MSI installer for KDE4

[Ralf Habacker]

mimoune djouallah schrieb:
> hi all
>
> first sorry to hijack this thread, but as a user of kde under windows,
> with home pc without internet connection, i used to download kde
> binaries in cybercafe then install them in home, the process is not
> very straightforward at all, 
this would mean to have a download only option in the installer ?
> i hope some day kde-installer will have
> the ability to read files in the local downloaded repository and use
> newer version ( of course if all the dependencies are here) without
> the need to fetch config.txt from the internet, 
This is implemented in version 0.9.3 of the installer by either

A. applying a command line parameter say running 
kdewin-installer-gui-0.9.3 file:///<drive>:<path> or
B. by entering the same url in the download server settings dialog.
> it will make life easier for people with kde binaries without net connection.
> i would like to say that when i have net access, kde-installer is very
> intuitive and easy to use, no need to create another way of installing
> kde, as what we have is working very well, only if we get rid of the
> extra-step of configuring path and kdedirs ;)
>   
At least the kde installation dir, compiler type and install mode (end 
user/developer) is required. If you run the installer in mode A 
mentioned above  the download dir and mirror settings are already skipped.

There may be an option in the future that if the installer founds a 
config.txt in the directory where the installer is started the first 
time it assumes a local install and uses this directory as local install 
directory by default but these need some more usability research.

Ralf