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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com> on 2010/01/21 21:32:21 UTC
Re: Problems trying to automate installation of netbeans,grails and
any other installers???
> Hi i have been trying to develop a automated application on maven which
> reduces the time of people in installing various programs such as
> netbeans,grails or any other program on a brand new or a formatted PC.
Unless your target is a specific platform (eg Windows XP), I'm not
sure how easy this will actually be since you'll need to use different
types of executable files for each different platform etc. Also you'll
need to keep updating the plugin to reflect new versions of apps as
they are released which can be a bit like hitting a moving target. I'm
also unsure as to the actual value of this plugin (for me personally,
perhaps others would find it very useful).
> 1. Do i have to write my own plugin for this, i read about a EXEC plugin
> which helps run a external exe file. Is that enough, how can i configure it?
The exec-maven-plugin is very well documented.
http://mojo.codehaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/exec-mojo.html
> 2. If i have to write a plugin, can anyone give me some proper material on
> how this can be done.
Writing a new Maven plugin is also well documented.
http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html
http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/writing-plugins.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/308865/good-tutorial-for-writing-maven-plugins
> 3. I would be very happy if anyone could point me to the right direction.
Find an existing plugin that does something similar to what you are
trying to do and look at its source code. Or use Google to find more
information. Then come back here when you run into SPECIFIC problems.
Wayne
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Re: Problems trying to automate installation of netbeans,grails and
any other installers???
Posted by Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>.
> For example my exe file installation is Netbeans 6.8 which i have in a fixed
> location, how do i open this exe file for installation and how do i proceed
> with the automation instead of the user doing it manually, all through a
> Maven application.
Something along these lines:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<executable>netbeans_6.8_installer.exe</executable>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Wayne
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Re: Problems trying to automate installation of netbeans,grails and
any other installers???
Posted by Frosengoose <ha...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
Thanks for the time and consideration for replying to this message. I am
doing this on windows XP and i am limiting the versions or releases to the
current ones. I have read the exec maven plugin as well as the other
documents before. But i havnt still got a hang of how the exec plugin could
be used to open the exe file. Could you please post a sample snippet or any
other example of code. The exec-maven-plugin talked about in codehaus is
mostly on how to use a jar file and not much in detail.
For example my exe file installation is Netbeans 6.8 which i have in a fixed
location, how do i open this exe file for installation and how do i proceed
with the automation instead of the user doing it manually, all through a
Maven application.
It may sound complicated to me but i am curious to know if there is a
solution to this or am i going to hit a dead end.
Thank you
harish
Wayne Fay wrote:
>
>> Hi i have been trying to develop a automated application on maven which
>> reduces the time of people in installing various programs such as
>> netbeans,grails or any other program on a brand new or a formatted PC.
>
> Unless your target is a specific platform (eg Windows XP), I'm not
> sure how easy this will actually be since you'll need to use different
> types of executable files for each different platform etc. Also you'll
> need to keep updating the plugin to reflect new versions of apps as
> they are released which can be a bit like hitting a moving target. I'm
> also unsure as to the actual value of this plugin (for me personally,
> perhaps others would find it very useful).
>
>> 1. Do i have to write my own plugin for this, i read about a EXEC plugin
>> which helps run a external exe file. Is that enough, how can i configure
>> it?
>
> The exec-maven-plugin is very well documented.
> http://mojo.codehaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/exec-mojo.html
>
>> 2. If i have to write a plugin, can anyone give me some proper material
>> on
>> how this can be done.
>
> Writing a new Maven plugin is also well documented.
> http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/writing-plugins.html
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/308865/good-tutorial-for-writing-maven-plugins
>
>> 3. I would be very happy if anyone could point me to the right direction.
>
> Find an existing plugin that does something similar to what you are
> trying to do and look at its source code. Or use Google to find more
> information. Then come back here when you run into SPECIFIC problems.
>
> Wayne
>
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