This document discusses IzPack, an open source installer toolkit for Java applications. It provides an outline and overview of IzPack features such as cross-platform compatibility, a declarative XML-based descriptor format, compiler to build installers from descriptors, customizable GUI panels, and conditions and variables. The document demonstrates how to build an installer for GlassFish and highlights IzPack's history and community.

1. Julien Ponge
L’Aquarium Paris, Sun Microsystems
Paris - 2008/12/12

2. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

3. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

4. PhD
Opensource
Computer Science and developer
Engineering

6. Unique installer

7. Unique installer Multiple systems

8. v2
Download for your operating system
java -Xmx256m -jar filename.jar
chmod -R +x lib/ant/bin
lib/ant/bin/ant -f setup.xml
bin/asadmin start-domain domain1

9. Demo
One download
Works everywhere
Straightforward

10. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

11. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

13. ~25.000 downloads / month

15. (...)

17. Choose your panels

18. #1
Choose your panels
#2
...use them!

27. variables
Config files,
scripts, ...
Content-aware
replacement

29. raw pack200
deflate (gzip) bzip2

30. Custom actions
Custom panels Installer JAR
3rd-party libs

31. Custom actions
Custom panels Installer JAR
3rd-party libs

33. Our very own native launcher, or...

34. 2001

35. v3.0.0
v2.0 Win32 shortcuts
(rewrite) UserInputPanel
2001
03 08 11 08
2002
v1.0 v2.10.0
CVS @TuxFamily
Fast development
Steady growth, people keep on joining

36. X11
v3.0.0 shortcuts
v2.0 Win32 shortcuts CommunityOne
(rewrite) UserInputPanel GPL JavaOne
2001 2004 2008
03 08 11 08 02 01 05 04 05 10
2002 2005
v1.0 v2.10.0 Move to Move to v4.1.0
CVS @TuxFamily BerliOS Codehaus
Fast development
Steady growth, people keep on joining

37. You decide
to use it for
X11 your next projects
v3.0.0 shortcuts
v2.0 Win32 shortcuts CommunityOne
(rewrite) UserInputPanel GPL JavaOne
2001 2004 2008
03 08 11 08 02 01 05 04 05 10
2002 2005
v1.0 v2.10.0 Move to Move to v4.1.0
CVS @TuxFamily BerliOS Codehaus
Fast development
Steady growth, people keep on joining

38. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

39. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

40. Packs, conditions, langpacks,
libraries, GUI, metadata, ...
Files Descriptor Resources
Compiler
Installer JAR

41. Compiler
Installer JAR

42. Compiler
Installer JAR

43. Compiler
Installer JAR

44. Compiler
Installer JAR

45. <installation version=quot;1.0quot;>
<info>
<appname>Glassfish</appname>
<appversion>v2 ur2 b04</appversion>
<authors>
<author email=quot;quot;
name=quot;Julien Ponge (packager)quot;/>
<author email=quot;quot;
name=quot;Sun Microsystems and the GlassFish communityquot;/>
</authors>
<url>http://glassfish.org/</url>
<javaversion>1.5</javaversion>
<requiresjdk>yes</requiresjdk>
</info>
(...)

46. (...)
<panels>
<panel classname=quot;HTMLInfoPanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;HTMLLicencePanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;TargetPanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;UserInputPanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;InstallPanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;ProcessPanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;ShortcutPanelquot; />
<panel classname=quot;SimpleFinishPanelquot; />
</panels>
(...)

47. <pack name=quot;GlassFishquot; required=quot;yesquot;>
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=quot;launch-browser.shquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/binquot;
condition=quot;izpack.macinstallquot; />
<fileset dir=quot;linuxquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATHquot;
condition=quot;izpack.linuxinstallquot;>
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=quot;<%= file %>quot;/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/antquot;
stage=quot;neverquot; os=quot;unixquot; />
<parsable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.shquot;
os=quot;unixquot; />
</pack>

48. <pack name=quot;GlassFishquot; required=quot;yesquot;>
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=quot;launch-browser.shquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/binquot;
condition=quot;izpack.macinstallquot; />
<fileset dir=quot;linuxquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATHquot;
condition=quot;izpack.linuxinstallquot;>
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=quot;<%= file %>quot;/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/antquot;
stage=quot;neverquot; os=quot;unixquot; />
<parsable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.shquot;
os=quot;unixquot; />
</pack>

49. <pack name=quot;GlassFishquot; required=quot;yesquot;>
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=quot;launch-browser.shquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/binquot;
condition=quot;izpack.macinstallquot; />
<fileset dir=quot;linuxquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATHquot;
condition=quot;izpack.linuxinstallquot;>
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=quot;<%= file %>quot;/>
<% end %>
</fileset> Ant-style:
**/*
<executable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/antquot;
dir/*.class
stage=quot;neverquot; os=quot;unixquot; /> **/*.jar
<parsable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.shquot;
lib/**/*.jar
os=quot;unixquot; />
</pack>

50. <pack name=quot;GlassFishquot; required=quot;yesquot;>
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=quot;launch-browser.shquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/binquot;
condition=quot;izpack.macinstallquot; />
<fileset dir=quot;linuxquot; targetdir=quot;$INSTALL_PATHquot;
condition=quot;izpack.linuxinstallquot;>
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=quot;<%= file %>quot;/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/antquot;
stage=quot;neverquot; os=quot;unixquot; />
<parsable targetfile=quot;$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.shquot;
os=quot;unixquot; />
</pack>

51. <conditions>
<condition type=quot;variablequot;
id=quot;start.glassfishquot;>
<name>gf_start_domain</name>
<value>true</value>
</condition>
</conditions>

52. <guiprefs height=quot;600quot; resizable=quot;yesquot; width=quot;800quot;>
<modifier key=quot;allXGapquot; value=quot;5quot;/>
<modifier key=quot;allYGapquot; value=quot;5quot;/>
<modifier key=quot;paragraphYGapquot; value=quot;15quot;/>
<modifier key=quot;useHeadingPanelquot; value=quot;yesquot;/>
<modifier key=quot;headingLineCountquot; value=quot;1quot;/>
<modifier key=quot;headingFontSizequot; value=quot;2quot;/>
<modifier key=quot;headingBackgroundColorquot; value=quot;0x00ffffffquot;/>
<modifier key=quot;headingPanelCounterquot; value=quot;textquot;/>
<modifier key=quot;headingPanelCounterPosquot; value=quot;inHeadingquot;/>
</guiprefs>

53. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

54. Outline
Introduction + demo
IzPack features
Demo making-of
Beyond IzPack

55. MacOSX packages BitRock InstallBuilder

56. IzPack is the only
true cross-platform
installer to date

57. (...)

58. (...)
IzPack is a
complement

63. Disclaimer: you should never remove GF!

64. http://izpack.org/
http://xircles.codehaus.org/projects/izpack/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IzPack
http://svn.codehaus.org/izpack/
http://github.com/jponge/izpack/tree/master

65. Q&A
Julien Ponge
julien@ponge.info
http://izpack.org/
http://julien.ponge.info/