Packaging MATLAB (or, more generally, a large binary, proprietary piece of software)
- by nfirvine
I'm trying to package MATLAB for internal distribution, but this could apply to any piece of software with the same architecture. In fact, I'm packaging multiple releases of MATLAB to be installed concurrently. Key things
Very large installation size (~4 GB)
Composed of a core, and several plugins (toolboxes)
Initially, I created a single…