INSTALLATION ENGINE AND PACKAGE FORMAT FOR PARALLELIZABLE, RELIABLE INSTALLATIONS

摘要

In one embodiment, an application updater may cleanly update a computer application 112 without causing a fault or a reboot of either the system or the process. A processor 220 may execute a predecessor version 508 of a computer application 112. The processor 220 may install a successor version 512 of the computer application 112 on a user account level. The processor 220 may execute the successor version 512 of the computer application 112.