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Package (*.crate):
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a. Select New | Project from Package. The New Project dialog box appears.
b. In the Project Name text box, type a name that will be saved as a .prj file.
c. Specify the Project Directory.
d. Click OK. The Choose a package dialog box appears. Browse to the location of the .crate file
you are editing. You can use a local copy or browse to a repository if there is not a copy save
locally.
e. Click Open. The Properties, Files, and Signing tabs now display the settings of the source
package.
3. Make any necessary changes, for example, add a command line argument or post install script.
4. On the Properties tab, update the Version. The best practice is to add or modify the package version,
after the UpstreamVersion in the version format. For example, if the previous version was 3.5.1-a
where "-a" is the local package version, change the version to 3.5.1-b, indicating this is a revision of the
package rather than the version of the application you are installing.
5. Click Save. Saving the .prj file provides a backup of the package settings. In the Save project dialog
box, browse to the location of your project files (*.prj files), and then click Save.
6. Click Generate.
Generating the .crate file provides a copy of the package that you can publish now or later, and edit
again if necessary.
7. In the Generate Software Package for Windows dialog box, browse to the location of your saved
packages (*.crate files), and then click Save. The new version and architecture are automatically
appended to the file name.
8. Click the Manage Repositories tab.
9. Select a section in a platform to which you are publishing the package.
10. Click Publish Package.
The Choose a Package dialog box appears.
11. Select the .crate file to publish, and then click Open.
The Publish a Package dialog box appears.
12. Select the platforms and sections where you want the package categorized. See
Platforms and Sections" on page 39
13. Click Publish.
The package is added to the repository. If it published to repository source already added to Package
Manager, the package is immediately available for installation.
VMware, Inc.
Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
for more information.
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