Re: gEDA-dev: Gschem and Cairo graphics library

[Peter TB Brett <peter-at-NOSPAMpeter-b_dot_co_dot_uk>]

On Sunday 30 July 2006 15:32, Igor2 wrote:
> Well, it wouldn't be a real installer as it wouldn't add anything to the
> user's own system. This is disadvantage as in having many binaries inside
> the chroot that may exist on the system anyway. However, for a beginner
> who doesn't care to learn package management it would worth as there
> wouldn't be any lib dependencies and would be pretty
> distribution-independent.
>
> The only real problem is communication between the chroot and the outer
> system, like when the user wants to save his stuff to be open with another
> tool his system has. He wouldn't be able to access his home. Of course the
> outer system still can easily 'look in' the chrooted environment.

This is how klik packages work.  They statically link all their dependencies, 
and are distributed as a 'cramfs' filesystem.

klik doesn't actually require a 'net connection -- although it's necessary to 
use the klik portal to download interesting packages, of course!  There's no 
reason you couldn't make a klik package and then put it on a CD, along with a 
small script to set up the system to handle .cmg files.

Peter

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