Linux installation

[bsiwela]

downloaded the linux GIEWS workstation 3.2 installer and successfully installed on my Ubuntu 804 system;
it wasn't plain sailing though!
had a few problems with the installer:

see below
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Missing files:
/var/tomcat/webapps/fenix-web/wmc/*.cml: No such file or directory

i believe the wmc folder is inside the import directory, maybe the installer script should be changed?
How important is this part of the installation by the way?

Java installation:
not installing Java because of “error: Failed dependencies: ”
this is strange because I actually have the majority of the tools that are listed as required.

would it be possible to check whether there is a current Java and perhaps newer version than the one which is being installed?
Or to ask the user to supply a path of their choice?

I guess we may then need two different installers, one typical and another one which allows for customisation?

I had to modify the installer to use my existing Java which is newer than the one in the installer, and i only installed the JAI and ImageIO extensions.

Also stopped the installer from installing postgres/postgis because I already had those running already.

regards,