distributing plugins with ij and jre

[Martha Narro-2]

Hello,

I developed a set of plugins called NeuronMetrics for Dr. Linda  
Restifo's group that provide semi-automated analysis of morphology of  
cultured neurons. Unfortunately, the plugins are dependent on both a  
particular version of ImageJ (version 1.36b) and of Java (jre  
1.5.0_03). This happened once before during development and has now  
happened again. I am not tracking down the cause of the dependencies  
because the project (and funding) is finished, and I have moved on. I  
think it would be easiest for users, and stable, if we could  
distribute the required version of ImageJ, my plugins, and the jre  
all bundled together. What I have in mind is something analogous to  
the Windows distribution of ImageJ bundled with Java (http://
rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/download.html), but with the NeuronMetrics  
plugins included too. The user could just click to install ImageJ.  
Can someone tell me how to do this?

Once I get the distribution issues worked out, we would like to have  
a link from the ImageJ page to Dr. Restifo's home page which will  
have information about downloading the plugins, the paper describing  
the plugins, and the User Manual.

Thanks,

Martha Narro

[dscho]

Hi,

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Martha Narro wrote:

> I developed a set of plugins called NeuronMetrics for Dr. Linda
> Restifo's group that provide semi-automated analysis of morphology of
> cultured neurons. Unfortunately, the plugins are dependent on both a
> particular version of ImageJ (version 1.36b) and of Java (jre 1.5.0_03).
> This happened once before during development and has now happened again.
> I am not tracking down the cause of the dependencies because the project
> (and funding) is finished, and I have moved on.

If you make it Open Source, I'd be glad to make it work with arbitrary ij
and jre versions.

Ciao,
Dscho

[Albert Cardona]

Hi Martha,

I join Johannes' plead: if you make the NeuronMetrics plugins open source, those
of us working on neurobiology would benefit from them, mantain them and make
them work with latest ij.jar.

Thanks for developing them in the first place!

Albert


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[Martha Narro-2]

Hi Albert & Johannes,

The NeuronMetrics plugins are open source and free to users at non-
profit organizations. However, they are copyrighted (University of  
Arizona would retain rights). There are a couple of issues I will  
need to discuss with Dr. Restifo and others. I'll get back to you.

Martha Narro

On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Albert Cardona wrote:

> Hi Martha,
>
> I join Johannes' plead: if you make the NeuronMetrics plugins open  
> source, those
> of us working on neurobiology would benefit from them, mantain them  
> and make
> them work with latest ij.jar.
>
> Thanks for developing them in the first place!
>
> Albert
>
>
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