Posted December 30, 2014
GOG recently switched to a new format for their Windows installers, using RAR password-encrypted archives.
If you don’t know about it yet, please read the opening post of this thread before going further:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/on_gnulinux_has_anyone_be_able_to_extract_the_rar_innosetup_installers
This thread is not the place to discuss about wether or not it is a good/bad practice, and wether or not it should be continued/discontinued. For this, the previous link is where the discussion is already going on.
I open this second thread so interested people can discuss on *technical* improvement/alternatives on this method.
Here is the place to share you method for extracting these installers, suggesting improvements or alternatives, and a place where I hope GOG technical staff will be able to discuss on a technical-only standpoint *without* having to justify the new installers format in any way.
Please stay courteous, and keep the heated posts and political stuff in the other thread.
If you don’t know about it yet, please read the opening post of this thread before going further:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/on_gnulinux_has_anyone_be_able_to_extract_the_rar_innosetup_installers
This thread is not the place to discuss about wether or not it is a good/bad practice, and wether or not it should be continued/discontinued. For this, the previous link is where the discussion is already going on.
I open this second thread so interested people can discuss on *technical* improvement/alternatives on this method.
Here is the place to share you method for extracting these installers, suggesting improvements or alternatives, and a place where I hope GOG technical staff will be able to discuss on a technical-only standpoint *without* having to justify the new installers format in any way.
Please stay courteous, and keep the heated posts and political stuff in the other thread.