zaccone@jasper.bucknell.edu (zaccone - 1393) (04/30/91)
I just purchased the ETO starter package. I received a big load of manuals and a CD with over 500 Mb of software on it. I fired up the installer and asked it to install MPW, C, C++, and MacApp. It bails out before getting to C++ complaining about an argument to an "if". The installation instructions in the manuals assume that I am working from floppies, so they are no help. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there someone at APDA that I should be writing to? Somehow I don't feel I'm getting my $950 worth from this software! Rick Zaccone Bucknell University -- zaccone@bucknell.edu
keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (05/01/91)
In article <ZACCONE.91Apr29211323@jasper.bucknell.edu> zaccone@jasper.bucknell.edu (zaccone - 1393) writes: >I just purchased the ETO starter package. I received a big load of >manuals and a CD with over 500 Mb of software on it. > >I fired up the installer and asked it to install MPW, C, C++, and >MacApp. It bails out before getting to C++ complaining about an >argument to an "if". The installation instructions in the manuals >assume that I am working from floppies, so they are no help. > >Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there someone at APDA that I >should be writing to? Somehow I don't feel I'm getting my $950 worth >from this software! I don't have ETO #3 yet (I moved offices and my mail is still catching up to me), but I talked to the Product Manager about this. He said that he's sorry for the goof. What happened was that a folder name was changed at the last minute, and the Installer wasn't updated to reflect that. As I said, I don't have ETO #3, so I can't tell you what the exact change needs to be made to the Installer. However, most people tend to just copy files over by hand. Install everything but C++ with the Installer, then find the C++ folder from the Finder and manually copy over the files to the right places within your MPW folder. Hopefully, problems like this will no longer occur in the future. The ETO Installer started out as a quick & dirty script, and has sort of grown in importance and size. As such, it suffers from a product that has evolved by slapping more and more patches on it. However, the ETO installer is now a more serious project within Apple, and will get the attention it needs. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "But where the senses fail us, reason must step in." - Galileo
gtall@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Gerry Allwein) (05/01/91)
Err...did you follow the instructions about copying the installer onto your hard disk before running it? Gerry
keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (05/01/91)
In article <52193@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes: >In article <ZACCONE.91Apr29211323@jasper.bucknell.edu> zaccone@jasper.bucknell.edu (zaccone - 1393) writes: >>I just purchased the ETO starter package. I received a big load of >>manuals and a CD with over 500 Mb of software on it. >> >>I fired up the installer and asked it to install MPW, C, C++, and >>MacApp. It bails out before getting to C++ complaining about an >>argument to an "if". The installation instructions in the manuals >>assume that I am working from floppies, so they are no help. >> >>Does anyone know how to fix this? In the ETO Installer script called "install"... change: set CPlusSource "{CDVolume}Tools - Objects:Cd+d+:" to: set CPlusSource "{CDVolume}Tools - Objects:MPW Cd+d+:" where those d's are really option-d's. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "But where the senses fail us, reason must step in." - Galileo