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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?

Thanks.

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grid-ca-package

GRID-CA-PACKAGE(1)						  Globus Commands						GRID-CA-PACKAGE(1)

NAME

       grid-ca-package - Prepare a CA certificate, configuration, and policy for distribution

SYNOPSIS

       grid-ca-package [-help] [-h] [-usage] [-version] [-versions]

       grid-ca-package [-ca HASH] [-g] [-b] [-r] [-d]

DESCRIPTION

       The grid-ca-package utility creates a tarball containing an RPM spec file and the files needed to use a CA with grid tools. It optionally
       will also create a GPT package for distributing a CA.

       By default, the grid-ca-package utility displays a list of installed grid CA and prompts for which CA to package. It then creates a tarball
       containing the CA certificate, signing policy, CA configuration files, and an spec script to generate a binary RPM package containing the
       CA. If the CA hash is known prior to running grid-ca-package, it may provided as an argument to the -ca parameter to avoid prompting.

       In addition to generating a spec script and tarball, grid-ca-package creates a GPT package if either the -g or -b options are used on the
       command-line. These packages may be used to distribute a CA and configuration to systems which do not support RPM packages.

       The grid-ca-package utility writes the package tarballs to the current working directory.

       The full set of command-line options to grid-ca-package follows.

       -help, -h, -usage
	   Display the command-line options to grid-ca-package and exit.

       -version, -versions
	   Display the version number of the grid-ca-package command. The second form includes more details.

       -ca CA
	   Use the CA whose name matches the hash string CA. When invoked with this option, grid-ca-package runs non-interactively.

       -g
	   Create a GPT binary package in addition to the RPM script tarball. This package may be installed on other systems using the gpt-install
	   program.

       -b
	   Create a GPT binary package with GPT metadata located in the path expected by GPT 3.2 (used in Globus 2.0.0-5.0.x) instead of
	   ${datadir}/globus/packages as used in Globus 5.2.x. This option overrides the -g command-line option.

       -r
	   Create a binary RPM package for the CA. This option currently only works on RPM-based distributions.

       -d
	   Create a binary Debian package for the CA. This option currently only works on Debian-based distributions.

EXAMPLES

       Package a Simple CA with hash 0146c503

	   % grid-ca-package -ca 0146c503
	   Creating RPM source tarball... done
	     globus_simple_ca_0146c503.tar.gz

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The following environment variables affect the execution of grid-ca-package:

       GLOBUS_LOCATION
	   Non-standard installation path of the Globus toolkit.

SEE ALSO

       grid-cert-request(1), grid-ca-sign(1), grid-default-ca(1), grid-ca-create(1)

AUTHOR

       University of Chicago

Globus Toolkit 5.2.0						    07/22/2011							GRID-CA-PACKAGE(1)

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