Friday, January 30, 2009

Creating standalone atlas installer with 7-zip module

The basic idea behind this is quite simple. It's a 3-step process:
  1. Collect all files and scripts necessary to perform a specific task and zip then up with 7-zip.
    - using the 7-zip command-line the command is:
    7za.exe a -mx5 atlas.zip
  2. Create a config file (config.txt) that specifies the behaviour of the installer.
  3. Concatenate the zip-file, config file and 7-zip SFX-module with a binary copy
    copy /b 7zS.sfx + config.txt + atlas.7z
The resources needed (7za.exe and 7zS.sfx) can be downloaded from the internet. Link to guide:
http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-make-a-7-Zip-Switchless-Installer-t39048.html

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