As one prepares to install code into its final execution location, one has to determine in what file format the application should be shipped.
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Some of the most popular alternatives in the Tcl arena are:
Formats that need to be extracted by the user :
Formats that need only to be placed by the user in the appropriate directory :
escargo 1 Jul 2003 - Any idea of which zip format(s) are of interest here? For example, if you are on a system with GNU tar, you can untar and unzip at the same time (tar xvzf ....). On systems without GNU tar, you might need a separate unzip program and tar (or untar).