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Developing a Once-install and throw-away-CD mechanism
- From: snodx at hotmail dot com
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:51:49 +0530
- Subject: Developing a Once-install and throw-away-CD mechanism
Greetings,
This may not be the right place to ask this question, but the context in which the<br></br>
question arose has made me begin posting the question here.<br></br><br></br>
I have developed a software application using GNU G++ that runs on Linux. I want this<br></br>
software to be distributed to certain parties via CDs, these persons will then install the<br></br>
application directly from the CD without having to copy the files from the CD to their hard<br></br>
disk. But I am afraid that somebody might get hold of the CD and install the application<br></br>
without my permission onto several systems.<br></br><br></br>
Therefore is there a way by which I can detect how many times the application has been installed<br></br>
from the CD and prevent multiple installations? Can I write some script onto the CD which makes<br></br>
the CD useless after a single installation of my application?<br></br><br></br>
For applications that are installed from CDs to a Windows hard-disk I use a software called InstallShield<br></br>
(www.installshield.com) that protects my CD from multiple installations. I have not been able<br></br>
to find out a Linux version of installshield so far. Is there any other software that performs<br></br>
the same work as installshield for Linux?<br></br><br></br>
Where can I post my question to get better awnser?<br></br><br></br>
Sorry for the long-winded story here.<br>,/br>
Thanx in advance<br></br>
SNODX