Creating a Self-Extracting Linux App
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| I don't know of any software that might be able to do this off hand other than (maybe) blitzmax. I'm certain monkey-x can't do this but idk about blitzmax so I might as well ask it here. This is what I want.... I have an existing, un-packaged Linux app that has external dependencies stored in a folder called "assets" in the same directory. Note this Linux app was made with a different game engine that doesn't allow storing those files internally. I want it to be packed into a single file, a normal Linux app that extracts the game & its assets folder to a hidden temp directory, execute the game program that was extracted, and deletes the temp folder when the game closes. How do I go about doing this with Incbin, etc? Is it possible? Thanks. tkg |
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| http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005818 You will have to adjust "./install" with your internal binaryname. bye Ron |
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| Thanks! I'll give that link a shot seems to be just what I need. Cheers. :D |
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| A bit on the late side, but there is also a tutorial for makeself here. I have also been playing round with making tool to automate archive building along with an installation script. You can get if from here. Note it's the first time I have ever used dropbox, so let me know if there is a problem. |
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