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Make the .jar file available again along with the other builds #39

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ElonSatoshi opened this issue Nov 5, 2020 · 6 comments
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@ElonSatoshi
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This would make it easier for people who don't use Debian based distros to run the software. It might even help people trying to install UTSU on a Raspberry Pi.

@titinko
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titinko commented Nov 8, 2020

I can no longer make self-contained .jar files as easily as before since UTSU is now a modular project. But I might be able to make it work by writing a second pom.xml file that uses Open-jfx 11 and ignores module files. Then at release time I could use the regular pom.xml for the installers and swap out to the second pom.xml file just for the .jar file.

Another thing I could do is release a .rpm installer for Linux as well as a .deb installer. This would actually be much easier than releasing another .jar.

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Lethe, I was thinking about it since I found out that you released the new version and, as a Linux user who is not a builder, I suggest you to use the AppImage format, it is the most used and practical Universal Linux Format that exists until the time. I have seen several cases of people preferring to use programs in this format than downloading them directly from their distros' own repositories. I believe that it would calmly solve the problem of users with different distros in the penguin world ...

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For more information:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage
https://appimage.org/

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https://appimage.github.io/apps/

@ElonSatoshi
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I agree, an AppImage would be a good idea.

@titinko
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titinko commented Dec 2, 2020

Don't have an AppImage yet, but in the latest release (0.4.3) I packaged a raw Linux executable into a Zip file and added a README with instructions for running on the command line.

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I hope it works, I have trauma from the previous installation method ... lol
I confess that I also hope that you will incorporate the App.image into the program installer in the future ...

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