Your installer is broken

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Sun Dec 28 10:12:10 EST 2014


I launched 6.7 and the updater offered to install 7.0.1 for OS X.  I
allowed it to download, but then the wording on screen scared me.  It said
this will replace your current installation of 6.7, so I bailed.

~Roger
On Dec 28, 2014 3:17 AM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> On Windows the installer will create a folder inside the location you
> select, so that's why you saw two LiveCode folders (the one you made and
> the one the installer made.) Also, all file paths use forward slashes in
> LiveCode so that's why those were there.
>
> I'm not sure why you'd get the first installation failure. I can only
> guess that the OS was doing some housekeeping on the download when the
> installer was supposed to launch. After a brief delay it was ready.
>
> It's normal to see the contents of a folder when you choose it in the file
> selector. You should be able to just choose the one that is currently
> selected and install there, regardless of what you see in the content area.
>
> On December 26, 2014 5:53:16 PM CST, "Paul D. DeRocco" <
> pderocco at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >While I was using LiveCode, I was informed of a 7.0.1 update. The text
> >box
> >showed the following text:
> >
> >    Stable: The release has been through a full
> >    testing cycle and is deemed stable.
> >    Maintenance: The release is the previous stable
> >    release with fixes ready for testing.
> >    Beta: The release contains new features which
> >    are complete and ready for testing.
> >    Development: The release contains untested
> >    new features.
> >
> >My initial reaction was, "So, which is it?" It was a moment before I
> >realized I was looking at the end of a long update description, and had
> >to
> >scroll all the way back to the top to find out that it's a stable
> >release.
> >The text box really ought to positioned at the beginning, not the end.
> >That's just a very minor issue. But then...
> >
> >I closed LiveCode and selected Update Now, and it began to download
> >rather
> >slowly. When it was done, it said "Installation Failed", with the
> >explanation, "Could not launch downloaded installer: not opened". I
> >clicked Retry, and it switched to "Ready to Install", saying that it
> >will
> >"Install LiveCode to: C:/Program Files (x86)/RunRev/LiveCode Community
> >6.6.3" etc.
> >
> >First of all, if it downloaded the installer, why did it say that it
> >had
> >failed? Second of all, why is it offering to install it in the LiveCode
> >Community 6.6.3 folder, when it's LiveCode 7.0.1? (And third, why is it
> >using forward slashes on Windows?)
> >
> >Rather than click "Install", I clicked "Back". Rather than go "back",
> >it
> >went to "Select Installation Type", so I clicked "Custom" and
> >"Continue",
> >and it switched to "Customize". I clicked the magnifying glass icon
> >next
> >to the installation folder name (still 6.6.3), and it popped up
> >"Libraries\Documents". That's not a valid place to install anything, so
> >I
> >had to navigate to my C: drive and drill down to where I wanted to put
> >it.
> >I tried selecting "C:\Program Files (x86)\RunRev" as the installation
> >directory, and it simply opened that folder, showing me "LiveCode
> >Community 6.6.3". Why can't I just put it into "C:\Program Files
> >(x86)\RunRev"?
> >
> >So I created a LiveCode folder under RunRev and selected it, and it
> >went
> >back to "Customize", showing "C:/Program Files
> >(x86)/RunRev/LiveCode/LiveCode". Why two "LiveCode" folders? Where did
> >that come from?
> >
> >I clicked the magnifying glass again, deleted the LiveCode folder that
> >I
> >had created, and created a "LiveCode Community 7.0.1" folder under
> >RunRev
> >and selected it. It switched back to "Customize", showing "C:/Program
> >Files (x86)/RunRev/LiveCode Community". What happened to the "7.0.1"?
> >
> >I figured, this is the best I could do so I clicked "Continue". It
> >switched to "Ready to Install", and said that it would install in
> >"C:/Program Files (x86)/RunRev/LiveCode Community 7.0.1/LiveCode
> >Community
> >6.6.3". At this point, I decided to stick with the 6.6.3 installation
> >I've
> >already got. Please let us know when you have a "stable release" of the
> >installer, because this one barely qualifies as a beta.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
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