Zero Install – полезная программа для тех, кто пользуется огромным количеством программ и не хочет загружать системную память ПК. Данная утилита поможет использовать различный софт без его фактической инсталляции на ПК. Потребуется лишь скачать Zero Install, запустить утилиту и выбрать из предложенного перечня требуемую программу. Процесс загрузки и распаковки полностью автоматизирован и не требует пользовательского вмешательства.
Эта утилита кэширует все необходимые пользователю приложения, а также каждый раз проверяет, если новые обновления для используемого софта. В случае если определенная программа вам больше не нужна, можно просто удалить кэш. Все загруженные программы будут находиться по своим папкам, а это позволяет использовать несколько версий одного и того же софта одновременно.
Zero Install также поддерживает функцию добавления собственных программ в имеющийся каталог. Для этого нужно указать путь к софту и ввести определенные настройки. Все достаточно просто и понятно.
Среди особенностей Zero Install отметим:
* Децентрализация: каждый может делиться программами и пользоваться имеющимся в каталоге софтом; * Централизованная безопасность; * Исключен конфликт программного обеспечения: одна и та же программа различных версий может быть легко запущена на одном ПК; * Кроссплатформенность; * Автообновления; * Имеется портативная версия; * Распространяется бесплатно.
Интерфейс Zero Install продуман до мелочей. Данная программа рассчитана на узкую целевую аудиторию, на продвинутых пользователей, однако знать о ней и уметь ей пользоваться должен каждый современный пользователь ПК и Интернет. Скачать Zero Install предлагается прямо на нашем сайте совершенно бесплатно.
Zero Install
the antidote to app-stores
This site has moved to 0install.net. The content below is out-of-date.
Anyone can distribute software
If you have a web-site, you can distribute your software; Create one package that works everywhere ; With dependency handling and automatic updates ; There is no central point of control
Security is central
Installing a word-processor doesn’t grant it administrator access ; Digital signatures are always checked before new software is run; Users share libraries without having to trust each other; Use with sandboxes and virtualisation is easy
You control your own computer
You don’t have to guess what happens during installation; Mix and match stable and experimental programs on a single system
Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system . Other features include full support for shared libraries (with a SAT solver for dependency resolution), sharing between users , and integration with native platform package managers . It supports both binary and source packages , and works on Linux , OS X , Unix and Windows systems. It is fully Open Source .
0install introduction (screencast with audio commentary)
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Permission is granted to use the site (excluding the software, which is licensed separately) in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license.
Some of the icons are from (or based on icons from) the Tango Desktop Project and the Open Clipart Library.
Zero Install for Windows¶
The Windows version of Zero Install extends the cross-platform core Zero Install .NET with a GUI and various OS-specific integrations.
The Linux version and Windows version of Zero Install share the same feed format. For most common use-cases they behave identically on the command-line. There are however some OS-specific differences.
Bootstrapper¶
When you download Zero Install for Windows from the web-site you get a so called Bootstrapper. This is a stripped down version of Zero Install bundled into a single executable file. It contains just enough functionality to download and run a full version of Zero Install, which is distributed as regular feed: https://apps.0install.net/0install/0install-win.xml
Deployment¶
When Zero Install is started by the Bootstrapper it is running from the cache and is not integrated into the system. There are no start menu entries, the command-line tools are not in the PATH , etc.. This is by design; after all you may only need Zero Install once on that particular machine or may decide you don’t like it. In that case you can simply delete the Bootstrapper EXE when you’re done.
If you then decide you wish to keep using Zero Install you can «Click to setup. «. This applies desktop integration for Zero Install (start menu entry, command-line tools in PATH ). It also installs the Store Service if you choose to setup Zero Install «For all users».
This is different from the desktop integration Zero Install performs for other applications. For these Zero Install will create little stub executables in the appropriate locations that point to the application’s feed. However, for Zero Install itself the entire binaries need to be copied to a permanent location. Otherwise each of these stubs would need to bundle all the functionality of the Bootstrapper in order to locate (or potentially download) Zero Install.
Having a specific version of Zero Install copied to a fixed location would seem to undermine many of the advantages of Zero Install, such as background updates of applications and running multiple versions side-by-side. However, Zero Install can still download and run other versions of itself from the cache. When you tell your deployed instance of Zero Install to update itself it does just that: The new version is downloaded and launched from the cache and instructed to deploy itself to the same location as the existing deployment. The old files are securely replaced using the Windows Restart Manager and rollbacks in case of error.
Command-line¶
The regular Bootstrapper ( zero-install.exe ) is a GUI application, but there is also a command-line version ( 0install.exe ) available. If you pass command-line arguments to this executable it will first download the full version of 0install and then pass those arguments through. This makes it great for single-use applications or scripting:
You can also use the command-line version of the Bootstrapper to integrate Zero install into the desktop environment:
Maintenance¶
Zero Install is designed to be mostly maintenance-free (automatic update checks, etc.). You can use the following commands for additional control where needed:
Deploy Zero Install for the current user .\0install.exe self deploy Deploy Zero Install for all users .\0install.exe self deploy —machine Remove Zero Install from the system 0install self remove Download and install updates for Zero Install itself 0install self update Download and install updates for integrated applications and remove outdated files 0install update-all —clean Find and merge any duplicate files in the cache 0install store optimise
If you wish to run these commands in automated scripts, add the argument —batch to prevent interactive prompts.
Portable mode¶
To set up Zero Install on a USB thumb drive:
Connect a thumb drive to the computer and make sure there are no files you still need on it.
Format the thumb drive with NTFS (FAT32 will not work, see technical details for explanation).
Download and run Zero Install for Windows.
Select «Tools» and «Portable Creator» at the bottom of the window.
Follow the instructions on screen.
You can now use your thumb drive to run Zero Install on any computer running a recent version of Windows. Zero Install stores downloaded applications directly on the stick so you can access the same applications everywhere. Please remember to always «eject» the thumb drive in Windows before disconnecting it from the computer.
Limitations¶
The applications launched by Zero Install are not automatically made portable by this. They still store their settings in the usual locations. Please make sure to move these files to the thumb drive as necessary.
Portable versions of Zero Install cannot perform desktop integration (e.g. create start menu entries). Consider using regular Zero Install on multiple computers with Zero Install Sync instead.
Technical details¶
FAT/FAT32-formatted drives cannot be used for Zero Install because they do not store file security settings (ACLs). They also only store time with an accuracy of two seconds while Zero Install checks the exact modification time of files.
The portable creator creates a file in the destination directory called _portable , which instructs Zero Install to run in portable mode. When this file is detected Zero Install stores all its files in its installation directory instead of the usual system directories.
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Zero Install
the antidote to app-stores
This site has moved to 0install.net. The content below is out-of-date.
Anyone can distribute software
If you have a web-site, you can distribute your software; Create one package that works everywhere ; With dependency handling and automatic updates ; There is no central point of control
Security is central
Installing a word-processor doesn’t grant it administrator access ; Digital signatures are always checked before new software is run; Users share libraries without having to trust each other; Use with sandboxes and virtualisation is easy
You control your own computer
You don’t have to guess what happens during installation; Mix and match stable and experimental programs on a single system
Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system . Other features include full support for shared libraries (with a SAT solver for dependency resolution), sharing between users , and integration with native platform package managers . It supports both binary and source packages , and works on Linux , OS X , Unix and Windows systems. It is fully Open Source .
0install introduction (screencast with audio commentary)
Get involved!
If you’d like to join us, please introduce yourself on our friendly mailing list! You might also like to read the list of suggested ways to get involved.
Permission is granted to use the site (excluding the software, which is licensed separately) in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license.
Some of the icons are from (or based on icons from) the Tango Desktop Project and the Open Clipart Library.
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