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Hello folks!

I created unofficial ThinkingRock Ubuntu package.

Highlights:

• simple installation and update
• menu launcher
• interactive configuration of Java

Installation:

1. In 'Applications' menu click on 'Accessories' and then 'Terminal'
2. Enter these two commands:
   
   Code:
   sudo sh -c "echo deb http://repository.salutis.sk/production ./ >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
   sudo sh -c "aptitude update && aptitude install thinkingrock"
   
3. In 'Applications' menu click on 'Office' and then 'ThinkingRock'

Your feedback is welcome! Thanks for it and enjoy!

For your information:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/236595

Released in 2.0.1-2. Please can someone test the package?

Thank you very much for that.

Once someone has tested it, I can put the link on the download page.

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Claire
ThinkingRock Analyst and Tester

Hi,

Thanks for doing this.

I tried it out using Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop VMware image.

First I tried "Installation - alternative way"
- step 4. had to append "deb " for this to be accepted - so line is:
deb http://repository.salutis.sk/production ./
- Could not get it to install. Everything seemed to be alright but nothing was installed. No menu item and no in /usr/share/thinkingrock

Then used "Installation" instructions and all went well and installed.

Some questions:
- the xdg-utils were already installed in the VMWare image I used. Is it safe to assume that in general Ubuntu systems will have this or do you need some dependency or install or link to TRs xdg-utils in bin, if they are not present?
- Is there a check whether Java 1.6 is already installed or does it just always install the JRE?

It would be good to get it in the Ubuntu release. Maybe you could submit it to them or let us know how we can do this.

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ThinkingRock Developer

Thanks.

I simplified the default installation method (just two commands) and removed alternative way.

Fixed in 2.0.1-3 and released to repository. Thanks for reminder.

I wrote simple loader with interactive Java pre-configuration. If Sun JRE 1.6 is default JRE then no configuration window appears and ThinkingRock is started immediately. If not, an pre-configuration window appear.

So, let's configure JRE to unsupported one:

• Type a command:
  
  Code:
  sudo update-alternatives --config java
• Select incompatible JRE from list, for example '/usr/bin/gij-4.2'
• Start ThinkingRock
• Configuration window appear with question 'Unsupported Java version. Reconfigure system to use Sun Java?'
• Click 'OK' for automatic re-configuration to Sun JRE 1.6

In progress - look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/236595 bug.

On my Ubuntu VM it tried to upgrade to the new version but the installer failed and said there was a Size Mismatch.

I was going to try it out running TR with no Java installed.

Fixed.

Is this supposed to work with the upgrade? It didn't work. I tried removing Java - when TR was run nothing happened. I then installed Java 1.4.2 - when TR was run I got the TR message that it needs Java 1.5.

ThinkingRock package depends on Sun JRE 1.6. So, you can't remove Java Sun JRE 1.6 without removing ThinkingRock too. In case of two or more JRE installed you can configure alternatives.

In default Ubuntu is preinstalled GNU Java. When ThinkingRock is installed, Sun JRE 1.6 is installed too, as dependency. Then user can reconfigure JRE for use with 'update-alternatives' command. And if there is incompatible JRE set, ThinkingRock loader ask you and switches to Sun JRE 1.6.

So, can you please clarify how was Java removed and what commands you used for that? As I know - it isn't possible. Or do you mean setup of incompatible JRE alternative? Or am I missing something?

The Java handling should be ok. I removed Java by removing the link using the command line - as you said, I could not remove it using the package manager due to the dependency by TR.

How have you handled the xdg-utils dependency?

As I wrote, it is fixed in 2.0.1-3, so now you can't install ThinkingRock without 'xdg-utils'. It's handled as a regular package dependency.

Ok good.

One last thing. You have both tr and tr.sh in the bin directory. Should remove tr and use tr.sh (tr.sh replaces tr due to the problems with the tr naming clash).

Thanks for information. Removed in 2.0.1-4. Windows binaries removed too.

Another issue I found is that there are 'xdg-email' and 'xdg-open' scripts in ThinkingRock directory. These files are already installed in the system as a regular dependency, so I will remove them in the next version (2.0.1-5).

Summary what to do next:

1. Fix duplicity of 'xdg-email' and 'xdg-open'.
2. Make a final testing round.
3. Change version to '2.0.1-0ubuntu1'.
4. Add information to the download page.
5. Try to move to official Ubuntu repository.