This application technaclly is portable. It, however, was not intended for portable use. It was made for downloading programs and installing them automatically. It currently has a number of programs from portableapps.com and a few other apps.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pa-install
Note: this is open source/MITed.
Features:
Auto-Update: I can update the application list on my site and it will get the new apps. This can be disabled by deleting the updateiniurl key (or by setting it to an empty string).
Direct Copy: Dont't extract, copy.
Batch Command: run a batch command when the install is completed (to rename files, delete files, create files, etc.) [Note: this will now prompt before executing]
7-Zip and Universal Extractor: PAI Extracts archives using 7-Zip by default installation. UniExtract can be used instead.
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Pretty handy. Nice work
EDIT:
I added all the "Non-PortableApps" apps, and it downloaded them, and began installing them for a whiel, (It's cool to watch it automaticially do everything) And then. It's all like...
For the beta release:
Archive/Installer to extract:
Installer\downloads\6.exe
Destination directory:
f:\\PortableApps\
Blah blah blah....
And popped up with...
Installer\downloads\6.exe does not exist.
Please select a valid file.
It came like that to me, have you downloaded the archive?
And for the creator, thanks, I find no bugs, maybe John will modify it with a bit more design? I'ts not important though, and people keep asking John for an installer like this. Anyways well done! Hope to see some more soon!
Cheat King
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Cheat King
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@Have Some Patience: I don't get any errors.
I am wondering if I should replace Universal Extractor with 7zip. 7z has a command line version that would be "safer." (Meaning that you can use a different window when installing.)
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
I now have a sourceforge page and a new version is out.
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http://www.mi3.ig3.net/
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
link doesn't work...? Just me?
just you.
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What link? The one in the main post?
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http://www.mi3.ig3.net/
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
That one's not working for Me. I'll try it later tho.
The "www.mi3.ig3.net" link.
Kevin P.
The Newbie-Geek
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
Sorry it shoudn't have the www.
The sourceforge link is at the top.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Very nice, but I would like to see it possible to download them to the desktop, "My Documents", or other folder on the PC so that you could test them, etc. Oh, and I know that some did not exist then, but you should have all apps (KompoZer Portable, KeePass, others) listed.
Kevin P.
The Newbie-Geek
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
Good idea. This is primarily for new users so they can get started.
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http://mi3.ig3.net/
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Okay. Well, keep it up!!
Kevin P.
The Newbie-Geek
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
So awesome. Is it redistrubutable?
Yes, It is released under the MIT license. (More free than the GPL.)
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http://mi3.ig3.net/
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Thanks. It's really great for people who are really new with computers and don't even know how to navigate throught Explorer. You just select the drive. Which, it rules out the local drives, (handy) and go.
hey MISIIM you should change you sig link. John has a rule that non-personal sites are not allowed in the signiture
your friendly neighbourhood moderator Zach Thibeau
Sorry, I didn't know.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
I used this a few days a go and it is awesome, thanx!
I have just added some more features. Portable App Installer now prompts before executing a batch command (for security purposes). 7-Zip is now used by default for extracting archives. Universal Extractor can be used but is not included because it is not totally opensource (some programs it includes are opensource) and cannot be hosted on sf.
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Could I bundle this wonderful app with my future portable application suite?
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Yes, Under the terms of the MIT License (main program) and the LGPL (7-Zip).
cowsay Moo
cowthink 'Dude, why are you staring at me.'
Just took a look. Very nice.
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