Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:56:14 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Porting applications with "nice" installers Message-ID: <CAGwOe2bnXJeU2kBCoOgSOvqY22UBhMBdS-%2BB8tr58o3f0OSGeA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I found two applications I would like to port. Both are written in java (not a problem) and both provide a graphical installer. The latter raises a couple of questions: One of the applications asks during the installation if you want to install Community (free of use) or Enterprise (evaluation only) editions and I'm not sure how to specify the Community edition without using the installer. Executing the main .java file in the sources seems to assume it is the evaluation only copy. The other application, when executed always launches an update installer that downloads the latest java files in the user home directory. Write permissions for the execution directory seems to be necessary (hence the fact that the application installs into the user home by default). How can I proceed here? If I install the "application" under /usr/local then nobody can execute it to launch the update application because there are not write permissions and the application doesn't run. Creating a directory with write permissions for anyone is not acceptable for several reasons either. Any ports dealing with these situations that I can use as a reference? Thanks in advance.
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