makeself (1) Linux Manual Page
makeself – An utility to generate self-extractable archives.
Syntax
makeself [options] archive_dir file_name label [startup_script] [args]Description
This program is a free (GPL) utility designed to create self-extractable archives from a directory.Options
The following options are supported.- -v, –version
- Prints out the makeself version number and exits.
- -h, –help
- Print out help information.
- –gzip
- Compress using gzip (default if detected).
- –bzip2
- Compress using bzip2.
- –pbzip2
- Compress using pbzip2.
- –xz
- Compress using xz.
- –compress
- Compress using the UNIX ‘compress’ command.
- –nocomp
- Do not compress the data.
- –complevel lvl
- Specify the compression level for gzip,bzip2,pbzui2 or xz
- –notemp
- The archive will create archive_dir in the current directory and uncompress in ./archive_dir.
- –copy
- Upon extraction, the archive will first copy itself to a temporary directory.
- –append
- Append more files to an existing makeself archive. The label and startup scripts will then be ignored.
- –current
- Files will be extracted to the current directory. Both –current and –target dir imply –notemp.
- –target dir
- Extract directly to a target directory. Directory path can be either absolute or relative.
- –header file
- Specify location of the header script.
- –follow
- Follow the symlinks in the archive.
- –noprogress
- Do not show the progress during the decompression.
- –nox11
- Disable automatic spawn of an xterm if running in X11.
- –nowait
- Do not wait for user input after executing embedded program from an xterm.
- –nomd5
- Do not create a MD5 checksum for the archive.
- –nocrc
- Do not create a CRC32 checksum for the archive.
- –lsm file
- LSM file describing the package.