Extension installer for LANDIS-II v7

[Clément Hardy]

Hello to all,

Now that the extension that I programmed is in a working state, I wanted to be able to construct an installer for it to facilitate testing by my colleagues before releasing it.

However, I was only able to find SDK files for LANDIS-II v6; and they do not seem to be able to properly install the extension, as the process requires the editing of extensions.xml in the LANDIS-II-v7/extensions folder among other new things.

I wanted to know of the SDK files for v7 could be found somewhere, or if they could be sent to me so that I can create an installer based on them.

Thanks again for all your hard work !

[Robert Scheller]

Clement,

There is not an SDK for v7. (The v6 SDK is not compatible with the last v6 release.)

I recommend copying installer infrastructure from another extension (typically located under deploy/installer).  The three files you need are *.iss, *.txt, and *.rft.

Open the file using Inno Script Compiler, a free and open-source program.  Also update the txt file appropriately.  Do not change the rtf file.

The installer scripts are fairly standardized now and the necessary changes are self-evident.  Let me know if you have questions.

Rob

[Clément Hardy]

Thank you a thousand times, Mr Scheller. Thanks to all of this, I was able to quickly understand how the installer and the landis-ii-extensions batch file function. Now, everything works like a charm !

I'll surely contact you in the months to come, in order to finalize the publication of the extension once it will be completely ready.

Thanks again for your help, and a nice beginning of fall to you !