[DIRSTUDIO-1235] Studio now available through MacPorts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-M14
• Component/s: studio-installer
• Labels: documentation
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Lothar Haeger
• Created: 06/Aug/19 11:39
• Updated: 07/Aug/19 08:13
• Resolved: 07/Aug/19 08:13

Description

I've added Directory Studio to MacPorts, so it can be easily installed from the command line. Please consider mentioning this as an alternative to the manual download on https://directory.apache.org/studio/downloads.html

Background: Macports will not compile Studio from source but merely download and install from the DMG at http://mirror.synyx.de/apache/directory/studio/2.0.0.v20180908-M14/ApacheDirectoryStudio-2.0.0.v20180908-M14-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.dmg .It will use any existing JDK 8+ it can find on the client and only install OpenJDK11 as a fallback if required.

From a support and troubleshooting perspective, an install via MacPorts is equal to a manual install and should not trigger side effects that would not happen otherwise. 

From a end user perspective, the MacPorts install offers dependency handling and integrated updates. There's also no need to CTRL-Right-Click to open Studio the first time after a download.

The port file can be found at https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/databases/directory-studio/Portfile , wiki and issue tracker for MacPorts can be found at https://trac.macports.org/