[Live-demo] Addistional packages for workshops

[Cameron Shorter]

Pirmin,
I think it a is a good idea to create a process which makes it easy for 
Workshop leaders to be able to add applications to OSGeo-Live.

I assume that this would be much easier with a USB than with a DVD? Or 
are you considering having all students have osgeo-live installed on 
their computer?

I'd be interested to hear if others have comments as to whether Pirmin's 
proposed method for achieving this is a good one.

If a workshop presenter didn't have a .deb file, what process should 
they follow for getting an application onto osgeo-live?

Should we be ensuring we have space free on a 4 Gig USB stick to allow 
installing extra applications? If so, how much? Maybe we will need to 
ask workshops to hand out 8 Gig USBs instead.


On 07/02/12 00:38, Pirmin Kalberer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There is often a demand for installing additional packages for OSGeo-Live
> based workshops. Last FOSS4G I handled this by putting the apt-get
> instructions on the blackboard, but you loose always a few minutes waiting for
> all participants fixing their typos. Today I got requests for the coming
> FOSSGIS in Germany to add packages for certain workshops. My proposed solution
> for this common request is a new desktop icon, pointing to an installation
> page on the OSGeo Wiki [1]. On this page workshop organizers can add links
> like apt://qt4-designer which start up the Gnome Software Center with the
> packages automatically selected. This should be easy enough for workshop
> participants to install additional software by themselves.
>
> Regards
> Pirmin
>
> [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/wiki/Live_GIS_Workshop_Install
>


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