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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat If I want to create such Installer (Not RPM) Post 302430953 by jw_amp on Sunday 20th of June 2010 02:57:19 AM
Old 06-20-2010
If I want to create such Installer (Not RPM)

Hi All,

I had created a installer (RPM), but later I came across that Netbeans (netbeans-6.9-ml-linux), Flex Builder Linux Alpha (flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin) and JDK (jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bin) dont provide any RPM but they provide a huge binary executable shell script.

My question is:
- Why these guys don't provide a RPM?
- And when I open JDK installer shell script in editplus editor, its been a bit encrypted one. How these guys putting a huge stuff in a single shell script + encrypting a maximum of code & gets installed with all required files?
- If I want to re-write in the similar fashion, What resources I would required. Any links etc?


Thanks.
 

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SUPERPACO(8)							      System							      SUPERPACO(8)

NAME
superpaco - Debian, RPM or Slackware package installation support for paco(8). SYNOPSIS
superpaco [OPTIONS] <packages> DESCRIPTION
superpaco performs the installation of Debian, RPM or Slackware binary packages, without requiring the use of dpkg(8), rpm(8) or pkg- tool(8). The installations are logged by paco (but see option -n below), To install RPM packages, cpio(1) and ( rpm2cpio(1) or rpmunpack ) are required. OPTIONS
-h, --help Display a brief usage message and exit. -v, --version Display version information and exit. -q, --quiet Be silent, except for errors. -n, --no-paco Do not use paco to log the installation. --root=PATH When installing the files, use PATH as the root directory. -s, --strip-release Remove the release suffix from the name of the package (e.g. 'foo-1.0.2-2.1' --> 'foo-1.0.2'). WEB SITE
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paco(8), pacorc(5), pacoball(8), rpm2paco(8) paco-2.0.9 28 June 2010 SUPERPACO(8)
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