I've made installers for clojure-based programs using InnoSetup before, and wouldn't mind doing it if people think it is a good idea.
There would be a few choices around Java... a) Assume that a JDK is installed b) Check for java and direct the user to Oracle's site to download JDK 7 if it is missing c) Bundle an embedded JRE + JDK redistributables (If we haven't bundled a JDK we'd need to ensure that the JDK bin directory is on the path, else javac won't work) -- Dave On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Brent Millare <brent.mill...@gmail.com>wrote: > Does anyone see value in a wizard for lein? Does anyone know how to write > a wizard, preferably with a scripting language, or xml, rather than c++? > And can you alter system variables from within the wizard? > > > On Saturday, March 9, 2013 8:18:44 AM UTC-5, BJG145 wrote: >> >> As long as you have wget, that works fine. Only problem I've found so far >> is that "lein new app" followed by "lein check" throws an error, but it >> looks like people are on the case. >> >> https://github.com/**technomancy/leiningen/issues/**863<https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/issues/863> >> >> >> >> On Saturday, March 9, 2013 11:24:04 AM UTC, Jonathan Fischer Friberg >> wrote: >>> >>> My experience: >>> >>> 1. Download lein.bat >>> 2. Run it >>> >>> Jonathan >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:23 AM, BJG145 <benmag...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps this general anti-Windows attitude is what Windows-based >>>> newcomers to Clojure find off-putting... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, March 9, 2013 3:55:59 AM UTC, James Ashley wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Since I've seen a few recent posts about this experience, I figured >>>>> I'd share mine: >>>>> >>>>> 0a) Install cygwin. I don't understand how any programmer stuck using >>>>> windows can get by without it >>>>> 1) Install the Oracle JDK >>>>> 1a) Add javac to my PATH (I added a symbolic link to javac.exe inside >>>>> cygwin in a directory that was already in my >>>>> PATH: ~/bin) >>>>> 2) Download the lein "install" script as text from the leiningen home >>>>> page. >>>>> 3) Copy it over to my cygwin directory >>>>> 4) Search/replace to replace the HTML entities with the real thing. I >>>>> think this was a matter of & and > >>>>> 5) It was already executable, so just run it (naming it lein.sh rather >>>>> than lein.bat was important). I got errors about >>>>> certificates and permissions. They mentioned instructions about >>>>> setting up an environment variable (something >>>>> about something like `export DOWNLOAD="curl --trusting %1"`...that >>>>> wasn't it, but it was along the same lines). >>>>> I believe that it's some weirdness in the account settings (I have >>>>> other issues along the same lines in totally >>>>> unrelated packages), but I suppose I could have just installed some >>>>> horrible virus. Oh, well. >>>>> 6) Create a new project >>>>> 7) Change project.clj to use clojure 1.5 >>>>> 8) `lein repl` inside cygwin didn't work correctly. CLASSPATH was all >>>>> windows-style, which confused cygwin. So >>>>> basic clojure.core pieces weren't found. >>>>> 8a) I suspect I could have set up, say, powershell, to make this work. >>>>> But that's stupid, and I don't have time >>>>> to waste on it. >>>>> 9) nrepl-jack-in inside emacs worked fine. >>>>> 9a) I'm using an init.el from other systems that already have clojure >>>>> set up. But there isn't anything fancy or >>>>> special or customized about it. Just standard configuration stuff that >>>>> I've found on bare-minimal blog posts >>>>> 10) Add a symlink to lein in ~/bin. >>>>> >>>>> I guess that probably looks big and scary. Windows users are used to a >>>>> pretty GUI that they ignore and click >>>>> "Next" a lot. I dont have a lot of sympathy. >>>>> >>>>> I haven't done anything meaningful here at all. But the bare-bones >>>>> part of the installation process Just Worked. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you *so* much to all the people who have worked so hard to make >>>>> this as simple as it is! >>>>> >>>>> Respectfully, >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com >>>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>>> your first post. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/clojure?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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