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709394
12-21-2003, 02:43 AM
Is there a software that does the following:
1- User inputs all dependency packages and flags needed to install an application.
2- The software generate a script base on the answers of (1-).
3- User execute the script to install the application.
thanx!
Edited:
3- User can also execute the script to COMPILE and INSTALL the application.
It would be great if the software allow the user to input informations graphically. It would also generate a dependency graph like an UML graph.
bosox79
12-21-2003, 02:54 AM
Originally posted by 709394
Is there a software that does the following:
1- User inputs all dependency packages and flags needed to install an application.
2- The software generate a script base on the answers of (1-).
3- User execute the script to install the application.
thanx!
are you wondering about RPM .deb or tar.gz packages?
RPM's work in this fastion so do .deb and I belive this is how pkgtool works as well! are you looking for the user to anwser questions from prompts and then install the package based on the anwsers? If I unserstand what you want to do the installer would be very similar to the flash plugin installer you can check out the installer at macromedia's website.:cool:
709394
12-21-2003, 03:28 AM
are you wondering about RPM .deb or tar.gz packages?
I want something graphical. A software that can display dependencies hierarchically.
are you looking for the user to anwser questions from prompts and then install the package based on the anwsers?
No, the users KNOW all the dependencies. They just input the dependencies in the software.
If 1 of the dependencies is no longer required, the user delete the obsolete dependency package and press a button to generate a new script.
What distro are you using?
709394
12-21-2003, 03:53 AM
By serz:
What distro are you using?
Why do you need to know that?
The software should be independent of the distro.
bosox79
12-21-2003, 04:09 PM
Originally posted by 709394
By serz:
Why do you need to know that?
The software should be independent of the distro.
because it may help give us some more direction, I don't currently know of any distro independent packages management system that will do what you are asking, I guess you could compile the software from source but then you don't really have a package management system :D