[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Installing and Running Linux Staff Client Version 2.0.9

[David Busby]

I have not had good experiences running the staff client under Wine, but I
didn't try very hard either.  The staff client on Linux has worked well for
me (development only, not a production library).

I do it like this:

# Make a place for it:
mkdir Evergreen-2.3; cd Evergreen-2.3

# Get XUL Runner
wget
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/16.0/runtimes/xulrunner-16.0.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
tar -jxf xulrunner-16.0.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

# Get my Staff Client (evergreen-work is my build server)
rsync -av root at evergreen-work:/usr/src/Evergreen/Open-ILS/xul/staff_client/build/
./staff_client/
# Extensions ftw!
rsync -av root at evergreen-work:/usr/src/Evergreen/Open-ILS/xul/staff_client/extensions/
./staff_client/extensions/

# Run it
./xulrunner/xulrunner-bin --app ./staff_client/application.ini --uilocale
en-us --ilshost evergreen-work --ilsuser egsa --ilspassword egsa


It's been working very well for me, 32 and 64bits; I have to "manually"
install XULRunner cause it's not in the packages for Gentoo.  My friend
Travis is trying to make it run on the RaspberryPi (
http://www.raspberrypi.org/) - which would be the coolest/lowest cost
deployment for a self-checkout (IMO)




--
David Busby
Edoceo, Inc.
http://edoceo.com/
206.282.6500


On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Sharp, Chris <csharp at georgialibraries.org>wrote:

> On Ubuntu 10.04, you should bet able to do 'sudo apt-get install
> xulrunner', then copy/rsync the "build" directory from your source
> directory located at OpenILS/xul/staff_client (or should be after you've
> built the server) to your client machine.  Then you can do 'xulrunner
> /path/to/build/dir/application.ini' to start up the client.  You might have
> to adjust here and there.
>
> But as Joe mentions, you can also use wine, which might be more
> straightforward.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe" <knuevejo at oplin.org>
> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <
> open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> > Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 9:18:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Installing and Running Linux Staff
> Client Version 2.0.9
> >
> >
> > Hi Jayaraj,
> >
> > I know this might seem a little backwards, but from talking with some
> > of my colleagues who have tried to install the linux staff client on
> > a linux machine, we have found it is much easier to install the
> > windows staff client in wine on a linux machine. I have not
> > extensively tested this, but I have a laptop that I have done this
> > on for 2.1, and I've not seen any issues with it in occasional usage
> > over the last few months.
> >
> > Best of luck.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Joseph Knueven
> > Director
> > Germantown Public Library
> > 51 N. Plum St.
> > Germantown, OH 45327
> > 937-696-9998x10 knuevejo at oplin.org On 11/2/2012 3:18 AM, Jayaraj JR
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > How to install and run linux staff client 2.0.9 in a remote linux
> > machine. Evergreen version 2.0.9 installed in Ubuntu 10.04. I would
> > like to use the staff client in another linux machine.
> >
> > --
> > With Best Regards,
> >
> > Jayaraj J. R.
> > Library Information Assistant
> > IISER Thiruvananthapuram
> >
> >
>
> --
> Chris Sharp
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
> (404) 235-7147
> csharp at georgialibraries.org
> http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
>
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