When installing the IzPack distribution to a local system there can be used scripts provided by the project to compile an installer description on the command line.
$ cd /home/rkrell/src/myapp_installer/ $ bin/compile install.xml -b . -o myapp_install.jar -k standard #... #(compiler console output) #...
| Command line parameter | Description | Default | Possible values / range of the argument following the parameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| -b | Base directory
| current working directory | A valid directory according to your local OS. Do not forget quotations if there are blanks in the path. |
| -c | Compression format Indicates the compression format to be used for packs. Default is the internal deflate compression (ZIP). | default (default) | bzip2 | raw | |
| -h | IzPack distribution installation home directory This will be needed if the compiler is not called in the root directory of IzPack. | current working directory | A valid directory containing the Izpack distribution. Do not forget quotations if there are blanks in the path. |
| -l | Compression level Indicates the level for the used compression format if supported. | A valid integer: 0..9 | |
| -k | Type of installer (kind) | standard | standard (default) | web |
| -o | Dedicated path of the resulting installer jar file | - | A valid file name for the resulting jar file, |
| -v | Indicates whether XML descriptors should be validated during compilation. | true (default) | false | |
| -? | Does nothing but displaying a help text with the possible command line options. | - |