> >Does anyone yet develop one? =


> >It could be implemented in tcl/tk or in C with SUIT as toolkit.

> =


> I think that we should have a nice menu based installer where you have =
sets

> in groups so you can say select X apps group and then choose which prog=
rams

> you want, deselect any you don't want anymore and the installer then go=
es off

> and does it's stuff.


I know. But not only installing should be able to do with, the complete =

configuration wich ATMO is done by inst, rcm and many file editing should=
 be =

able to do with it.

This will cause a Install package like this to write:


xnet	network configuration

xuser	user maintainance

xsmail	mailsystem configuration

xx	X11 configuration

=2E..


All of them should be executed by one main application called


xinst.


Any better ideas ?


I suggest to use SUIT. It is easy to lern, use and you may interactive de=
sign =

your GUI and it looks very similar to Motif.

If anyone want to write some of them and need SUIT, then mail me and I wi=
ll =

make it available to him. But I'm not shure whether I may put it on the f=
tp =

site or not, because they have a strange licencing process. You may use i=
t as =

long as you don't sell your binaries and you may not redistribute it. But=
 it =

seems to be out of development now.

I will try to make the xnet, but don't hold your breath, I have lots of o=
ther =

things to do.


For more infos about suit try finger suit@uvacs.cs.virginia.edu .


> Remember not everyone will want to install X so there should always be =
the

> option to install from the shell.


For this case the current inst can be used because it is too much work to=
 =

invent the GUI for consoles new.




Ciao, Peter


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