[AG-TECH] agpkg

[Eric Olson]

Hi Adam,
The VenueVNC agpkg is only the client (and is already installed with 2.2).  
Since it's just the client, you aren't able to start a VenueVNC server and 
therefore you won't see any entry in the VenueClient menus to start a 
VenueVNC shared app.  This is not obvious and we plan on giving you a 
better view of the installed packages in the near future.  The VenueVNC 
server is unreleased as of yet, but the current version is in cvs, 
works only in linux, and is started from the commandline.

So to answer your questions
1) You're right, you should be able to double-click the .agpkg (or 
right-click and open) and it will just work.
2) agpkgs should be associated with agpm.py which will install the package 
for you.  The full command to install generally looks like this:
    > agpm.py -p some.agpkg
3) If someone starts a VenueVNC server, you only need to right-click and 
open the shared application (since the VenueVNC client is already 
installed with 2.2).  If you want to start your own VNC server, that's not 
supported yet, but the VenueVNCServer.py is in cvs.

Eric


On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Adam Carter wrote:

> 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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