I have been wanting to create a more standard installer for a while now, and I have finally gotten to it!
I decided to go with a Debian installer, as it was the simplest to figure out (after hunting down the right documentation), not to mention it’s one of the oldest ones. Originally I wanted to use a container installer like snap, AppImage, flatpack or Docker but .deb just seemed to make more sense for now…
So now Installing and Uninstalling has never been easier! Download and double click the file to install! This should make it easier for people used to Windows or Mac computers (but not compatible with Windows or Mac…). Once installed it should list kootnet-sensors in your Debian software manager. You can also remove with apt-get remove kootnet-sensors.
I have managed to get the old installer re-written in a way that will allow upgrades from the pre-deb installer to the new deb installer. It requires you to upgrade twice though, once to get the transition installer and another time to initiate the transition installer. Basically just upgrade from the web interface, wait 30 seconds, then upgrade again.
I have already done a fair bit of testing and optimizing, such as figuring out which apt-get dependencies are required and which are not. I put required to run at all stuff as required in the deb installer and sensor hardware requirements under recommends. This way you can use the management pages on Ubuntu for example, without requiring the hardware dependencies that may not be available on other Operating Systems.
After a bit more bug checking, optimizations, testing and documentation, I will release the new version and update the online documentation to match.
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