Wow! Many thanks for that, that was one hell of a post. Unfortunately I do need to run on a cdrom, and be able to distribute the app, both on cd and via web, so using a pen drive and a mini-version of Ubuntu won't work for me.
Anyway, once the data is entered the app will be closed, I won't need to enter new data, thus I can run it on a cdrom. I think going to all this trouble is overkill in my case, it's a tiny app with 5 tables and less than 500 records. So I am playing around with Adobe Air and it looks promising. Mind you, I won't be able to re-use much of what I already have done, but hey, I get to learn Air, Flex and SqlLite in the bargain! Many thanks for the very informative and helpful post, I am sure someone else will use your suggestion. Bob gerjan wrote: > > Quoting syg6 <s...@yahoo.com>: > >> Is this possible? I've been looking at SQLLite, Jetty, and projects like >> Google Gears and Adobe Air. I would like to take my appfuse app and stick >> it >> on a cdrom. Of course the user would no longer be able to enter new data, >> only browse existing data. > > Don't know about a cd, but I've put an Appfuse-app on a ?6.95 bootable > 2 GB USB stick running the latest Ubuntu Linux desktop. It will be > used for a demo on an off-line system. > > Data can be updated as usual, and changes are even retained between > subsequent boots! > > Here's the recepy: > > 1. Create a bootable, persistent Ubuntu USB drive. Ubuntu itself - > which you can run without installing from a downloadable Live cd - has > a USB creator tool on its System menu. > > If you wish to do it manually and need more detailed instructions you > can find plenty of howtos out there, e.g. > http://rudd-o.com/en/linux-and-free-software/a-better-way-to-create-a-customized-ubuntu-live-usb-drive. > > NB Make sure you create a persistent file system (casper-rw) with 1.3 > GB or more. I happened to have 1.3 GB and I discovered that the > required JDK + DB + Maven repo + project sources & target & data leave > me with about 100 MB of breathing space. > > 2. Boot your system from your USB stick and hook it up to a network. > Download and install a JDK, maven and your favourite database (I used > Sun's JDK 6 + Maven 2.0.9 + Postgresql 8.3.6) in a suitable folder, > e.g. /opt. > > 3. Export env vars JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and add $MAVEN_HOME/bin to your > path. > > 4. Download/checkout your Appfuse project; build it and run it in > Jetty (mvn jetty:run-war -Ppostgresql; replace DB profile with yours). > You may avoid downloading 100-200 MB of Maven dependencies by copying > a nearby .m2 repo (you will have one on your dev box). > > 5. Check out your app at http://localhost:8080 with Ubuntu's > pre-installed Firefox browser. > > You may now shut down the system. > > Plug the stick into any pc/laptop capable of booting from USB (= any > hardware less than 3-5 years old, I guess) and it will boot a system > having everything you need to run your webapp straight away, even > without a network connection. Simply start a terminal, cd into your > project folder and run mvn jetty:run-war again. > > Ger-Jan > -- > "I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, > and > quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could > do in > that condition." > > Samuel Pepys > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@appfuse.dev.java.net > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@appfuse.dev.java.net > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Run-an-appfuse-app-on-cdrom--tp21928920s2369p21974763.html Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@appfuse.dev.java.net For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@appfuse.dev.java.net
