Klik (packaging method)

Klik is a system for using or installing software on Linux systems. It provides a distribution-independent alternative to the centrally managed package manager systems of Linux distributions dar. klik Portable Linux Apps has been replaced with similar objectives through the follow-up project.

Properties

Klik applications do not require profound installation on the system, they can even be used portably directly from CD -ROM or USB stick.

Since klik applications, as far as possible, all program libraries used brought with them, they run on all popular desktop distributions such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora and Debian equally without specific adaptations. With klik programs such as OpenOffice.org, Adobe Reader or Skype can be used in any versions, independently or in parallel with the version which sells the distribution over their own repository.

Use

The installation or launching programs by klik does not require root privileges. Only beginning to install the klik client, these are needed. If you wish to no longer use the respective application, only the corresponding. Cmg file must be deleted. A deinstallation in the conventional sense is not required.

Operation

For each application, only a single file with the extension. Cmg was needed. This represents a compressed file system image, similar to an ISO image. The. Cmg file is temporarily involved when starting the embedded application in the file system (mounted ) and started using a wrapper script. In this way, a user can have klik even different versions of the same application on the same system. The file contains the actual program file and all the necessary libraries and other components, which determine the main program.

The cmg file must either be downloaded directly from the klik server or self- generated. These are available on the klik website called "recipes" for orders. This automatically download all the required components from the sides of the manufacturers and package them into a cmg file.

Development

Klik has been developed since 2004 mainly by Simon Peter, but in early 2010 fell asleep the development and the project website was no longer accessible. This has now been placed online to serve as a reference. The main developers are now working on a follow-up project called Portable Linux Apps with similar objectives.