Re: zero install json api

Thank you for the answers. I'll give a try for your suggestions.

On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Bastian Eicher <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Sanketh,
>
> maybe you do not even need to use the API. Zero Install automatically
> checks for updates when you run an application. This happens in the
> background every 7 days. You can change this interval like this:
> 0install config freshness SECONDS-BETWEEN-UPDATE-CHECKS
>
> If you still want to trigger update checks yourself, I recommend using the
> normal command-line arguments instead of the JSON API, since this is much
> easier. For example, you can check for and download updates in the
> background like this:
> 0install-win update --background --batch http://myserver/myfeed.xml
>
> Regarding your other questions:
>
> 1. You can configure Zero Install to use an alternative feed mirror like
> this:
> 0install config feed_mirror http://myserver/0mirror
> You could then need create intranet copies like this:
> http://0install.de/feeds/ZeroInstall.xml ->
> http://myserver/0mirror/feeds/http/0install.de/feeds%23ZeroInstall.xml/latest.xml
> http://0install.de/files/hosted/ZeroInstall-2.11.7.tar.gz ->
> http://myserver/0mirror/archives/http/0install.de/files%23hosted%23ZeroInstall-2.11.7.tar.gz
> Please note that Zero Install first tries to connect to the real server
> and if that fails (e.g., due to a firewall) it falls back to the mirror.
>
> 3. Package implementations are mainly intended for Linux package managers
> (DEB, RPM, etc.). For Windows there is currently hardcoded support for
> detecting .NET and Java installations. In the future integration with the
> OneGet package management system is planned.
> Simply triggering an external EXE is intentionally not supported, since
> this goes against the idea of having no side effects. When possible, the
> dependencies should also be distributed as Zero Install feeds.
>
> 4. Zero Install does not have a concept of "installed" versions. There can
> be multiple versions of an application in the local cache at the same time.
> Users can select different versions at any time like this:
> 0install run --version=1.0 http://myserver/myfeed.xml
> This means there is no support for "post-install scripts".
>
> 5. What kind of customization of the stability values do you want to
> perform?
> The available values are "developer", "testing", "stable" and "buggy". It
> is not possible to define other stability values.
> A user can locally override the stability values set in a feed like this:
> 0install select --customize http://myserver/myfeed.xml
>
> 6. Catalog XML files contain links to a list of feeds. You can create a
> catalog for a set of feed files like this:
> 0install run --command=0publish
> http://0install.de/feeds/ZeroInstall_Tools.xml C:\MyFeeds\*.xml
> --catalog=C:\catalog.xml
> A more complicated but also more powerful way to manage feeds and catalogs
> is 0repo: https://github.com/0install/0repo
> You can register a catalog in Zero Install like this:
> 0install catalog add http://myserver/catalog.xml
>
> Regards
> Bastian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanketh [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2016 10:47
> To: Bastian Eicher <[email protected] <javascript:;>>
> Subject: Re: zero install json api
>
> Hello Bastian,
>
> Thank you for your response. The use case was to integrate zero install
> with a Java application to check for updates and trigger 0install to
> perform update. I am able to launch slave command now.
>
> Meanwhile I explored 0install and I have few queries, I kindly request you
> to clarify the same. I am currently evaluating zero install for the
> organisation I work for.
>
> 1. Is it possible to host Zero Install tools within our intranet and
> strictly no internet connection.
>
> 2. Can the bootstrap exe provided by you be customised to use zero install
> from intranet
>
> 3. What is package implementation? I went through the documents but
> couldn't understand. I have our own installer which manages dependencies
> etc., zero install should just trigger that exe, could you share any
> examples for this?
>
> 4. How to make zero install identify that a particular version is already
> installed and additional steps are required to install a new version?
>
> 5. Can the stability values be customised?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sanketh
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, Bastian Eicher <mailto:[email protected]
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> Hi Sanketh,
>
> welcome to the Zero Install community. :)
>
> There are currently three implementations of Zero Install:
>
> 1. Python. This implementation is mostly obsolete, but still provides a
> convenient Python API for other apps to build on.
>
> 2. OCaml. Mainly intended for use on Linux and MacOS. It does work on
> Windows as well, but with some limitations and no GUI. This is the version
> that provides the JSON API.
>
> 3. C#. Mainly intended for use on Windows. It does work on Linux, but
> again with some limitations and no GUI. This version provides .NET/NuGet
> libraries. This is the version you are currently using.
>
> The C# version internally uses the OCaml version and its JSON API for
> solving complex dependency graphs.
> You can also instruct your installed version of Zero Install to fetch and
> run the OCaml version like this:
> 0install run http://0install.net/tools/0install.xml slave 2.11
>
> Note: http://0install.net seems to be down at the moment, which may
> prevent this from working right now.
>
> I'd be curious to know what kind of API integration you are interested in.
>
> Regards
> Bastian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanketh [mailto:javascript <javascript:;>:;]
> Sent: Montag, 11. Juli 2016 17:15
> To: javascript:;
> Subject: [Zero-install-devel] zero install json api
>
> Hello All,
> I am new to zero install, in the below document i found that JSON API is
> available to be used with other applications.
> http://0install.net/json-api.html
> I tried using it on windows machine by executing command "0install slave
> 2.11", 0install says that command 'Slave' in unknown. Is this supported on
> Windows or am i doing something wrong?
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> Best regards
>
> Sanketh P B,
>
>
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> Best regards
>
> Sanketh P B,
> Mob: +91-9740301989
>
>
>

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