[Gnumed-devel] Mac OS X easy install

[Dominique Buenzli]

Hello !

Ok here is the thing...
http://homepage.mac.com/dobunzli/gnumed/
Credits goes also to my brother, Daniel, who made this possible...

Of course it is not perfect (specially the client and server install). 
If you don't have a Mac, you can always have a snapshot of it by downloading the"Installation screenshots.pdf" which reflects the client only install process, "ReadMe.html" and "Notes.rtf".

Comments are welcome...

If it comes out that this is a good solution for Mac Users, I think that the User/Tester should have the choice between installing things system-wide as mentioned in Gnumed User Manual or using this "easy install".


> For each platform, an installer that would simply
> a) check if Python is to be found on the target client or server machine and resolve any deficiency, and then
> b) install a Python app or script to complete the installation

I pretty much agree that the best would be a a cross-plateform installer for gnumed in python.
Unfortunately this exceeds the skills I have about computers.... so sorry for that.


> > I am not sure
> > whether to install in a separate step onto the same machine will create
> > problems for example if python etc already exist on that machine.
> Precisely one of the points against the
> dump-everything-onto-one-large-pile strategy of installing.

Python already exists in Mac OS X. But this remark could concern wxpython.
As far as I know there will be no problems if another wxpython version is installed system-wide. 
The script contained in GnumedLauncher.app is defining where the version of wxpython gnumed has to use.
I will still ask my brother who helped me doing that as he knows much better about all this...


> > > 4.) download and install missing programs
> > We only need that on MS Windows. GNU/Linux packages have their own mechanisms
> > of taking care of dependencies. What about the Mac ? Any dependency handling
> > or is this up to the installer ?
> It seems that on Mac it boils down to the old DOS-style
> all-in-one binary drop-in dog-pile.

Yes surely old style but so much convenient to keep a system clean... and certainly more powerfull than DOS !!
Core of Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD...
If you need more infos about Macs you can have a look here...
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/darwin/

I will leave one week in holidays (Italy) so sorry if I don't respond to mail immediately.
Dominique