[odf-discuss] Problem with Google Code

[Daniel Carrera]

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 21:28 +1100, Mike Carden wrote:
> I was going to add some screenshots but on the two linux machines
> where I attempted a viewer install, it doesn't work. In both cases
> (both Kubuntu Dapper x86), Autopackage declares that all is well, but
> there are no new menu entries, one of them added an odd file to
> ~/Desktop and /opt/odfellowship/bin/odfviewer has no result - not even
> an error.

I was going to hold off an announcement a couple of days, but since you
bring it up...

I now believe that Autopackage is not the right solution. It maybe a bit
cool when it works. But I have seen far too many failures. You are the
fourth person to report a failure, it just isn't reliable enough.

I have made a new package that doesn't use Autopackage at all:

http://dist.opendocumentfellowship.org/ODF-Viewer-Linux-Beta1-p5.tgz

The installation is almost entirely by hand, and it shouldn't require
anything more than a POSIX shell and python.

To install:
1. tar -zxvf ODF-Viewer-Linux-Beta1-p5.tgz
2. cd odfviewer-0install
3. ./odfviewer

You'll see some GUI dialogs (or if not, some console output). The viewer
is installed in ~/.local/bin/odfviewer and you'll get a desktop icon.

This package does use something called "Zero Install", but that's not an
installer in the sense that Autopackage is. What Zero Install really
provides is:
1. Automatic upgrades when new versions are released.
2. Checks SHA1 digests and digital signatures automatically.

Let me know if this one works. I am still testing, but at this point I
expect it to be reliable. Reliability was a major design goal.

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
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Infinite bottles of beer.
Take one down, pass it around.
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