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shanecoughlan / OpenGEM

OpenGEM is a non-multitasking 16-bit graphical user interface (GUI) for DOS. It is an extended distribution of FreeGEM that includes features of the original Digital Research GEM. Learn more here: http://www.opendawn.com/opengem/
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missing install.bat #3

Open ghost opened 6 years ago

ghost commented 6 years ago

The README states there should be an install.bat in the zip-file, but there isn't

shanecoughlan commented 6 years ago

Hi @termnews I see this issue was closed.

I investigated. In RC3 there INSTALL.BAT file appears to be present and correct under GEMAPP/GEMSYS: https://github.com/shanecoughlan/OpenGEM/blob/master/binary/OPENGEM7-RC3.zip

The call inside the GEM.BAT (root directory) appears to be correct:

REM CHECKING FOR NEW APPLICATIONS TO INSTALL IF EXIST INSTALL.ZIP CALL C:\GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\INSTALL.BAT

REM CHECKING FOR NEW UPDATES TO INSTALL IF EXIST UPDATE.ZIP CALL C:\GEMAPPS\GEMSYS\UPDATE.BAT

The problem seems to be...ME! I left an unnecessary and confusing line in the README file: "To install OpenGEM unpack the zipfile named "OPENGEM7RC3.ZIP" to any location on your C drive. Run the "INSTALL.BAT" file. "

It should probably just read; "To install OpenGEM unpack the zipfile named "OPENGEM7RC3.ZIP" to the root of your C drive."

Can you let me know more about the specifics of your issue? If the above fix will work?

ghost commented 6 years ago

Hi @shanecoughlan, sorry I don't have access to the freedos-machine anymore, but from my memory I just did as you write: "unpack the zipfile named "OPENGEM7RC3.ZIP" to the root of your C drive."

But I can't tell you if I was trying with RC3 or if the INSTALL.BAT was actually present in GEMAPP/GEMSYS -- I can't check that, and I can't remember.

What I remember is that the GEM-Package maintained by the freedos-community doesn't place the GEMAPPS-Directory in the C-root, and GEM won't work due to that, without further steps which are not handled by their package-system. That was the reason for me trying the upstream-GEM; but coming from a unix-background I'm not sure if I misunderstood the freedos-package-system, or dos-concepts in general -- although on the first look it seems pretty simple.