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Package - Software Distribution

Packages are one of the key components of software distribution. They contain the instructions necessary to install software on a target device and all the files of the application to install. The package is essentially a compressed archive of new files plus some intelligence. The intelligence is automatically built into an operational rule containing the scripts that deal with creating directories, installing the files, adding icons, changing the Registry and starting services. The scripts also deal with error checking during installation and the creation of log files. packages should be created on a reference device in a Production Environment.

The Packages node or a package folder node contains copies of software distribution packages which were created on a client computer under the Package Factory and then published to the network by copying to the master. A package listed here is therefore the copy of one of these created on other remote clients.

 

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