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A Survey of Open Source Installer Production Tools

Priyadharshini T.1 , Sumathi V.P.2

Section:Survey Paper, Product Type: Journal Paper
Volume-2 , Issue-3 , Page no. 101-104, Mar-2014

Online published on Mar 30, 2014

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IEEE Style Citation: Priyadharshini T., Sumathi V.P., “A Survey of Open Source Installer Production Tools,” International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Vol.2, Issue.3, pp.101-104, 2014.

MLA Style Citation: Priyadharshini T., Sumathi V.P. "A Survey of Open Source Installer Production Tools." International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering 2.3 (2014): 101-104.

APA Style Citation: Priyadharshini T., Sumathi V.P., (2014). A Survey of Open Source Installer Production Tools. International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 2(3), 101-104.

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@article{T._2014,
author = {Priyadharshini T., Sumathi V.P.},
title = {A Survey of Open Source Installer Production Tools},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering},
issue_date = {3 2014},
volume = {2},
Issue = {3},
month = {3},
year = {2014},
issn = {2347-2693},
pages = {101-104},
url = {https://www.ijcseonline.org/full_paper_view.php?paper_id=78},
publisher = {IJCSE, Indore, INDIA},
}

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AU - Priyadharshini T., Sumathi V.P.
PY - 2014
DA - 2014/03/30
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Abstract

The Open source installer production tools are widely used for building software installer application. This survey paper deals with the most commonly occurring java based open source installer production tools in the software market and classified the tools according to the file packaging and distribution mechanism. This survey is mainly focused on open source installer production tools, which provides the framework for generating automated unattended installer. The automated installer is more generic installer for all types and versions of operating system and also provides the unique and clean way of distributing the software application during silent unattended installation. In the Introduction the reader is informed about the advantages of the Open source tools, furthermore discussed about types of installation, Open source Licenses, Java based installer production tools. At the end conclusion is drawn and outline some questions for future research.

Key-Words / Index Term

Distribution, Licenses, Installer, Opensource, Automated Installation, Application, Installer Building Tool

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