Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Open
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 4.3.0
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Installer
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Labels:None
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Environment:Ubuntu 9.04, Sun JDK 1.6.0_14
Description
These are various issues I've encountered while testing an IzPack installer on Linux (specifically Ubuntu/Gnome). I installed this as a non-root user.
a) creation of 'main menu' subgroups doesn't work
If I e.g. specify the $APP_NAME as the program group, no shortcut is created at all. If I however install again, a shortcut in the group "Other" is created
After that I specified the programGroup Accessories. I.e.
<programGroup defaultName="Accessories"
location="applications"/>
This works on 1st installation. However:
b) On repeated installation an (additional) shortcut in the program group "Other" is created
For every following installation an additional shortcut is created in this group
c) Consequently these additional shortcuts are not removed, when I run the uninstaller
d) Categories don't have any effect?
I didn't quite understand from the documentation what categories are good for. However, they don't seem to have any effect. I've specified the category
Categories="Utility"
but he 'Categories' key in the .desktop file (of which BTW a new one is created for each installation) under ~/.local/share/applications is empty
e) Desktop icons on Gnome don't work
Okay, that one is already mentioned in the documentation
In my case (openSUSE 11.2, Sun JDK 1.6.0_15 or Sun JDK 1.6.0_16) the IzPack installer itself, let alone installers created using IzPack, does not even get to the scortcut creation step (Step 8/9), if I don't run as root. When I do run as root everything works jsut fine. As it is the whole installer just freezes at the end of the 7th step, when you click 'next'. I'm not sure what in the world the IzPack installer is trying to do that requires root permission but to me it seems a bit scary. I hope it can be fixed soon!