Re: Installation bundle for Apache NetBeans 10.0 for Windows

[Oliver Rettig <Ol...@orat.de>]

Dear Aritra Karak,

do you like to share the scripts to create the installers? I am interested in comparing 
different installers for my netbeans platform apps.

best regards
Oliver

> Dear community,
> 
> I would like to draw your kind attention towards my creation bundle for
> Apache NetBeans 10.0 for Windows. Recently after the release of Apache
> NetBeans 10.0, I, Aritra Karak, decided to make an installation bundle for
> both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit. The installation bundle is made using the
> Inno Setup Compiler <http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php> which is a free
> software script-driven installation system created in Delphi by Jordan
> Russell. The bundle is created completely directly from the raw zipped
> downloadable binaries provided in the Download
> <https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb100/nb100.html> section of the
> Apache NetBeans website and nothing more than that. I was inspired from the
> Note (about the  Apache NetBeans community member Carl Mosca making a Mac
> OSX installation bundle available) that was given before downloading Apache
> NetBeans 9.0. The main idea behind creating the installers is for easy
> NetBeans 10.0 installation on Windows.
> 
> 
> Some salient features of the installers :
> 
>    1. Supports for both 32-bit as well as 64-bit of Windows.
>    2. Easy to install with flexible configurations.
>    3. Displays properly the LICENSE Agreement, the DISCLAIMER, and the
>    NOTICE during installation.
>    4. Installation folder can be easily changed according to the user’s
>    preference.
>    5. Installation is quick and fast.
>    6. A desktop shortcut can be created. (Please create the shortcut and
>    after installation move the mouse over the shortcut to see a popup saying
> ‘The Smart Way to Code’ 😊 )
>    7. In Control Panel > Programs and Features on selecting the software
>    shows all the important information at the bottom.
>    8. There are proper links for Support, Help and Update Information at
>    the bottom.
> 
> 
> Please find the download link for the zip containing Apache NetBeans 10.0
> installation bundles for both 32-bit and 64-bit of Windows below.
> 
> (Note: Please extract the installers from the zip to a suitable place and
> then only start the installation.)
> 
> 
> File Name = NetBeans10.0_Installers_Windows.zip
> 
> File Type = Compressed Archive Zip (.zip)
> 
> File Size = 293.27 MB
> 
> MD5 Hash = F988F3373F583F1505E2DCCD46B8AE28
> 
> SHA1 Hash = B9DCE87D7AAF092F7C638FC9E58ED93AA7690AF0
> 
> SHA-256 Hash =
> 8C185BF6475DB3670E172C16CB3651FFE09024168DF848BAD19AFA561F03F2B0
> 
> Download Link (MediaFire) =
> http://www.mediafire.com/file/6ltdrglyptdavl6/NetBeans10.0_Installers_Window
> s.zip/file
> 
> Hope you like the installation bundles!
> 
> 
> (In my case, I have Windows 10 64-bit but the 32-bit version of
> netbeans.exe was only working, the 64-bit version of netbeans64.exe was not
> opening and was dumping error logs.)
> 

Re: Installation bundle for Apache NetBeans 10.0 for Windows

[Oliver Rettig <Ol...@orat.de>]

Hi Neil,

thanks for sharing your script and the link to it. It is a long time ago I have used InnoSetup 
for nb platform apps. There was a problem with acces rights during installation in the it-
infrastructure of Heidelberg university. So I switched back to the netbeans own installer 
architecture. A preinstalled JRE was no problem in this context. But I think it is a good idea to 
try it again.

Also your instructions to create a debian bundle is intersting. I havnt tried to create such 
bundles for my linux customers.

best wishes for 2019
Oliver

> On Sun, 6 Jan 2019, 17:03 Oliver Rettig <Oliver.Rettig@orat.de wrote:
> >  I am interested in comparing
> > 
> > different installers for my netbeans platform apps.
> 
> If you're interested for platform apps, the script I'm using for InnoSetup
> might also be of interest? It's about as simple as it can be, and I haven't
> templated it for the build yet. Uses an icon file added to etc, and a JDK,
> on top of the standard build zip.
> 
> https://github.com/praxis-live/distribution/blob/master/windows/pl-installer
> .iss
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Neil

Re: Installation bundle for Apache NetBeans 10.0 for Windows

[Neil C Smith <ne...@apache.org>]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2019, 17:03 Oliver Rettig <Oliver.Rettig@orat.de wrote:

>  I am interested in comparing
> different installers for my netbeans platform apps.
>

If you're interested for platform apps, the script I'm using for InnoSetup
might also be of interest? It's about as simple as it can be, and I haven't
templated it for the build yet. Uses an icon file added to etc, and a JDK,
on top of the standard build zip.

https://github.com/praxis-live/distribution/blob/master/windows/pl-installer.iss

Best wishes,

Neil

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