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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?

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tap2rpm

TAP2RPM(1)																TAP2RPM(1)

NAME

       tap2rpm - create RPM packages which wrap .tap files

SYNOPSIS

       tap2rpm [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Create a set of RPM/SRPM packages in the current directory

       -u, --unsigned
	      do not sign the RPM package

       -t, --tapfile <tapfile>
	      Build the application around the given .tap (default twistd.tap)

       -y, --type <type>
	      The  configuration  has the given type . Allowable types are tap, source, xml and python.  The first three types are mktap(1) output
	      formats, while the last one is a manual building of application (see twistd(1), the -y option).

       -p, --protocol <protocol>
	      The name of the protocol this will be used to serve. This is intended as a part of the description. Default is the name of the  tap-
	      file, minus any extensions.

       -d, --rpmfile <rpmfile>
	      The name of the RPM package. Default is 'twisted-'+protocol.

       -V, --set-version <version>
	      The version of the RPM package. The default is 1.0

       -e, --description <description>
	      The one-line description. Default is uninteresting.

       -l, --long_description <long_description>
	      A multi-line description. Default is explanation about this being an automatic package created from tap2rpm.

       -m, --maintainer <maintainer>
	      The  maintainer,	as "Name Lastname <email address>". This will go in the meta-files, as well as be used as the id to sign the pack-
	      age.

       --version
	      Output version information and exit.

AUTHOR

       tap2rpm was written by Sean Reifschneider based on tap2deb by Moshe Zadka.  This man page is heavily based on the tap2deb man page by Moshe
       Zadka.

REPORTING BUGS

       To report a bug, visit http://twistedmatrix.com/bugs/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       mktap(1)

								     July 2001								TAP2RPM(1)

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