[Live-demo] Addistional packages for workshops

[Astrid Emde]

Hello Pirmin,

I agree with your suggestion. Maybe the svn way is a bit comlicated for
non svn user.

Astrid

On Tue, February 7, 2012 10:24 pm, Pirmin Kalberer wrote:
> Astrid, Cameraon,
>
>
> Booting from USB or VM is preferred, but not required. Installing
> additional packages is also possible when booting from DVD. You're limited
> by RAM and temporary storage and the packages are lost when shutting down.
>
>
> Am Dienstag, 7. Februar 2012, 07.20:24 schrieb Astrid Emde:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> Pirmins idea sounds good to me. But Cameron you are right, maybe you do
>>  not have .deb files or you need additional configuration.
>>
>> I thought about additional install_workshop_xy.sh in the bin-directory
>> (or
>> somewhere else) that will not be installed by default. In case you want
>> to run the workshop you could easily install the sofware. The workshop
>> leader could administrate the scripts in the svn.
>
> I don't think the OSGeo-live SVN is the best place for administrating
> workshop configurations. A wiki is very easy to use and anybody can
> publish a configuration (even an hour before the workshop starts). I
> initially planned to write a generic installation script, but preferred
> this solution, because you don't need additional software at runtime and
> can use the browser for selecting a workshop. For non-deb packages you can
> simply add a wiki page with installation instructions. The instructions
> can be as easy as 1. download install_workshop_xy.sh and 2. run it with
> "sudo bash install_workshop_xy.sh"
>
>
> Pirmin
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, February 6, 2012 10:02 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>> 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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