Macos X like executable file

rcainc · 08-02-2005, 06:29 AM

Hi all,

I want to know if it is possible under linux to compile a program
and get only one file, like MacOS X, not like linux were i usualy
get file in /usr/bin /usr/lib etc...

Thank you very much.

theYinYeti · 08-02-2005, 07:03 AM

You may be interested in AppDirs, and ROX in general:
http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/static.html

However, if you see only one file for an application, it is almost never the reality. It is rather a display "trick", to improve usability, and simplify things. Other files are actually there but you don't see them.

Another project that may interest you is GoboLinux:
http://www.gobolinux.org/
It is probably more complete, as it is an entire Linux distribution.

Yves.

Vgui · 08-02-2005, 11:39 AM

As the above poster said, it really isn't "one file". In OS X, the .app you see is really a specially formatted folder. In terminal you can actually cd into it and see the directory structure. The closest thing Linux has would be statically linked binary packages.

theYinYeti · 08-03-2005, 03:10 AM

No, I think the closest thing Linux has is AppDirs, used by ROX:
http://rox.sourceforge.net/Manual/Ma...al.html#AppDir
http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/AppDir

Yves.

rcainc · 08-03-2005, 05:01 AM

Thank you both of you, i have my idea now.