Package is a linux script which collects the dependent libraries of a binary program file and generates an green installer of the program.
Clone or download a copy of this project. Copy the project directory to your preffered directory then set PACHAGE_HOME and PATH in /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.vimrc as you want.
cp -R . /opt/package
export PACKAGE_HOME=/opt/package
export PATH=$PACKAGE_HOME:$PATHMake an installer of a binary_file:
package binary_file installer_directoryInstall the program:
cd installer_directory
./installUninstall the program:
cd installer_directory
./uninstallYou can also uninstall the program by yourself by deleting all the files you have installed into the install_directory specified when you run the ./install script and the binary_file.desktop file in the ~/Desktop directory.
If your binary_file have extra dependent files, for example a Qt program may need qml files, you must copy these extra files into installer_directory/software before run the ./install script.
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