Difference btn jboss-4.0.4.GA-Patch1-installer.jar and jboss

[enterpriseman]

Hello All,
Trying to learn JBoss. There are two download version :
1. jboss-4.0.4.GA
2. jboss-4.0.4.GA-Patch1-installer.jar

What's the difference and which one should I install?
thanks.

[peterj]

The first one is a zip file that contains three pre-packaged server configurations. Download, unzip into a directory, then go to the bin directory and type "run", that's it.

The second one is an installer with a wizard that asks what configuration/services you want and installs only those. Download it and run it and the wizard will ask you the installation questions.

Based on the number of questions and issues posted on the forum related to the second one, the first one seems to be the most trouble-free.

However, if you want to try out EJB3, then the second one is the way to go -- the first one does not come with EJB3 support. (Or you could do what I did - download the source an compile with a 5.0 JDK -- the result is two different variants of jboss, one being the first install option, the other being something similar but for EJB3.)

[manglu]

Hi,

I am trying to install jboss-4.0.4.GA-Patch1-installer.jar on a Fedora box.

Looks like Xwindows is required to apply the patch.

Can i apply this in a headless mode or a command line mode without relying on GUI?


Thanks,
Manglu

[visolvejboss]

Hello,

Think, it is not possible to install.

[alex.pinkin]

It's possible to run installer in headless mode. See http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JEMSInstaller

Make sure to use the latest installer

java -jar jems-installer-1.2.0.BETA1.jar -installGroup default installpath=/test/jboss

[manglu]

Hi,

Thakns for your reply,

How do i tell jems-installer to install jboss-Patch1?


If i run the command as is then this is what i see!

Appreciate your assistance
Manglu

<!--- Error message ---------------->

Looking for auto install resource...
/res/jbossauto-install.xml URL: jar:file:/home/jboss/software/jems-installer-1.2.0.BETA2.jar!/re s/jbossauto-install.xml
PackageListener, install.log=/home/jboss/software/install.log
- Error -
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at com.izforge.izpack.installer.AutomatedInstaller.(AutomatedInstaller.java:143)
at com.izforge.izpack.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:57)
[jboss@ip-208-109-93-86 software]$ java -Xmx256M -Xms128M -jar jems-installer-1.2.0.BETA2.jar -i nstallGroup default installpath=/home/jboss/jboss-4.0.4 GA
Looking for auto install resource...
/res/jbossauto-install.xml URL: jar:file:/home/jboss/software/jems-installer-1.2.0.BETA2.jar!/re s/jbossauto-install.xml
PackageListener, install.log=/home/jboss/software/install.log
- Error -
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at com.izforge.izpack.installer.AutomatedInstaller.(AutomatedInstaller.java:143)
at com.izforge.izpack.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:57)

[alex.pinkin]

We can't reproduce this problem on RHEL 2.4.21-40.ELsmp. It installs in headless mode just fine. Can you create a bug report in JIRA at http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBINSTALL? Please specify Fedora version and attach install.log.