HDFView Linux installer needs to work on headless machine

[lackyO3]

Our installation/distribution process is automated--it needs to run on a system without human interaction and thus doesn't have access to an X-windows display. We need a process which is strictly command-line and doesn't require attention. That doesn't appear to be the case with recent releases.

Furthermore the immediate installation directory is a staging directory and will not be the final path once the code is distributed to the hosts in the cluster. I'm not sure if this matters to HDFView because I haven't been able to test the install that far, but if it does the distinction needs to be made.

[byrnHDF]

There are two versions of HDFView - one with an installer and one that is just the application image. The second one should work for you.

[lackyO3]

Thank you. I see a reference on an The HDF Group web page which mentions the application image and a 'provided executable', however it isn't clear to me how to translate it into a successful install. In the file:

HDFView-3.1.4-ubuntu2004_64.tar.gz

I see:

> tar ztf ~/src/HDFView-3.1.4-ubuntu2004_64.tar.gz
COPYING
README.txt
hdfview_3.1.4-1_amd64.deb

There is no executable as described on the web page. What am I missing?

[byrnHDF]

I will investigate.

[byrnHDF]

There should be a file with HDFViewApp-3.1.4-xxxx.
However, just noticed that it is missing.
The next release, HDFView-3.3.0, should release next week and that will have an AppImage version.

[lackyO3]

Thanks for investigating. Looking forward to 3.3.0.