Zip
is perhaps more popular, but Zeta also uses the .pkg archive
technology. This technology are specific to BeOS-based operating
system, and the files can't opened on any other operating systems
(The MacOS X's .pkg format is not the same).
Many of the compressed files that you can download from BeBits
will have the .pkg extension. Also SoftwareValet Package Files automatically
launches the application SoftwareValet after being downloaded. Double-clicking
the .pkg files will also open the application. SoftwareValet provides
a simple step-by-step guide to installation.
The SoftwareValet packages are a bit different from the zip packages,
as the they perform logged system installations rather than simply
decompressing the archive file. The .pkg format is not intended
to replace zip or other standard archive formats on Zeta. The SoftareValet
Package Files doesn't have such as good compression algorithm as
zip file format. The SoftwareValet can't be operated from the Terminal,
as the zip files can. A difference compared to Omnicronsoft's EasyInstallCreator,
is that is lacks an uninstallation mechanism.
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