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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Resolution: Done
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Sprint:Spring 9 2022 May 9, Summer 3 2022 June 21, Summer 4 2022 July 4
Description
I have created a new installer for IGB 9.1.8 using Install4J and a different JRE from what we were using previously.
Link to download the installer is here:
https://bitbucket.org/lorainelab/integrated-genome-browser/downloads/Zulu-IGB-windows-x64-9.1.8.exe
Important: Compare installer released via for Bioviz.org, which uses a different JDK and JRE
Compare as follows:
- installation process - does it work OK?
- Check that the installer claims it is installing version 9.1.8
- Also check that the version of IGB and its last commit are also 9.1.8 (should be from 9.1.8 release branch (BioViz.org installer should be one or more commits before that))
- Check save and opening. Please report any differences in file choosers widgets.
- Check for UI weirdness in Data Access Tab and Annotation Tab. These are using UI widgets from JideSoft, third party UI library. Elements that may cause a problem include menu's and color swatch interfaces. These may exhibit unusual behavior.
- Check that JavaFX aspects are OK. To test, open and use the IGB Apps Manager feature, available from the Tools menu in IGB.
- Open and inspect contents of the installation directory. Is there anything in this directory that was not in the previous generation installer?
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The installer is supposed to place a JRE on the system for the "build" of IGB to run in. Maybe the configuration used caused that to not happen?
I tried installing IGB a few different ways.
- First, I purged all old JRE versions, kept the most recent version, and tried the Zulu installer. It wouldn't work but the older IGB installer worked.
- Then, I installed Java version 8 update 333 (latest) and ran both the installers: Zulu first and then the old one, and both worked.
- After that. I purged all Java versions and tried installing IGB with Zulu to see if a JRE is being placed. That did not work but it worked with the old installer
- I installed Java version 8 update 333 and the new installer worked.
I am not sure what you meant by configuration exactly but if it is Java config in my system, I purged everything and tested the installer as mentioned above and each time I purged the AppData as well just in case.
Thank you for the feedback above.
I rebuilt installer using proper settings for Install4J. Please test again. Please note I revised the Description to provide more specifics on what and how to test.
Testing Results:
- The installer worked as intended
- The version installed is 9.1.8
- File chooser widgets work fine
- No UI weirdness in Data Access and Annotation tabs
Issue:
IGB App Manager install button does not seem to work. The app installs, however, through App Store.
Question for Karthik Raveendran: Does released (non-zulu) version of 9.1.8 have the same problem with installing of apps?
No, the release version of 9.1.8 does not have this issue.
- Moving ticket to first level review
A question for Karthik Raveendran:
I just now noticed a problem with the MacOS installer in which the installer seems to add a directory of files called "bundles" to installation directory.
Did you observe the same thing with the Windows installer that you tested?
Also, please add a comment giving the location of the installation directory on the Windows system. Is it in the user's home directory, or somewhere else?
Note: I just now added testing this to the Description as another item in the bullet list of things to check.
Retested the installer:
- All steps had the same results as above comment.
- The installer worked as intended
- The version installed is 9.1.8
- File chooser widgets work fine
- No UI weirdness in Data Access and Annotation tabs
- Issue: IGB App Manager install button does not seem to work. The app installs, however, through App Store.
- Bundle directories are created in the installation directory during installation.
Upon initial installation of the Zulu Wx86 installer without uninstalling the previous version, the application installs (in a different folder) as expected and runs at the end of installation. But after uninstalling the application and reinstalling it, install4j could not find JRE on the system. Image of the error attached (Reinstallation Error.jpg). Whereas the reinstalling previous version (from bioviz,org) works fine.
Further testing is being done.