[AG-TECH] agpkg

Adam Carter adam at epcc.ed.ac.uk
Fri Jun 25 08:25:41 CDT 2004


Hello all,

I'm trying to understand how to use agpkgs. In particular, I'm trying to get
VenueVNC to work. After a few google searches, I found a PowerPoint
presentation suggesting that if you upload a file with the extension .agpkg
to the Data section in the venue client and then open it from there, the
program should install. I've tried this and nothing happens.

For the record, I'm using AGTk2.2 on Windows 2000 personal node.

Incidentally, when I look at the properties of the .agpkg file in Windows,
it says that it runs this type of file with python, which seems unusal if it
is actually a zip file of the various files required for the app (a fact
that I've also picked up from the ppt presentation). Indeed if I try to run
it from the command line, I get this:

C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Desktop>python SharedQuestionTool.agpkg
  File "SharedQuestionTool.agpkg", line 1
    PK??¶name = Shared Question Tool
      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

as I'd expect from a zip file in disguise.
So my questions are these:

1) Should agpkgs "just work" when opened from the venue client?
2) Should agpkgs be associated with Python in Windows
3) (Ultimately) How can I get VenueVNC to work?!

Thanks in advance,

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