Question for the Experts: How to extract the contents of a .bin file in solaris - Contractor UK Bulletin Board

Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

milanbenes replied

18 January 2011, 16:57
thanks Dave

Milan.
Leave a comment:
DaveB replied

18 January 2011, 16:43
Originally posted by milanbenes View Post

Afternoon Experts,

I've got a Solaris .bin installation file

I don't want to run the installer,

but I do not some of the .so libraries which are in this file and will be extracted when the file is executed

is there a way to extract the contents of a .bin solaris file without running the file as a self extracting full installer ?

ta

Milan.

Not easily. Bin files are more like MS MSi installers than executable zip files, getting stuff out of them is non trivial.

If the Installer allows for arguments on the command line there may be some options to try, or you may be able to get it to install somewhere out of the way and then grab the files you want afterwords, but otherwise I thinks it's a non starter.
Leave a comment:
milanbenes started a topic Question for the Experts: How to extract the contents of a .bin file in solaris

18 January 2011, 16:36
Question for the Experts: How to extract the contents of a .bin file in solaris

Afternoon Experts,

I've got a Solaris .bin installation file

I don't want to run the installer,

but I do not some of the .so libraries which are in this file and will be extracted when the file is executed

is there a way to extract the contents of a .bin solaris file without running the file as a self extracting full installer ?

ta

Milan.
Tags: None

Working...

X