IDempiere/Creating Installers from Eclipse

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Please note this step is just necessary if you plan to create a release for iDempiere, or distribute installers based on your repository.

Creating server installer

• Open Eclipse
• Right click on org.adempiere.server-feature
• Navigate to Buckminster > Invoke Action...
• On the popup dialog select create.product.zip
• Fill the box "Properties file" choosing the proper file describing the target operating system and architecture, for example browse to $IDEMPIERE_REPOSITORY/org.adempiere.server-feature and select:
  • buckminster_linux_gtk_x86_64.properties - to create installer for linux 64 bits
  • buckminster_linux_gtk_x86.properties - to create installer for linux 32 bits
  • buckminster_macosx_x86.properties - to create installer for MAC OS
  • buckminster_win32_x86.properties - to create installer for Windows 32 bits
  • If your operating system / architecture is not listed, you can create one, just copy one of those files above and check its contents and fill it properly
• Buckminster compile the project
• At the end you can find the installer file at $HOME/buckminster.output/org.adempiere.server_2.1.0-eclipse.feature/idempiereServer.gtk.linux.x86_64.zip (or the corresponding name for your OS and architecture)

Creating client installer

• Open Eclipse
• Right click on org.adempiere.ui.swing-feature
• Navigate to Buckminster > Invoke Action...
• On the popup dialog select create.product.zip
• Fill the box "Properties file" choosing the proper file describing the target operating system and architecture, for example browse to $IDEMPIERE_REPOSITORY/org.adempiere.ui.swing-feature and select:
  • buckminster_linux_gtk_x86.properties - to create installer for linux
  • buckminster_macosx_x86.properties - to create installer for MAC OS
  • buckminster_win32_x86.properties - to create installer for Windows 32 bits
  • If your operating system / architecture is not listed, you can create one, just copy one of those files above and check its contents and fill it properly
• Buckminster compile the project
• At the end you can find the installer file at $HOME/buckminster.output/org.adempiere.ui.swing_2.1.0-eclipse.feature/idempiereClient.gtk.linux.x86_64.zip (or the corresponding name for your OS and architecture)