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# The Loki Setup Installer 1.5.8

### Written by Sam Lantinga and Stephane Peter

The Loki Setup Installer 1.5.8
Written by Sam Lantinga and St�phane Peter
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New since 1.4:

* Added an uninstall program
* Details about the product are saved to an XML install database

New since 1.3:

* Added support for multiple operating systems (i.e. FreeBSD)
* Archive extracting subsystem now uses plugin architecture
* Improved RPM support
* Lots of other miscellaneous enhancements and fixes

New since 1.2:

* Added internationalization support
- German, Spanish, French, Italian and Swedish are included
* Fixed potential security problem
* Various pathing fixes and other miscellaneous improvements.

New since 1.1:

* Improved C library detection
* Support for loading install files from CD-ROM
* Additional attributes for the binary element
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CD-ROM install file layout:

```
setup.sh (A shell script to run the correct setup binary)
setup.data/
setup.xml (XML file defining the install options)
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bin/
bin/<OS>/<arch>/*
bin/<OS>/<arch>/<libc>/* (Directories holding the binaries for the program)
```

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You should edit the setup.data/setup.xml file to match your product,
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be chosen at install time. The <libc> portion of the path is optional.
For example, if your binary is called 'rt2', you could have both x86
and PPC versions for Linux as:
bin/Linux/x86/glibc-2.1/rt2
bin/Linux/ppc/rt2

```bash
bin/Linux/x86/glibc-2.1/rt2
bin/Linux/ppc/rt2
```

and the appropriate binary would be chosen.

The install process creates an uninstall script in the install directory
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