Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Feb 2007 18:49 UTC, submitted by Dolores Parker
Linux "Klik is unique among software installation systems for Linux, in that each package installed through klik is self-contained, isolated from the rest of the operating system. Klik isn't a package management system; rather it's an application that lets you download and run software without installing it."
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RE[3]: .apps?
by archiesteel on Thu 15th Feb 2007 16:27 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: .apps?"
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Well, I wouldn't say it's completely different...Klik's cmg may be seen as a file, but it's really a compressed image that is mounted with cramfs, at which point it is treated as a folder.

Remember, in *nix everything is a file. A folder is a file, and a compressed image is a file that becomes a folder once mounted.

So, yeah, I wasn't being really accurate when I said it was "more or less" what they did in OSX, but I wasn't totally off either. The principle is the same, even though it's handled differently. I have to say I do prefer the Klik way, myself.

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