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At the moment, the ways available to install GNUstep is heavily dependent on the host operating system platform.
  
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==Installing from source code==
  
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GNUstep package creation automation project/process.
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If you wish to install from source code, instructions are available from [http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/User/GNUstep/gnustep-howto_toc.html GNUstep Howto] - and if you want to stay on the bleeding edge, check out point 7 on that page or Dennis Leeuw's [http://gnustep.made-it.com/BuildGuide/index.html GNUstep Build Guide for Unix Systems].
  
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* What: This is a project to digitilize the process of creating GNUstep environment for a perticular OS platform to install/remove GNUstep easily thus encourge the deployment of GNUstep in corporate environment. And the pacakge creation process can be reproduced easliy by others with commands.
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* latest instructions for [[Installation on Windows]]
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* latest instructions for [[Gorm Installation On Windows]]
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* latest instructions for [[Installation of 32bit GNUstep on 64bit Linux]]
  
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* Why: There are lots of time spent from experienced GNUsteppers to new GNUsteppers. Time should be spent on the GNUstep developement not on compling and packaging process.
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==Using your native packaging system==
  
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Plan
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Many platforms offer native GNUstep packages that may be installed in the same way that other software is commonly installed. Some information on platform-specific packages can be located at [[Platform_compatibility]].
  
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* Introduce CPAM(Cross-Platform Application Management) tool implemented by TWW Inc. to GNUstep CPAD community
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==Some aspirations==
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** Cross-Platform is easier said then done becuase each platform's features are barriers for others.
 
  
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* Release GNUstep package source implemented by TWW CPAM.
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GNUstep installation process could be and should be as simple as "pkg-inst GNUstep-1.0" across GNUstep supported OS plaforms.  
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** I will release a working package source for others to try and review.  
 
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** The package soruces can generate native package format for RHAS rpm,Solaris pkgadd and HP-UX depot formats.  
 
  
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* Write tutorial on learning TWW CPAM.
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Given GNUstep's cross-platform approach to application development activities, the application mangement activies should also be united across OS platforms.
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** I am willing to help/assist a few persons to get familliar with TWW tools if they promise me to write up what they learned in a tutorial article. As you can see I am really not good on documenation work.
 
  
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* Integrate GNUstep developement process with TWW CPAM.
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For "pkg-inst GNUstep-1.0" details, please see [[Package_management]].
  
  
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# what are potential platforms?
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Few notes: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnustep/2005-01/msg00381.html
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  A. anyplatform that TWW tools(sbuilts,pbuitls and pkgutils) can run on.
 
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# what are their possibilities of installation?
 
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# how can installation be combined for several platforms (one installation package for more linux distros, for example)
 
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# how to distribute binary packages?
 
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# what should be in the binary package?
 
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# how should be the binary package installed? where? what should be configurable during installation?
 
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# how to cope with more than one GNUstep environments installed?
 
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* More details TBA once I get familiar with mediawiki.
 
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* Following lines can be deleted later.
 
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  I just want to make above out of nohere text not treated as spam.
 
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  My name is T.J. Yang(tj_yang at hotmail dot com),
 
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  I have been working as a system administator and I am intrested
 
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  to bring the work experience to work on this task.
 
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  Please email me if you have comment/questions.
 
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  For detail about TWW, please see http://www.thewrittenword.com,
 
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  I have used their CPAM at work to bring cross-platform open-source software support
 
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  nightmare under control.
 
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  All the TWW tools and sources of their supported packages are GPL open-source
 
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  free of charge but not their support labor.
 

Latest revision as of 11:07, 29 October 2006

At the moment, the ways available to install GNUstep is heavily dependent on the host operating system platform.

Installing from source code

If you wish to install from source code, instructions are available from GNUstep Howto - and if you want to stay on the bleeding edge, check out point 7 on that page or Dennis Leeuw's GNUstep Build Guide for Unix Systems.

Using your native packaging system

Many platforms offer native GNUstep packages that may be installed in the same way that other software is commonly installed. Some information on platform-specific packages can be located at Platform_compatibility.

Some aspirations

GNUstep installation process could be and should be as simple as "pkg-inst GNUstep-1.0" across GNUstep supported OS plaforms.

Given GNUstep's cross-platform approach to application development activities, the application mangement activies should also be united across OS platforms.

For "pkg-inst GNUstep-1.0" details, please see Package_management.


Few notes: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnustep/2005-01/msg00381.html

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