Deploying Software
Possible approaches to installing software systems:
- from source (download, untar, configure, make, install)
- installer (often as interactive script)
- package management system (e.g. rpm, dpkg)
Commercial software ...
- is typically distributed in self-contained binary form
- comes with its own installer (typically GUI nowadays)
- installer modifies binaries to suit local conditions
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