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digitalmars.D.announce - Dinstaller 1.005 Released

reply Lester L. Martin II <Lester ewam-associates.com> writes:
Today, 

everything up to date with the latest dmd, tango, etc. However Mango support

hard time using it predictably. 
DMD 
DMD+TANGO 
DMD+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO 
DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
DSSS 
DDBG 
DFL 
are all supported. 
I hope this keeps some people from having to ask the question of how do I
install DMD on windows(won't but I always like to hope). 
Any questions ask them here. 
download at http://www.dsource.org/projects/dinstaller/browser/downloads/Ins
allD.zip?format=raw 

Lester L. Martin II
Mar 10 2008
parent reply Chris Miller <lordSaurontheGreat gmail.com> writes:
Lester L. Martin II Wrote:


 Today, 

everything up to date with the latest dmd, tango, etc. However Mango support

hard time using it predictably. 
 DMD 
 DMD+TANGO 
 DMD+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
 DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO 
 DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
 DSSS 
 DDBG 
 DFL 
 are all supported. 
 I hope this keeps some people from having to ask the question of how do I
install DMD on windows(won't but I always like to hope). 
 Any questions ask them here. 
 download at http://www.dsource.org/projects/dinstaller/browser/downloads/Ins
allD.zip?format=raw 


I'm not at a Windows machine, so I'll just ask the question instead of
experiment for myself.

When I last tried DInstaller (1.004) I had two problems:  First, I couldn't
tell where it installed to.  Second, it'd be a lot nicer if it had some
documentation on how to use it.

If I remember correctly it installed to my user folder (D:\Users\Lord Sauron\) 
I would suggest writing some code to make it fail if it tries to install to a
path which has a space in it (since I'm told that it will not function if it
does - I haven't stress-tested it to find out though).

As an aside, I'm surprised you're not using a NullSoft Scriptable Installer,
which are free, open-source, and open you up to multiple platforms.  I don't
use 'em, so I'm not patronizing you, but I'm interested to know why you went
Mar 11 2008
parent reply Lester L. Martin II <Lester ewam-associates.com> writes:
Chris Miller Wrote:


 Lester L. Martin II Wrote:
 

 Today, 

everything up to date with the latest dmd, tango, etc. However Mango support

hard time using it predictably. 
 DMD 
 DMD+TANGO 
 DMD+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
 DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO 
 DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
 DSSS 
 DDBG 
 DFL 
 are all supported. 
 I hope this keeps some people from having to ask the question of how do I
install DMD on windows(won't but I always like to hope). 
 Any questions ask them here. 
 download at http://www.dsource.org/projects/dinstaller/browser/downloads/Ins
allD.zip?format=raw 


 
 I'm not at a Windows machine, so I'll just ask the question instead of
experiment for myself.
 
 When I last tried DInstaller (1.004) I had two problems:  First, I couldn't
tell where it installed to.  Second, it'd be a lot nicer if it had some
documentation on how to use it.
 
 If I remember correctly it installed to my user folder (D:\Users\Lord Sauron\)
 I would suggest writing some code to make it fail if it tries to install to a
path which has a space in it (since I'm told that it will not function if it
does - I haven't stress-tested it to find out though).
 
 As an aside, I'm surprised you're not using a NullSoft Scriptable Installer,
which are free, open-source, and open you up to multiple platforms.  I don't
use 'em, so I'm not patronizing you, but I'm interested to know why you went





I will release a version wrote in D sometime. The whole system is revised this
time however I didn't do the part that keeps you from installing to path with a
space in it. I think the space part works however because I did it once and it
required the command line to be something like: cd C:/"Program Files"/D. And I
got tired of typing it. Now I simply edit my Path variable however I didn't do
so in this install because I don't want to mess up my system trying to edit the
system :-)  However if you can find out if it truly fails to work under a
spaced folder name(not just very hard to get to work) I will edit the code and
release 1.005.1. I didn't use Nullsoft as I plan to make my installer in D a
little more flexible for installing D stuff.

As for the documentation I am doing a lot of stuff right now but basically it's
unzip, double click D Installer.exe and follow on screen directions. I will
write instructions when/before I do the D version.

And sorry for messing up installing D for you Chris Miller.

Lester L. Martin II
Mar 11 2008
parent Lester L. Martin II <Lester ewam-associates.com> writes:
Lester L. Martin II Wrote:


 Chris Miller Wrote:
 

 Lester L. Martin II Wrote:
 

 Today, 

everything up to date with the latest dmd, tango, etc. However Mango support

hard time using it predictably. 
 DMD 
 DMD+TANGO 
 DMD+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
 DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO 
 DMD+PHOBOS+TANGO+TANGOBOS 
 DSSS 
 DDBG 
 DFL 
 are all supported. 
 I hope this keeps some people from having to ask the question of how do I
install DMD on windows(won't but I always like to hope). 
 Any questions ask them here. 
 download at http://www.dsource.org/projects/dinstaller/browser/downloads/Ins
allD.zip?format=raw 


 
 I'm not at a Windows machine, so I'll just ask the question instead of
experiment for myself.
 
 When I last tried DInstaller (1.004) I had two problems:  First, I couldn't
tell where it installed to.  Second, it'd be a lot nicer if it had some
documentation on how to use it.
 
 If I remember correctly it installed to my user folder (D:\Users\Lord Sauron\)
 I would suggest writing some code to make it fail if it tries to install to a
path which has a space in it (since I'm told that it will not function if it
does - I haven't stress-tested it to find out though).
 
 As an aside, I'm surprised you're not using a NullSoft Scriptable Installer,
which are free, open-source, and open you up to multiple platforms.  I don't
use 'em, so I'm not patronizing you, but I'm interested to know why you went



 
 

I will release a version wrote in D sometime. The whole system is revised this
time however I didn't do the part that keeps you from installing to path with a
space in it. I think the space part works however because I did it once and it
required the command line to be something like: cd C:/"Program Files"/D. And I
got tired of typing it. Now I simply edit my Path variable however I didn't do
so in this install because I don't want to mess up my system trying to edit the
system :-)  However if you can find out if it truly fails to work under a
spaced folder name(not just very hard to get to work) I will edit the code and
release 1.005.1. I didn't use Nullsoft as I plan to make my installer in D a
little more flexible for installing D stuff.
 
 As for the documentation I am doing a lot of stuff right now but basically
it's unzip, double click D Installer.exe and follow on screen directions. I
will write instructions when/before I do the D version.
 
 And sorry for messing up installing D for you Chris Miller.
 
 Lester L. Martin II
 
 
 


I forgot that it also has a textfield at bottom now that lets you tell it where
to install(you have to as there is no default location).

Lester L. Martin II
Mar 12 2008