Re: Tool to compress a bunch of install files on Linux
- From: Viviana Vc <vcotirlea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:35:04 +0100
Well, yes, I could do that, but I have to offer this solution for
different admins in different companies and I don't want to ask those
companies to buy InstallShiled for Linux in order to just pack all files
together.
Viv
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:38:02 +0000, John McCallum
<johnmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote :
>Hi,
>
>> So I was thinking to the following steps:
>> 1) - I can create an uncompressed package (so it will contain the msi,
>> setup.exe and all additional files but they are all uncompressed into a
>> directory)
>> 2) - provide this directory to the administrator
>> 3) - the admin can replace whatever files he wants
>> 4) - in order to distribute it to the Windows users, he will compress
>> them into a package, using his Linux machine
>>
>> So, my problem is the step 4).
>
>Doesn't installshield cover Linux these days. I seem to remember that
>vxWorks for Linux came that way. If so, can't you just use the Linux
>version of installshield (assuming the app runs under Linux) to generate a
>new installer?
>
>I think it's all Java based now.
>
>Cheers,
.
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