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+makeself - Make self-extractable archives on Unix
+
+makeself.sh is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable
+tar.gz archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as a shell
+script (many of those have a .run suffix), and can be launched as is. The
+archive will then uncompress itself to a temporary directory and an optional
+arbitrary command will be executed (for example an installation script).
+This is pretty similar to archives generated with WinZip Self-Extractor in
+the Windows world. Makeself archives also include checksums for integrity
+self-validation (CRC and/or MD5 checksums).