Packaging Standards & Definitions In general, an application owner/requester is responsible for the integration of the application in Windows client and defines how the application is installed and configured. A packager is generally provided with the application source and Install instructions, which should generally contain: ∙ Basic information like application name and version, application owner, package creator etc. ∙ Information about destination computers. ∙ Information about dependencies to other applications that may be installed beforehand. ∙ Command line options to run the setup in unattended mode. ∙ Command line options to remove the application in unattended mode. ∙ ...
This blog describes some of the packaging standards. Also contains methods to silently install different applications or handling their configuration for mass deployements.