Types of installation sources
What r the different types of source that we will get other than exe and msi?
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Posted by:
jagadeish
12 years ago
1. Legacy Setup (From vendor or In house developed application)
2. Vendor MSI
* Direct Vendor MSI
* MSI Wrappr - Executable that launches one/more MSI
3. Loose Files (It can be Files, Folders, Shortcuts, Registries etc.. alone or combinations)
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For some application, you will get PATCH (.msp) along with vendor MSI - jagadeish 12 years ago
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Thanks and what I have to do if i get msi and msp - vinodreddy10 12 years ago
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If you get msi and msp, then you need to do admin install of msi and then apply msp on that admin install. Now, you can deliver the resultant msi + loose files/folders (with patch applied). - SilentKiller 12 years ago
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What is meant by loose files? - vinodreddy10 12 years ago
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Mostly it will be in-house developed applications where files and registries are provided by the development teams and you have to create a installer to keep those files in proper location..
Sometime you will get 'Shortcut Only', 'Registries Only', 'Files Only' packages also.. - jagadeish 12 years ago -
Yes, I understand but I'm asking this by referring
If you get msi and msp, then you need to do admin install of msi and then apply msp on that admin install. Now, you can deliver the resultant msi + loose files/folders (with patch applied).
In that if the source is msi and msp what is the output? - vinodreddy10 12 years ago -
Yes.. Patched MSI+Created MST+Extracted Files/Folders+CAB files (If you add any file to the created MST) - jagadeish 12 years ago
Posted by:
piyushnasa
12 years ago
Apart from MSI and exe you can get zipped files, loose files with instructions where to place them and if you have to register any files.
Posted by:
akki
12 years ago
If you are a repackager you may most of the time would get legacy setups or vendor MSI`s to repackage. Apart from these you may also get loose files and folders to be packaged into an MSI or Setup EXE.
