Help to make installer with izpack
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Link below contains a detailed pdf to make installer.
http://www.imrantariq.com/blog/?attachment_id=112
Here is the brief summary.
Download izpack from http://izpack.org/downloads/
run IzPack-install.jar. there should be jdk installed on your pc.
After installation open folder where it is installed.
normally its in C:Program FilesIzPack
go to bin folder
make install.xml file. Sample file is given below.
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install.xml
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<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”iso-8859-1″ standalone=”yes” ?>
<!–
A sample installation file.
Use it as a base for your own installers 
To compile it :
- go in the bin directory where you installed IzPack
- call “compile ../sample/install.xml -b ../sample”
–>
<installation version=”1.0″>
<!–
The info section.
The meaning of the tags should be natural …
–>
<info>
<appname>Test installer</appname>
<appversion>1.0</appversion>
<authors>
<author name=”Imran Tariq” email=”m.imran.tariq@gmail.com”/>
</authors>
<url>http://www.imran.com/</url>
</info>
<!–
The gui preferences indication.
Sets the installer window to 640×480. It will not be able to change the size.
–>
<guiprefs width=”660″ height=”480″ resizable=”yes”>
<modifier key=”allXGap” value=”0″/>
<modifier key=”allYGap” value=”0″/>
<modifier key=”useHeadingPanel” value=”yes”/>
<modifier key=”useButtonIcons” value=”yes”/>
<modifier key=”useHeadingForSummary” value=”yes”/>
<modifier key=”headingImageOnLeft” value=”yes”/>
<modifier key=”headingLineCount” value=”1″/>
<modifier key=”headingFontSize” value=”1.5″/>
<modifier key=”headingBackgroundColor” value=”0x00ffffff”/>
<modifier key=”headingPanelCounter” value=”text”/>
<modifier key=”headingPanelCounterPos” value=”inHeading”/>
</guiprefs>
<!–
The locale section.
Asks here to include the English and French langpacks.
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<locale>
<langpack iso3=”eng” />
</locale>
<!–
The resources section.
The ids must be these ones if you want to use the LicencePanel and/or the InfoPanel.
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<resources>
<res id=”HTMLLicencePanel.licence” src=”license.html”/>
<res id=”InfoPanel.info” src=”Readme.txt”/>
<res id=”SummaryPanel.info” src=”Summry.txt”/>
</resources>
<!–
The panels section.
We indicate here which panels we want to use. The order will be respected.
–>
<panels>
<panel classname=”HelloPanel”/>
<panel classname=”HTMLLicencePanel”/>
<panel classname=”SimpleFinishPanel”/>
</panels>
<!–
The packs section.
We specify here our packs.
–>
<packs>
<pack name=”Base” required=”yes” preselected=”yes”>
<description>The base files</description>
<file src=”Readme.txt” targetdir=”$INSTALL_PATH”/>
<file src=”Licence.txt” targetdir=”$INSTALL_PATH”/>
</pack>
</packs>
</installation>
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Make sure that the resources specified in the <resources> tag are available in the bin folder.
To compile it. Open command prompt. Go to bin folder and run this command. In my case path to bin directory is: C:Program FilesIzPackbin
Type c: and press enter. Then type cd C:Program FilesIzPackbin and pres enter then type compile install.xml -b . -o install.jar -k standard and press enter.
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c:
cd C:Program FilesIzPackbin
compile install.xml -b . -o install.jar -k standard
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It will make install.jar in the bin directory.
Open it and your simple installer is ready.
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Link below contains a detailed pdf to make installer.
http://www.imrantariq.com/blog/?attachment_id=112
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Hi, I tried ti istall izpack in my winndows 7 64 bit by when i try to execute the compile install.xml -b . -o install.jar -k standard it doesn’t work: it show me thi message:”IZPACK_HOME is set incorrectly or Izpack could not be located. Please set IZPACK
_HOME.” my IZPACK_HOME is “C:\Program Files (x86)\IzPack” can someone help me?
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Hi…the problem was the izpack5 beta version. I tried izpack 4 version and it work well. Bye
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can anyone help me for creating installer for my jar file?
I am having only jar file with me.
Hi,
Can you plz let me know how to add external executable jar files into the installer, and these jar files should execute at the time of installing the main installer, as i wanted to install db at the time of installation….
plz help me
Hi,
You need to pack DB server installer along-with installer files. Then you need to write script that will run that DB installer and installs DB. You need to care all the possible problems like ‘where to install db server C drive or D. Is it already installed etc’
now i wanted to know that how can i pack the db server installer along with my installer file..m using izpack installer but m stuck at this point…can you help me….
thanks in advance
Please help me create an installer for a war file..
I get this error after i follow the above steps,
Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence
Please Help.
I followed all the instructions above, but no exe jar file was created in the bin directory, even though on the cmd prompt it showed that it was being created
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