Posted by
Raymond Martin-2 on
Dec 14, 2009; 11:38am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-development-involvement-contributions-tp3690030p3690050.html
Hi Gabriel,
> > Would having an RPM, .deb, or other package for installation be of
> > interest?
>
> Opensuse has both ImageJ and ImageJA rpms available.
> I prefer to install as a local user.
I found the Opensuse ImageJ one recently. Installed it on Mandriva, it
works in general, but there are no plugins or macros available with it
(even though some default macros are in the jar itself?).
To me, at least, it is sort of broken if it cannot put a working folder into
the users home folder as a default setup (e.g., with plugins and macros
folders, etc.) like most other applications do. MIPAV, also a Java application
from NIH, does do this when installed on Linux.
> > Also, I would like to know how many actually use the upgrade feature in
> > ImageJ to do anything besides upgrading between a current version and a
> > new one?
>
> I do not understand the question. Do you mean to update the ij.jar file?
> I do not think you can do other things than testing different versions of
> IJ with that.
I think it is supposed to upgrade. And my question was to basically determine
if anybody ever would revert to an older version or move up and down between
them, aside from only being interested in upgrading.
It is supposed to at least get another ij.jar and write it somewhere. Of
course, you cannot get it to write into places where a regular user should
never have access. So it does not work on Linux, UNIX. (unless you violate
OS security by changing permissions or run as root).
> I also use a script that updates the ij.jar and checks differences with the
> published documents in Wayne's site, so if something changes I see the old
> and new docs with kdiff3.
>
> > Even for that, this kind of feature will not work on Linux/UNIX when
> > ImageJ is installed system-wide, as opposed to somewhere in a users home
> > directory. What is often seen in this case is just an ability to be
> > notified of an upgrade, take you to a web page, and let you choose the
> > method of upgrade that is suitable to your system instead.
>
> Fiji has a much more complex updater, have a look at it.
Will do.
Thanks.
Raymond