[Nexus] Mac OSX 64 Bit NeXus Libraries

[Akeroyd, FA (Freddie)]

Stefan,

Yes, an uninstaller would be a good addition - I don't seem to get a
default "remove all files" one when I make the package so I guess I need
to create a separate script for that? The NeXus package is not build
using "PackageMaker", but I couldn't see any specific mention of
uninstall support in the documentation for that - is there a general
scheme to use?

I've recently compiled NeXus on Windows Vista 64, but the files are not
yet part of a distribution kit. On a Win64 system you could have need
for both 32 and 64 bit nexus libraries so I just need to investigate the
best way to do the install.  

Regards,

Freddie 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Flemming [mailto:stefan at flemming.info]
> Sent: 30 June 2009 22:57
> To: Akeroyd, FA (Freddie)
> Subject: Re: [Nexus] Mac OSX 64 Bit NeXus Libraries
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> good news. I was able to verify the new OSX libs as compatible with
> Java 1.6, 64 bit on Mac OSX Leopard 1.5.7.
> 
> One small comment about the file structure, if you provide a working
> uninstaller, you could copy the native libraries to
> /Library/Java/Extensions and would make them usable out-of-the-box
> without the requirment to set the path manually.
> This path is already part of the default path.
> 
> Thank you for your very fast solution.
> 
> By the way, I have now seen 64 bit packages for Linux and OSX. Is
> there also a Windows 64 version?
> I would like to create Open Inspire packages for all common system
> environments and this is the last remaining system.
> 
> 
> Regards, Stefan
> 
> 
> Am 30.06.2009 um 19:18 schrieb Akeroyd, FA (Freddie):
> 
> > Stefan,
> >
> > The new NeXus OSX package was not really a "new version" - it was
> > just a
> > rebuild of the previous kit to add java; thus I should not actually
> > have
> > incremented the patch number. As far as I know macosx ignores the
> > patch
> > number anyway, so I have reverted back to "4.2.0" and will call the
> > files "4.2.0-n" in future to signify any rebuilds.
> >
> > I have now managed to generate a combined 32bit / 64bit universal
> > binary
> > and put it at
> > http://download.nexusformat.org/kits/macosx/NeXus-4.2.0-2.dmg
> > Previously I had issues with getting HDF to build this way as HDF
> > makes
> > decisions about type sizes etc. at the ./configure script stage and
> > hence you could be using incorrect answers for some of your
> > 32bit/64bit/intel/ppc cross compiles. I believe I have sorted out
> > these
> > issues, but I do not have a 64bit OSX system to test this and so
> would
> > be grateful for any feedback.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Freddie Akeroyd
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nexus-bounces at nexusformat.org [mailto:nexus-
> >> bounces at nexusformat.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Flemming
> >> Sent: 30 June 2009 11:26
> >> To: nexus at nexusformat.org
> >> Subject: [Nexus] Mac OSX 64 Bit NeXus Libraries
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I realized that a new OSX Package is ready to download.
> >> Apart from the fact that the version String was not updated in the
> >> text file, shown by the installer I have a second issue.
> >>
> >> Apple stopped to publish Java Virtual Machines for 32 bit in the
end
> >> of 2008.
> >> So all operating systems that are shipped with new hardware have a
> >> preinstalled Java 6 VM with 64 bit only.
> >>
> >> While Sun publishes the VM for all other operating systems with 32
> >> and
> >> 64 bit support, they are not responsible for the VM on OSX.
> >>
> >> My problem is now, that a 64 bit Java VM is definitely not able to
> >> load 32 bit libraries. I was able to test this on Windows, Linux
and
> >> Mac OS
> >> and have response by the Java Community.
> >>
> >> The latest Nexus package seems to be shipped with 32 bit binaries
> and
> >> so, they are not usable with 64 bit systems.
> >>
> >> So my appeal, could you please ship your NeXus Library additionally
> >> with 64 Bit libraries to make them usable on all my 64 bit systems?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Stefan Flemming
> >>
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