06-01-2022, 05:58 AM | #1 |
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Only an idea
Is it possible to create .exe file so that the users connect the kobo to Windows, double click on the setup.exe, and KOreader will be automatically installed?
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06-01-2022, 12:33 PM | #2 | |
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It is also possible to create .exe so than users double click on the setup.exe and be forwarded to https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=314220, where they follow a tutorial for having KOreader almost automatically installed. In both cases it is a bad idea as binaries are opaque by nature and you'll need to trust the person that shares them. Also an app that does that for a specific platform needs to leverage platform specific APIs to deal with stuff like: partition mounting/checking, downloading bundles and editing text files. Using cross platform toolkits like Qt or WxWidgets will result in a installer bigger that the package it is going to install. So the solution would be using C/C++ for the core, libcurl for dealing with https and winforms/cocoa/gtk for the UI. Then with the app ready to go find a person that wants to keep it updated and build it periodically for each platform. And all that just for one target. Very bad idea but you can prove me wrong |
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06-01-2022, 02:47 PM | #3 |
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The one-click install package is very easy to use to install. So really, no need for a .exe to do it for you. The directions are very easy to follow.
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06-02-2022, 04:20 AM | #4 |
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Pazos, is it possible to create at least a .bat file that run the steps of the installation script in the second post?
(I'd like to try, though I seldom made a .bat file) |
06-02-2022, 02:39 PM | #5 |
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The script essentially *is* a (much better) batch file.
If you're asking about making it unattended, that could obviously be done, but it's not something I'm interested in (mainly because I feel like it'd make it *less* user-friendly). |
06-02-2022, 05:07 PM | #6 |
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The script does miss the hidden folder thing I think, or has that changed in the meantime?
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06-03-2022, 12:55 PM | #7 |
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It does it (in fact, that was the main drive behind creating it in the first place ;p) .
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06-04-2022, 09:28 AM | #8 | |
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After seen the eredear cluttered with files of many formats, I always used the script to install KOreader. The first time I run the script, I trinketed a while with it; I managed to make it work and install KOreader. Flawlessly. Friends of mine were interested in KOreader. Then, I thought: could I run the steps (for the script of course) in an easier way? For this reason I was wondering about writing a .bat file |
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06-06-2022, 04:11 PM | #9 |
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Hm, I seem to recall running into that issue when I tried to follow the instructions. Or maybe it was a matter of default PowerShell being too old or something and accidentally skipping something when using the script as documentation instead. In any case I've had some minor (easy to resolve) issues with it. :P
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