Install check?

[Charlie]

I actually have one written for inno setup , it downloads the most 
recent dmc + dmd , here it is -> http://www.the-charlie.com/dmd_setup.exe .

Charlie

Nicolai Waniek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I agree with you and as soon as I have some spare time (and a win32 machine
> under my fingers) and if you guys wish it, i'll write an inno setup script for D
> so walter could package a Win32 installer. Inno Setup is for free, but i'll have
> to read the licence so there are no licence infringements.
> 
> This could - of course - then be adopted by the tango team :)
> 
> regards and give me some time, possibly I have some this evening
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> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> It seems to be usual to "download D" and then not have the thing work
>> off the bat. (d.D.learn has some excellent examples, and many of them by
>> able people, some even with a long C++ background.)
>>
>> With two compilers, all the platforms (Windows, Mac, various Linuxes)
>> and at least two lucrative base libraries (Tango and Phobos) -- and
>> especially since the newcomer can't simply choose like "compiler, OS,
>> lib, root/luser" etc, and simply have a self-installing complete binary
>> automatically sent to you (hint, hint), I suggest the following:
>>
>> Just like hello.d we should have a checkinstall.d that you should try to
>> build. It would have static asserts (or whatever it takes) that inform
>> the user about what's wrong. Probably one should first run a
>> checkinstall.{sh|bat} too to inform of the most basic problems.
>>
>> Such should be standard issue with all distributions.
>>
>> Today, many end up tweaking paths, library paths, choosing install
>> directories, contents and placements of the "ini" file, and whatnot. Of
>> course such could ultimately be avoided by adequate and prominent
>> documentation and targeted binary installs. But the checkinstall stuff
>> is more robust and could in principle be bullet proof. As in, either it
>> passes, or it discovers what's wrong. Oh, and how to remedy that.
>>
>> After all, there are only so many places where the train can derail, but
>> figuring out these is unnecessary hard for precisely the people who do
>> stumble on them.