----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Geldenhuys" <graemeg.lists-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org> Newsgroups: gmane.comp.compilers.free-pascal.general To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" <fpc-pascal-pd4fty7x32k2wbthl531ywd2fqjk+...@public.gmane.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:37 PM Subject: creating a standalone executable (eg: applicationinstallation file)
> Hi, > > I have seen a few Linux application that have standalone executables > that are installation programs. Once run, it installs the application > in the appropriate directory location, can run as root or normal user > and creates a desktop and Application menu icon. Similar to Windows's > setup.exe idea. An example of such a Linux application is > 'installpixel32' from the Pixel32 project, or Kylix 3 installation. > > * How does one create such a standalone application? > * How do you include the application executable and other resources > (text, image, sound files etc) inside such an installation executable? > > > I'm trying to create (mainly for our company, but probably open-source > in the end) such a standalone setup creation for our projects. This > way it will be Linux distro independent. I also don't want to go the > route of projects like AutoPackage that first requires a setup runtime > to be installed. I want a installation file like what Pixel32 did. One > installation executable without any installation runtime etc. and > after the installation, I can simply click on 'uninstall' or run > 'setup -u' and a graphical uninstaller is launched. > > I'm going to look at Loki Games's setup program to see if I can port > it to fpGUI Toolkit, or at least get some ideas of how to create such > a setup application. Basically I'm trying to create a "InstallShield > Lite" but for Linux. :-) The nice thing of Loki Games is that it run > run as a console installation or a GUI installation - again, no idea > how they managed that, but it was possible (Kylix 3 installation did > that). > > Anybody have pointers or internet links I can read up on the subject? > > -- > Regards, > - Graeme - > > > _______________________________________________ > fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit > http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - > fpc-pascal-pd4fty7x32k2wbthl531ywd2fqjk+...@public.gmane.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > Hi Graeme, perhaps this link might help - it shows you how to create a linux script with appended zip'd data, and then make it executable so it can be run as a normal program :) http://www.franzone.com/2008/08/14/how-to-create-a-bash-install-script/ cheers, Paul
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