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Packager v1.1 July 31/92 Category: Programming and/or Publishing This is an application for building packages suitable for installation using Installer.app. It provides a drag-n-drop environment for building the packages and overcomes several limitations of the conventional tools used for building packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Installer package is a convenient means for packaging a large software system for distribution. When Next provided us with Installer.app (see the Librarian for details), they gave us a great way to automagically install pre-packaged software such as Mathematica, X windows, etc. Unfortunately, they did not also give us such great tools for building these packages. There are a few command line programs in the Installer.app folder which can be used to build Installer packages, but these programs are somewhat esoteric and limited in their usefulness. Packager.app is an application for building these packages. It produces ".pkg" files which may subsequently be installed using Installer.app. A package is built by dragging files from the Workspace manager into the package window. Whereas the command line utilities can only be used to build a package from a single directory, and then all files in that directory go into the package, Packager can build a package from any arbitrary files in your system. When the package is installed by Installer.app, the setup of these files will exactly mimic your own system. Somewhat detailed usage instructions are provided in UserGuide.rtfd. To install this software, drag the Packager.app icon into, for example, your ~/Apps directory or into /LocalApps is you happen to be lucky enough to have such permissions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Written and maintained by Toby Paterson E-Mail: tpaterso@cs.ubc.ca or paterson@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca Land Mail: 2905 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7V 1M2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The usual disclaimers about me not being held responsible for anything you manage to do to your system using this program, whether it is the fault of Packager or not, apply. ie. I can not be held responsible. This software is free.
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