[izpack-users] Specifying Required Packs and OSs

[Hal Vaughan]

Okay, I have this working now so when I specify an OS family, it is ONLY 
installed on systems within that family.

If I understand correctly, IzPack is intelligent enough to detect this on a 
Web Install and download only the packs that are BOTH required AND specified 
for the OS it is being installed to.  That will help reduce download time 
quite a bit, too.

Thanks, Klaus, for the help.

If I still have problem with the UserInput Panel, I'll post them separately.

Hal

On Thursday 29 December 2005 08:20 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> I am installing a program that will work on both Linux and Windows.  I want
> to use a web installer and my program requires both OpenOffice and RealVNC.
> Naturally, it would be nice if the end user did not have to download packs
> for both the Linux and Windows versions of these programs.  Both are also
> required parts of my system.
>
> I am not using a Pack selection panel because, at this point, without
> writing special panels, I can't ask, "Do you have this and what is the path
> to it?" AND also have them select it -- in other words, I don't see a way
> to detect if a pack is installed AND, if so, remove it from the list of
> needed packs (yes, I know I can Autosearch on a UserInput Panel, but I
> don't see a way to use that result in the Packs Panel so the same pack
> isn't selected and installed over what the user already has).
>
> Is there some way to make a pack required ONLY on one or more operating
> systems?  That way I can make my Linux OpenOffice pack and the Windows one
> required, but only the one for the appropriate OS would be used.  I know I
> can specify the OS for a pack, but I've just tested that and it still
> installs the pack on the wrong OS.  I realize I can specify the OS for each
> file, but that means for a package like OpenOffice, the one pack will
> contain all files for BOTH Linux and Windows.  My goal is to have 2
> separate packs, detect the OS, and use ONLY the OpenOffice pack for the
> correct OS, which would mean also downloading ONLY the OO pack for the
> needed OS.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Hal
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