Dear list,
nowadays there are dozens of free java applications that are valuable
for education. Some of those are even quoted in standard school books:
geonext [1]
geogebra [2]
to name two from the mathematical branch. Then we have JFractionLab [3]
(better than kbruch), and for "Informatique" we use BlueJ [4], JavaKara
[5] and Jrpologedit [6] (those are non-GPL).
Unless there is a general install routine (which takes care of
classpaths etc.) the common way of installation is:
A. Create an application directory - say /usr/local/lib/bluej
B. Move the JAR file and other stuff needed into this folder;
C. Create an executable shell script to start the application, say:
/usr/bin/java -jar /usr/local/lib/bluej/bluej22.jar
D. Create a shortcut for the Desktop-Menu (assign Icon symbol).
(This step is the most challanging and time consuming to me)
I feel that (especially for GPLed JAR files) these steps should be made
easier. As far as I know you will need the source files in order to
create propper Debian packages. But there are also more
technical/assisting install-packages (e.g. googleearth-package) that
only take the binary (JAR file here) from the web and generate a DEB
installation wrapper.
Any suggestions here?
How can we support teachers/admins who like to have an easy way to
rollout free educational jar files? A mere wrapper/shell script could
work - but: I prefer having installed packeges being reported to
popularity-contest.
Thanks for any hints,
regards
Ralf
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