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I have downloaded some programs for Linux that have been nothing but .bin or .sh files. running the .bin or .sh installs the software, regardless of distro. These seem very ...
- 06-21-2008 #1Just Joined!
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self-extracting files
I have downloaded some programs for Linux that have been nothing but .bin or .sh files. running the .bin or .sh installs the software, regardless of distro. These seem very similar to .exe installers on Windoze. I wanted to distribute my program like this (for those who do not want the source code) so I was wondering how exactly you create these kind of installers.
- 06-22-2008 #2Linux Engineer
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Hello,
check out shar.
- 06-22-2008 #3Just Joined!
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what's shar?
- 06-22-2008 #4Linux Engineer
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An abbreviation of shell archive.
- 06-23-2008 #5Just Joined!
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so how does it work? Packaging my software with shar i mean.
- 06-23-2008 #6Linux Engineer
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this is the manpage for shar if it can help
shar manpageLinux and me it's a love story
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