Michael Goffioul wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Benjamin Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Since Octave does not require anything else than unpacking it (no shell >> extensions, no registry access, no driver installations, ...), well an >> installer is nice (I agree) but not essential for usage of the program. > > Well, the installer I wrote does a little bit more than simply unpacking: > - select components to install, with some auto-detection at startup > to select reasonable default config > - detect CPU architecture and auto-select ATLAS > - write start menu entries and desktop icon > - write registry entries to hold the install path: this is used by > add-ons installer to know where octave is installed > - manage dependencies for octave-forge packages
Yes, I have discovered this in your .nsi script, and I agree, that it is quite comfortable, so I used some of your code for the mingw32 installer (start menu entries, cpu architecture & atlas). benjamin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
