feature request #4022
openOne click installer for TaxEditor
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Description
Installing the Taxonmic Editor has been identified as a big obstacle to a lot of users since the installation process currently involves downloading and installing a suitable java runtime environment and downloading and installing the editor itself.
The Taxonmic Editor should be installable by "one click" on each platform (Windows XP to 8, Mac OS X 10.5 and later, Debian based Linux systems). Installable by one click means actually that the installation package is provided as standard installer suitable for the different platforms:
Windows XP to 8: executable exe file
Mac OS X 10.5 and later: dmg file
Debian based Linux systems: deb file
The BitRock InstallBuilder (http://installbuilder.bitrock.com/) is capable of producing installers for a big variety of platforms and also seems to be a flexible and mature tool.
The installer should contain:
The OS specific Eclipse application which is created by a Jenkins job (http://160.45.63.201/jenkins/) and deployed to http://cybertaxonomy.org/download/taxeditor/. The version of the taxonomic editor to be bundled into the installer must be configurable via a parameter to the install builder process.
a suitable Java JRE for the specific platform, that is the latest java 1.7.x version. How can we assure that always the latest version of java is being used?
The process of running the install builder should be integrated into the build and deploy pipeline on the jenkins server (http://160.45.63.201/jenkins/). If the install builder has to be run for each platform specific installer separately we will need to set up a matrix job at jenkins.