Desktop 7.0 installation experience

IgorL posted 4th of January 2010 in Community Voice. 18 comments.

Well, I would like to share my experience in brand new Desktop installation for Dolphin 7.0

First of all, I want to make you all happy now because Desktop has become a platform-independent application based on Adobe AIR. So, you can download Adobe Air installation compatible with your platform and it will be automatically used by your system during Desktop installation. Here's where you can get the installer:
http://www.adobe.com/go/EN_US-H-GET-AIR

Ok, so, navigate to the Administration pane of your site, then Tools -> Modules -> choose Desktop -> Install (it will need some additional modules, so install them too, if you haven't already done so).

Ok, now navigate to the home page of your site, you will see the "Desktop App" link in the "Download" box. Download the installer on your local computer and just install it. Its link will appear on your OS Desktop for better access.
I have done it myself, and believe me it works like a watch :-)

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reason8

reason8•4th of January 2010

I have tried a few times to install the Desktop module with no success. The error I get is below:

"Installation of: Desktop Failed
-- Getting Desktop downloadable from boonex.com: An error occured. Contact with module's vendor"

This was a brand new install and not an upgrade.

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ozidoggy•4th of January 2010

I downloaded it ok..installed air and desktop... When I click on desktop to start it.. All I get opening is an empty box....

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dolphin_jay

dolphin_jay•4th of January 2010

hey he said it works like a watch but never said it was a rolex. well try it in a few and let you know how it goes.

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guynuked

guynuked•5th of January 2010

Well, it worked for me, only I had to add download block on my front page. I may have removed that download block before but don't remember if I did or not.

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frdji70

frdji70•5th of January 2010

For me it does not work. I get no error cannot connect server.

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IgorL

IgorL•6th of January 2010

reason8
You must have not succeeded in downloading Desktop

ozidoggy
yes, the empty box that you see is exactly what it's supposed to look like when there are no visitors on your site

frdji70
direct connection to your Dolphin server should be allowed in your local proxy/firewall

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disabledfriends

disabledfriends•6th of January 2010

d7.0.0 looks nice but it still has a lot of bugs such as

Data migration say profile queued is process

embedding video dose not work an i cant approve the video in admin

my license key dose not register with boonex

there all so needs to be a upgrade patch for 6.1.6
over all 7.0.0 is good but i need a lot of fixs before i would upgrade

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simonwjones•6th of January 2010

I have just done a fresh install and there are heaps of files missing??

cache_public;
media/app;
media/images/classifieds;
plugins/htmlpurifier/standalone/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer;
plugins/htmlpurifier/standalone/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer/HTML;
plugins/htmlpurifier/standalone/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer/CSS;
plugins/htmlpurifier/standalone/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer/Test;
plugins/htmlpurifier/standalone/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer/URI;
see more

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simonwjones•7th of January 2010

Anyone?

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Kombat06•7th of January 2010

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simonwjones•7th of January 2010

huh?

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newton27

newton27•9th of January 2010

my module worked perfect...

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reason8

reason8•10th of January 2010

My problem is not downloading the desktop agent from the site but installing the module from within dophin from the list of modules. Did anyone else have this problem?

"Ok, so, navigate to the Administration pane of your site, then Tools -> Modules -> choose Desktop -> Install (it will need some additional modules, so install them too, if you haven't already done so)." <==== this was the problem I was having. All dependencies were install and I did not receive an error stating see more

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annabel

annabel•14th of January 2010

It works smoothly :-)

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frdji70

frdji70•24th of January 2010

Tuto Desktop Dolphin 7 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbyv0m_desktop-dolphin-7_tech

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brunno

brunno•20th of February 2010

my desktop have after login giust mesaqge loading,

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reason8

reason8•11th of March 2010

I dont understand why it fails when I install the desktop module. No one else is having this issue? Where is D7 pulling the desktop module from? Not the agent but the module?

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Zine001

Zine001•13th of July 2010

Having the same problem, only 3 things have installed from modules the others always seem to lead back to the :
Failed -- Recompiling global paramaters: An error occured. Contact with module's vendor

issue.

Although there was some problems installing adobeair i found an article on that: (for linux /fadora/centos 5.x)
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-adobe-air-1-5-and-2-on-fedora-centos-and-red-hat-rhel/

that worked in stalling adobe air 2.x However when i go to install see more

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