Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!uhnix1!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: S/W Installation methodology Message-ID: <3128@sugar.uu.net> Date: 20 Dec 88 14:48:09 GMT References: Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX Lines: 20 In article , kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes: > As I read the discussion about complicated software installation > procedures and how to simplify them, I would love to say "Write a REXX > program to do it." That's how it's done in the VM/CMS world, where nearly > every vendor's installation sequence boils down to "Unload the first file > from this tape and run it." Why do you need REXX to do this? Just because REXX is the preferred batch language on VM/CMS, doesn't mean it's the preferred batch language on the Amiga. There's the existing "Execute" program. Besides, we're not talking about how to get a program run. You can always just write an install program. The discussion centers on just what that program should *do*. Me, I think that you should just copy the files to the hard disk and run the program. Let the program ask you questions to finish the installation if it hasn't been done the first time you run it. -- Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva `-_-' peter@sugar.uu.net