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Installation tool. | Installation tool. | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
1. It can maintain a global database of installed packages and therefore can de-install everything that has ever been installed without leaving any trace. | 1. It can maintain a global database of installed packages | ||
2. The global database can maintain package dependencies so that WarpIN will tell you if a package cannot be safely installed without installing another package first. Reversely, it will warn you if you attempt to de-install a package that is still required by other packages. | and therefore can de-install everything that has ever | ||
3. You don't have to download the same installer with every package, which should reduce package sizes. | been installed without leaving any trace. | ||
2. The global database can maintain package dependencies | |||
so that WarpIN will tell you if a package cannot be safely | |||
installed without installing another package first. | |||
Reversely, it will warn you if you attempt to de-install | |||
a package that is still required by other packages. | |||
3. You don't have to download the same installer with every | |||
package, which should reduce package sizes. | |||
In addition, WarpIN can automatically do all system configuration (update CONFIG.SYS, register WPS classes, and create WPS objects). Even better, when a package is de-installed, it can undo all these changes again without a trace. All this happens without the user having to bother with the details. | In addition, WarpIN can automatically do all system configuration (update CONFIG.SYS, register WPS classes, and create WPS objects). Even better, when a package is de-installed, it can undo all these changes again without a trace. All this happens without the user having to bother with the details. | ||
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== Source and References == | == Source and References == | ||
XWorkplace.org: [http://www.xworkplace.org/] | * XWorkplace.org: [http://www.xworkplace.org/] | ||
Netlabs.org: [http://warpin.netlabs.org/] | * Netlabs.org: [http://warpin.netlabs.org/] | ||
== License == | == License == | ||
Revision as of 14:40, 12 May 2005
Description
Installation tool. Features:
1. It can maintain a global database of installed packages
and therefore can de-install everything that has ever
been installed without leaving any trace.
2. The global database can maintain package dependencies
so that WarpIN will tell you if a package cannot be safely
installed without installing another package first.
Reversely, it will warn you if you attempt to de-install
a package that is still required by other packages.
3. You don't have to download the same installer with every
package, which should reduce package sizes.
In addition, WarpIN can automatically do all system configuration (update CONFIG.SYS, register WPS classes, and create WPS objects). Even better, when a package is de-installed, it can undo all these changes again without a trace. All this happens without the user having to bother with the details.
Source and References
License
GPL:
"This thing is available to any programmer, commercial, shareware, freeware or GPL, for free use, even though WarpIN itself is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL). Since the GPL does not restrict usage, and "usage" with WarpIN is creating and installing archives, you can use it to distribute anything you like."