Basically I’m asking how do installers work. What is the code that creates a new executable file?
EDIT: It sounds like the answer I’m looking for is the files are stored in archives and the installer unpacks them.
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
Basically I’m asking how do installers work. What is the code that creates a new executable file?
EDIT: It sounds like the answer I’m looking for is the files are stored in archives and the installer unpacks them.
An installer normally extracts an appended archive and puts it to the desired directory, registers some libs and so on.
Another Task of an installer is to detect if the needed dependencies are installed and install them if needed.