3 could improve the installation experience as well adding
>>> WebStart support with the possibility of preselecting "interesting"
>>> modules. There is already a great example available:
>>> https://www.opends.org/wiki/page/OverviewOfTheQuickSetupTool
>>>
>>> This would differentiate glassfish from others and make the installation
>>> process more convenient,
>>>
>>
>> And it would provide a "homogenous" environment also compared to OpenDS
>> (and
>> maybe other infrastructure applications - OpenESB, ...) one day?
>>
>
> Absolutely.
>>
>> And still, I would like this as an addition, but I wouldn't want to miss
>> the
>> ability to, like now done with NetBeans or Glassfishv2, have an
>> "all-included" .zip file to be pulled off some server, unzipped, maybe
>> even
>> set up using ant and then started, knowing that I actually, at the very
>> least, do have everything I need in this regard to get work done. Maybe
>> this
>> is a requirement of mine rather "special", but given I more than once have
>> to deal with this kind of software in environments in which internet
>> connectivity ain't permanently available, having an "all-inclusive" bundle
>> of which to easily kick out un-needed stuff eventually seems more
>> appealing
>> than having applications requiring connectivity to get started... :)
>>
>
> All inclusive bundle is even more important. The JNLP installation is just
> an additional idea - but it is good for the adoption.
> I even installed openDS in some trainings with JNLP - without that it would
> be lot harder.
>>
>> Just my €0.02 on that, of course... :)
>> Cheers,
>> Kristian
>>
>>
>
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