autoextractible archive

[Zacharie Elcor]

Hi,

I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would
uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I
didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ?

Thanks

[Tim]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:51 +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:

>  I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that
>  would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary
>  comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages.  
Sounds awfully like planning to build a trojan...  However, "self
extracting archive" is the most common term I've come across for that
sort of thing.

<http://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+self+extracting+archive> finds
<http://linux.org.mt/article/selfextract> at the top of the list, which
sounds like what you want to do.

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[Zacharie Elcor]

On 1/3/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au&gt; wrote:
>  On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:51 +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:
>
>  > I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that
>  > would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary
>  > comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages.
>
>  Sounds awfully like planning to build a trojan... 

it's only for personal use. Not meant to be widely spread. Thanks Tim

However, "self
>  extracting archive" is the most common term I've come across
> for that
>  sort of thing.
>
>  <http://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+self+extracting+archive> finds
>  <http://linux.org.mt/article/selfextract> at the top of the list, which
>  sounds like what you want to do.
>
>  --
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[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:51 +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:

>  I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that
>  would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary
>  comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does
>  anybody know one ?  
Why not use an RPM package?

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[Steven W. Orr]

On Wednesday, Jan 3rd 2007 at 14:51 +0100, quoth Zacharie Elcor:

=>I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would
=>uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I
=>didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ?

Besides sitting down and learning how to package rpms, try this

man shar

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[Fred Smith]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:51:27PM +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would
>  uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I
>  didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ?
>  
>  Thanks 
You can make a self-extracting archive with zip and unzip. See "man unzipsfx".

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[Markku Kolkka]

fredex kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai 04 tammikuu 
2007 02:47):
>  On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:51:27PM +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:
>  > I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary
>  > file that would uncompress its content when run, then
>  > execute an arbitrary comand) but I didn't find such a
>  > utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ?
>
>  You can make a self-extracting archive with zip and unzip. See
>  "man unzipsfx". 
"makeself" can do exactly what Zacharie wants: 
http://www.megastep.org/makeself/

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