[kepler-dev] Installation ?

[Kenneth Evans]

Dan,

That was very helpful.
 
1. I tried the targets 'autobat' and 'autobat_sh'.  They made
auto_kepler.bat and auto_kepler.sh.

2. I copied my checkout, done on Windows, to a Linux machine.

3. I got it to run without too much trouble.  In auto_kepler.sh I had to
change:

    a. Make auto_kepler.sh executable.
    b. Change the line KEP=${0%kepler.sh} -> KEP=${0%auto_kepler.sh}
    c. Change the CLASSPATH . -> ./bin

It mostly worked -- even a web service.  I did have a few problems, which
I'll have to look into more before bothering people.

If you want double-clickable on Windows, you can make a shortcut with the
BAT file as the target.  I had already done this with a BAT file I modified
from kepler.bat so I would not have to run from Eclipse.  (I probably should
have started with auto_kepler.bat, as that would have the correct CLASSPATH,
had it changed.)  I could not find a Kepler .ICO file so I used ptiny.ico
for the shortcut.
 
What about the files that get written to WINDOWS\system32 during the build?
They won't have got transferred.

Thanks a lot for the guidance.

        -Ken


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Higgins [mailto:higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu] 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:38 PM
To: Kenneth Evans, Jr.
Cc: 'Kepler Developers'
Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] Installation ?

Hi Kenneth,

You are right about the beta3 installer - it is pretty old. It also has 
a number of bugs that have been fixed in the head of CVS. Hopefully I 
will be geting a new installer version out by the end of the year. The 
installer does take some effort to create, but it requires far less 
effort/knowledge of the user.

The next easiest way to get Kepler is the nightly zipped file. A script 
checks out the latest versions of Ptolemy and Kepler, compiles the code, 
and runs an ant target that writes a batch file (and a shell file) for 
launching Kepler. [See the ant targets 'autobat' and 'autobat_sh'] The 
entire thing is then put into a zip file. The launching script does not 
require the user to set any environment variables and all file 
references are relative. The basic limitation of the zip file is that it 
requires the user to have a working version of the Java JRE and one 
starts Kepler from the command line rather than as a simple double 
clickable application.

Now you could distribute a version of the nightly zipped Kepler and add 
on your actors saved as KAR file. These addons could then be loaded from 
the file menu. Or you could upload any specialized actors to the 
repository and let the users download them. Or you could simply zip your 
entire customized system.

Dan Higgins



Kenneth Evans, Jr. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I now have a developer's version of Kepler installed in Eclipse and pretty
> much working (for me).  If I want to give this installation to a user, how
> would I go about doing it?
>
> We can assume the user would just want to run an executable to make
> workflows, not do things like Ant or create actors.  That seems to be the
> primary intended use of Kepler.
>
> The beta3 downloadable version is pretty old, so the question is perhaps
how
> would I go about making a replacement of it with the current version and
> with our stuff in it.  Perhaps there is an Ant target?
>
> Part of the reason is that if we are going to use Kepler, I need to get
> buy-in from the users.  This would mean letting them try it (without
having
> the problems I have had ;-).
>
> I probably should say the anticipated use is for x-ray experiments and
data
> analysis at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory.  I
am
> in charge of scientific software development there, but not a user myself.
>
> This is also for me.  I would like to develop it in one place but run and
> test it elsewhere, probably on another platform, and without Eclipse.
>
> Any other advice on how to present and promote Kepler to a set of users
> would also be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         -Ken
>
>
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