What next?
Mike Hearn
mike at navi.cx
Wed Jun 1 22:48:30 UTC 2005
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:44:08 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> BTW., how does osx do installs (just bringing up the meta-file installer
> thingy again. Feel free not to answer)?
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/delicious-library.ars/2
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Porting/Conceptual/PortingUnix/compiling/chapter_4_section_8.html
That shows you pretty much how it works. In short:
- Packages are contained entirely within a relocatable directory,
which has a magic marker so the finder treats it as a file
- Packages have no dependencies outside the operating system. They
can embed libraries within themselves easily.
- Package installation is a matter of clicking a URL to a "DMG" file
which is a self mounting disk image, and dragging the appfolder
inside to the /Applications directory.
- There is no auto update system. Apple also provide a traditional
Installer service, which some things use.
- Nearly every app is packaged in this way. Mac users never have to
compile from source or wait while an app [update] is packaged.
Look at the screenshots in the Ars Technica article to get a feel for it.
Most users consider it easier than what Linux has, in my experience
(judging by how often I'm asked for it!)
thanks -mike
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