[Xitami] installer

[alex]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org
> [mailto:xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org]On Behalf Of Ewen McNeill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:22 PM
> To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
> Subject: Re: [Xitami] installer
>
>
> In message <DNEFIPOGFKEIMMJIHKLFKEOCCHAA.tinbb@hkplanet.com>,
> "alex" writes:
> >    Can i install Xitami in my client machine without using the installer
> >provided by the iMatrix ?
>
> The installer is just an archive (I forget which format the embedded
> file is, but I think it's a fairly common archive format), with a
> self-extract executable bit at the front, and a tidy bit of "change this
> to this" substitution going on in some of the installed files (eg, it
> will set up a basic defaults.aut/defaults.cfg).
>
> If you really don't want to use the installer you could either build
> Xitami from source, or figure out how to pull the installer package
> apart and manually get at the files.
>
> Since the installer just puts stuff in a directory for you, and
> configures a few files in that directory, I'm not quite sure why you'd
> want to go to the trouble of avoiding using it if you don't want to
> build from source.
>
> Ewen
>
> --
> Ewen McNeill, Technical Consultant, iMatix Corporation  www.imatix.com
>

Technically, i know how to install Xitami without the installer but I don't
know whether it break the license agreement or not.

I write an application which use Xitami to serve file in a small LAN. I
don't want my customers to know some technical details about installing
Xitami. So i try to install myself