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

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

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

PhD
Opensource
Computer Science and developer
Engineering

Unique installer

Unique installer Multiple systems

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

Demo
One download
Works everywhere
Straightforward

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

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

~25.000 downloads / month

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Choose your panels

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

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

raw pack200
deflate (gzip) bzip2

Custom actions
Custom panels Installer JAR
3rd-party libs

Custom actions
Custom panels Installer JAR
3rd-party libs

Our very own native launcher, or...

2001

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

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

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

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

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

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

Compiler
Installer JAR

Compiler
Installer JAR

Compiler
Installer JAR

Compiler
Installer JAR

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

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<panels>
<panel classname=\"HTMLInfoPanel\" />
<panel classname=\"HTMLLicencePanel\" />
<panel classname=\"TargetPanel\" />
<panel classname=\"UserInputPanel\" />
<panel classname=\"InstallPanel\" />
<panel classname=\"ProcessPanel\" />
<panel classname=\"ShortcutPanel\" />
<panel classname=\"SimpleFinishPanel\" />
</panels>
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<pack name=\"GlassFish\" required=\"yes\">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=\"launch-browser.sh\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin\"
condition=\"izpack.macinstall\" />
<fileset dir=\"linux\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH\"
condition=\"izpack.linuxinstall\">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=\"<%= file %>\"/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant\"
stage=\"never\" os=\"unix\" />
<parsable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh\"
os=\"unix\" />
</pack>

<pack name=\"GlassFish\" required=\"yes\">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=\"launch-browser.sh\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin\"
condition=\"izpack.macinstall\" />
<fileset dir=\"linux\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH\"
condition=\"izpack.linuxinstall\">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=\"<%= file %>\"/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant\"
stage=\"never\" os=\"unix\" />
<parsable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh\"
os=\"unix\" />
</pack>

<pack name=\"GlassFish\" required=\"yes\">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=\"launch-browser.sh\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin\"
condition=\"izpack.macinstall\" />
<fileset dir=\"linux\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH\"
condition=\"izpack.linuxinstall\">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=\"<%= file %>\"/>
<% end %>
</fileset> Ant-style:
**/*
<executable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant\"
dir/*.class
stage=\"never\" os=\"unix\" /> **/*.jar
<parsable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh\"
lib/**/*.jar
os=\"unix\" />
</pack>

<pack name=\"GlassFish\" required=\"yes\">
<description>GlassFish</description>
<file src=\"launch-browser.sh\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin\"
condition=\"izpack.macinstall\" />
<fileset dir=\"linux\" targetdir=\"$INSTALL_PATH\"
condition=\"izpack.linuxinstall\">
<% linux_specific.each do |file| %>
<include name=\"<%= file %>\"/>
<% end %>
</fileset>
<executable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant\"
stage=\"never\" os=\"unix\" />
<parsable targetfile=\"$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh\"
os=\"unix\" />
</pack>

<conditions>
<condition type=\"variable\"
id=\"start.glassfish\">
<name>gf_start_domain</name>
<value>true</value>
</condition>
</conditions>

<guiprefs height=\"600\" resizable=\"yes\" width=\"800\">
<modifier key=\"allXGap\" value=\"5\"/>
<modifier key=\"allYGap\" value=\"5\"/>
<modifier key=\"paragraphYGap\" value=\"15\"/>
<modifier key=\"useHeadingPanel\" value=\"yes\"/>
<modifier key=\"headingLineCount\" value=\"1\"/>
<modifier key=\"headingFontSize\" value=\"2\"/>
<modifier key=\"headingBackgroundColor\" value=\"0x00ffffff\"/>
<modifier key=\"headingPanelCounter\" value=\"text\"/>
<modifier key=\"headingPanelCounterPos\" value=\"inHeading\"/>
</guiprefs>

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

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

MacOSX packages BitRock InstallBuilder

IzPack is the only
true cross-platform
installer to date

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IzPack is a
complement

Disclaimer: you should never remove GF!

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

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