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timbertson / gup

A better make, inspired by djb's redo.
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'0install add gup' as per the README fails #9

Closed xparq closed 8 years ago

xparq commented 8 years ago

(I'm a complete newbie with 0install and gup.) Just downloaded the portable version of Zeroinstall (2.9.7), and copied the gup command to it:

0install add gup http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/gup.xml

only to get: 

Try 0install --help
Too many arguments or unknown options.
        http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/gup.xml

Would there be something to change in the README regarding this problem?

(HINT: '--help' does not mention "add", but there's an "alias" command. ALSO: the portable ZeroInstall here says it cannot do aliasing at all without being installed. :-/ You might wish to mention these pitfalls in the README. Cheers!)

timbertson commented 8 years ago

Hmm, as far as I know 0install add is present in all versions of the 0install command. So I suspect it's either a difference in the portable or windows version.

The docs for the windows version0 definitely show 0install add, so I don't know why --help wouldn't. It is listed on linux, perhaps the windows version only shows a subset of commands?

I suspect the windows version may only take the feed URL - i.e. try running:

0install add http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/gup.xml

I'm afraid I don't know how it then integrates with the desktop environment (and $PATH) - perhaps you could give it a try and let me know whether it makes a gup executable available?

I know that 0install run http://gfxmonk.net/dist/0install/gup.xml should definitely work cross platform, but that's obviously inconvenient.

xparq commented 8 years ago

Strange indeed. Thanks anyway, perhaps I'll just bite the bullet and install it normally. (That was my wife's machine, so I naturally opted for the portable version.)

xparq commented 8 years ago

OK, installed ZeroInstall, and gup now "exists" in my toolset.