I would like to create installer for Eclipse RCP application. What is the best way to do this?
It is possible?
Eclipse Platform Version: 3.6.1
In a plug-in project, create a product configuration.
Configure it. On the Dependencies tab, the "Add required plug-ins" button is your friend.
Build the product -- e.g., through the "Exporting" section on the Overview tab.
Once it's built, you can build an installer with a third-party install tool compatible with the target operating system/s.
More detail is provided in the Eclipse FAQ under "How do I create an Eclipse product?"
There are two solutions that I know should make the job of creating an installer easy:
EclipseNSIS - which is windows-only
Use Pulse OneInstall - which seems to be cross-platform.
I have not used either of the above, but have been researching them as well. Both should have wizards that guide your through the above.
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Previously I used to create dynamic web project on eclipse but I want to make project on spring tool suite i.e 4.2.1 & I've never used it before, so does anybody knows how to create a dynamic web project in Spring Tool Suite 4.2.1 or a reference to where I can get, as I've been trying to create one since 4 hours. Please help me.
Referring to this thread
To solve this on STS 4.x.x
Click on Help.
Go to Install New Software.
Select the main Eclipse update site for 2019-09 ( if not added, you must click o add button and paste this URL:http://download.eclipse.org/releases/2019-09/ on both fields).
search for m2e-wtp which will be in the last. There are four extensions showing up and you should install the ones you prefer.
Restart your IDE
see https://github.com/spring-projects/sts4/issues/96#issuecomment-484522744 on martinlippert comment..
I've added link of latest current version.
Hope this helps..
The Spring Tools 4.2.1 for Eclipse distribution didn't contain the necessary features and extensions to create dynamic web projects. This got added for later Spring Tools 4 versions. So the easiest solution would be to install a fresh distribution of the latest Spring Tools 4.3.2 for Eclipse and go from there.
As an alternative, you could also install the missing pieces into an existing Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse installation via Install New Software, then selecting the main Eclipse repository from the dropdown list, waiting for the list of features to appear, and selecting the features you are missing.
Up to date I was using IBM Domino Designer V9.0.1 FP8 to develop an OSGI plugin. With this version everything was working as intended. I've created a plugin project, a feature project and an update site project. Selecting "Build all" in the update site project created all the the corresponding jar files.
Today I've installed IBM (HCL) Domino Desinger V10 FP2 (fresh install i.e. I've deinstalled V9.0.1 and deleted the old "workspace" directory in NotesData, but I kept the NotesData itself).
Now if I open my plugin projects, I can edit the plugin, save the Java classes without any errors. Up to this point everything is working as usual. But now, if I use "Build all" in the update site project I see a screen with "generating ant script" and then the build process is finished, but no jar files are generated.
Any ideas why this is happening? Am I missing some files? Am I missing some configurations?
BTW: if I use standard eclipse to build the plugin all jar files are generated.
Domino Designer is a customised version of Eclipse. 9.0.1 FP9 and lower is a very old version of Eclipse, 9.0.1 FP10+ is a much newer version, so not comparable to what was happening before. It's possible there are differences in the customisation of Eclipse that are affecting it. But every Domino OSGi plugin developer I'm aware of uses standard Eclipse.
Follow the steps for setting up your environment here https://github.com/OpenNTF/XPagesExtensionLibrary/wiki/Development-Environment. In the documentation there I've tried to document why steps are done and what they achieve, as well as just the steps themselves. The intention is to pass on understanding to a broader set of developers, for future proofing.
I need to create an Installer for my company's product. Can anyone please suggest some tools to start with.
Requirements are:
Support for copying/editing/extracting etc
Support for Ant based targets
Support for adding custom Java code in the workflow
If JRE can be bundled along.
Need to bundle following application server: JBoss, Weblogic, Websphere
Cross platform support (Win/Linux/Solaris)
Support 32-bit and 64-bit platforms
Cloud support - To check for upgrades, download and install. Check for available patches etc.
Customizable by customers for adding their custom changes
Suggestions please.
Regards,
I have used Opsware (now HP)before, but it's not free. It will basically kick off RPMs or batch scripts to do the job. But you can simply create those without the product.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsware
I am using Eclipse on Mac to develop my JavaFX application. I have packaged it as a dmg very nicely with the ant build and e(fx)clipse plugin.
However I now need to make this application an exe. Every tutorial and help I have found so far show that you need Inno Setup however this program is only available for Windows and I am on a Mac.
How should I go about this?
Any help is appreciated!
It is not possible, as documented at official oracle website:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/deploy/self-contained-packaging.html
Self-contained application packages have the following drawbacks:
Package per target platform: Self-contained application packages are platform-specific and can only be produced for the same system on
which you build. To deliver self-contained application packages on
Windows, Linux, and OS X, you must build your project on all three
platforms.
Creating native bundles/launchers is tied to internal tools calling local installed toolsets, so running any "EXE"-file would never work. An option would be to install a windows-system inside some virtual machine.
Some notes about "create 32bit on 64bit"-systems and vice-versa: it is tricky and not very possible, at least on windows-systems. I encountered this while debugging some issue of the javafx-maven-plugin (disclaimer: I am the maintainer of that maven-plugin)
I have created a Visual Studio Deployment Project for my application. We are a using subversion to manage version numbers and I've got versionInfo.cs file which contains the version number. I want to give the version number I have in my application (versionInfo.cs) to the Version Property of the setup project. I am not sure how to it... Do I need to create a custom action? Or what's the best way to do that.
Thank you!
As for me, setting version is a responsibility of build process. So, you don't need a custom action - it is a part of installation logic and runs at install time. Instead, teach your build engine to put correct version to your installation package (e.g. read it from VersionInfo.cs and put to vdproj file).
Finally I fixed the issue.
I've setup Cruise Control build server and added Nant script to change the version in the setup project.
Thanks,
Charith