Processing, modification, distribution of installation packages

摘要

According to example configurations, a customization engine receives a default installation package. The installation package supports installation of a respective application to a computing device. The customization engine further receives a set of rules indicating at least one alteration to be applied to the received installation package to transform the received installation package into a customized installation package. The customization engine further receives a set of data to be applied according to the rules. The customization engine modifies the received default installation package in accordance with the set of rules and supplied data to produce the customized installation package.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving an installation package, the installation package being executable to install a respective application onto a computing device; receiving a set of rules indicating at least one alteration to be applied to non-compiled configuration information in the received installation package to transform the received installation package into a customized installation package, the non-compiled configuration information specifying how to customize the respective application during installation, the at least one alteration specifying replacement of a first software resource with a second software resource; and modifying the received installation package in accordance with the set of rules to convert the received installation package into the customized installation package, the customized installation package executable to perform a custom installation of the respective application on the computing device on behalf of a user of the computing device; and forwarding the customized installation package for distribution to the computing device.