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I'm just starting a cross-platform installer project. I suppose a bigger question is why do it as a Java app rather than a native installer. I'll discuss that after my question.

The concept is a javaws app that scans the system for the needed apps, libraries and directories needed, and then creates, installs or downloads what is needed.

My problem is that if a prerequisite is missing that has an installer, I'd like to launch a program that asks for the required password and runs the installer. I've seen it done but don't know how to do it.

Why my own installer?

  • I'm not sure that it's the only way to get this done but I can't figure out how to do what I need with macports, msi, deb and rpm installers
  • My app is written in Matlab, and installing it is just a tar or unzip
  • There may be multiple versions of Matlab and the user has to choose which one to use. Matlab is not installed by a package manager and so require a package is not an option
  • There are environment variables that may need to be set, and a good GUI is easier than package options as far as I can tell
  • It needs to run on Mac, a few flavors of Linux, and Windows and while I know how to almost everything I need in Java, I know almost nothing about the native package managers


  • I'm not against doing this with native package managers. I've been reading up on them but keep running into the need for non-standard kludges (I think) to do this kind of stuff.

    Any discussion of the problems would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Joe
     
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