[V3dot10] Loading complicated packages in reduced images

[Keith Hodges]

Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
> I wish hear about how others solve the loading of actual "applications"
> "goodies" or any name you like.
>   
Dear Edgar,

in order to solve the loading of "actual applications", many people use 
Installer scripts.

Installer is designed to be used in minimal images which may not have 
any form of UI.

Installer has the advantage that you can debug the script line by line 
in a workspace. It also has facilities to enable the script to run 
unattended since it can respond automatically when a package requires 
user interaction.

You may be interested to hear that Installer can make use of 
Sake/Packages. Sake/Packages captures dependencies between many 
different packages and provides the ability for you as a user of 
Sake/Packages to fine tune the package definitions so that everything 
works smoothly.

best regards

Keith