Hi,

as a longtime Linux user, I can't really comment on how to make a Windows 
installation wizard. I do think that it's a good thing to have for Windows user.

When it comes to Linux, something like the script that was used to install 
Arches on an Amazon instance or Docker as was suggested earlier are a good fit. 
Having Arches be available as a .deb package would probably be even easier for 
testing and evaluation purposes. Although we never, ever install 
webapplications on our production servers via upstream .deb packages. We always 
do custom deploys through fabric scripts and our own internal pypi package 
server.

So, I think most Linux user will be most helped with a good set of instructions 
on how to install and a sample script.

Cheers,
Koen
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Verzonden: dinsdag 3 februari 2015 20:04
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Onderwerp: [Arches] Creating Installation Wizard [GSoC '14 Project] Idea 
Discussion Thread!!

I saw this idea mentioned in the previous year's idea list, but no one picked 
it up. So I was wondering if people still want to get this done.

I am interested in the project as I have used a setup scripting language called 
NSIS to create an installation wizard for a school project once, so I know how 
installation wizards work.

For Windows, NSIS provides a pretty decent interface and being opensource I 
don't think we should look for anything else but for linux I think people would 
much rather prefer their own package manager rather than a custom setup wizard.

So would a wizard make sense for Linux users? A better option might be just a 
straightforward installation script.

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2014 Ideas: http://archesproject.org/ideas/

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NSIS: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

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