I would prefer an archive format that can be read on most Windows systems, e.g. .zip. I know 7zip is free but would like to avoid clutering my system with lots of different software that I need only once.
> I would prefer an archive format that can be read on most Windows
> systems, e.g. .zip. I know 7zip is free but would like to avoid
> clutering my system with lots of different software that I need only once.
I have been packaging hugin snapshot builds for Windows as self-
installing archives that need no support software or licensing. You
can get them at ftp://tks...@tksharpless.net, password "TKSpwd1".
I make them with WinRAR, which costs a few bucks but IMHO is well
worth "cluttering" your system with as it handles all archive formats
(including 7zip) and keeps directory structure by default.
> I make them with WinRAR, which costs a few bucks but IMHO is well > worth "cluttering" your system with as it handles all archive formats > (including 7zip) and keeps directory structure by default.
Thanks for the hint, I have to look if I need a newer version of WinRAR which I use myself. regards Joachim
I used 7-zip because the compression rate is very good (half the size of common zip or rar format), which saves storage at the server and time during download, and 7-zip is freeware.
I will take your suggestions into account and create a self extracting archive next time, but the current nightly build is still finished.
> Tom Sharpless schrieb: >> I make them with WinRAR, which costs a few bucks but IMHO is well >> worth "cluttering" your system with as it handles all archive formats >> (including 7zip) and keeps directory structure by default. > Thanks for the hint, I have to look if I need a newer version of WinRAR > which I use myself. > regards > Joachim
On Feb 15, 5:54 pm, Guido Kohlmeyer <d...@gekko-design.de> wrote:
> Dear Joachim,
> I used 7-zip because the compression rate is very good (half the size of
> common zip or rar format), which saves storage at the server and time
> during download, and 7-zip is freeware.
> I will take your suggestions into account and create a self extracting
> archive next time, but the current nightly build is still finished.
You might want to adopt either or both of the following features of my
self-extractor package:
1) creates root directory named hugin_0.7.0.<SVN rev no>, so multiple
versions can coexist.
2) has command scripts (in that root and subdir script) that can
optionally be used to create some useful shortcuts, and further to
register the .pto file association to this hugin version. One of the
shorcuts removes the entire version including shortcuts and file
association.
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