Found this on Slashdot [http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/01/15/1815210.shtml] the other day: "Point-and-klik Linux Software Installation" ...
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[httpLEG]://k The lik.atekon.k is de/].ad
Search on the Wayback Machine revealed:
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160919134740if_/http://klik.atekon.de/indexold.php
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120731115537/http://www.portablelinuxapps.org/ which leads to:
* https://web.archive.org/web/20241221161222/http://appimage.org/
... This seems ... abandoned.
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All of a program's files are stuffed into a compressed virtual file system for easy distribution. For execution, the VFS is mounted behind the scenes, and the executable is run.
Very similar to a [starpack].
Not limited to Tcl/Tk -- it supports wrapping any binary, but very limited in terms of OS support, as the resulting packages can only run on a narrow range of Linux/x86 distributions.
Note that the klik homepage refuses to show when you use Internet Explorer (or any other browser that spoofs IE).
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