Documentation layout
- Tutorial
- Step by step guide to using Zero Install.
- FAQ
- Common questions answered.
- Security
- Describes Zero Install's security model and explains why it should be more secure than traditional installation methods.
- Sharing
- How to configure Zero Install to share downloads automatically and safely between users, without requiring them to have root access.
- Manual walk-through
- In this guide we install a program which is available through Zero Install, but without using the Zero Install software itself. Instead, we will perform each step manually, as an educational experience.
- Distribution integration
- Zero Install can also satisfy dependencies using packages installed using the distribution's packaging system. If the distribution package isn't installed, or the version isn't suitable, then it will download a Zero Install copy instead.
- Roadmap
- Where we've been and where we're going.
- Trouble-shooting
- What to do if something don't work.
- Virtual machines
- How to share software between virtual machines using Zero Install.
- Legal issues
- Thoughts about some legal issues relating to distributing software this way.
- Survey results
- A write-up of the 2007 survey results.
- Links
- Links to related software.
If you're looking for information about the old filesystem-based version of Zero Install, see The /uri/0install filesystem.
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