METHOD OF INSTALLING INTEGRATED FILE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING THE INTEGRATED FILE THEREIN
First Claim
1. A method of installing an integrated file in an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the image forming apparatus, a first package file comprising at least one installation target file to be installed in the image forming apparatus and a metadata file;
analyzing the metadata file;
determining an installation target file, from the at least one installation target file, to be installed according to a result of the analyzing; and
installing the determined installation target file in the image forming apparatus.
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Abstract
A method of installing an integrated file, and an image forming apparatus to install the integrated file therein, the method including: analyzing information of a package file, which is a package of files to be installed in the image forming apparatus, by receiving the package file and separating a metadata file describing package file information from the package file; managing files installed in the image forming apparatus by analyzing the metadata file, and when a file, of the package file, to be installed in the image forming apparatus is determined as a result of the analysis, requesting an installer to install the file; and installing, by the installer, the file in the image forming apparatus. Accordingly, various files are installed at once by using one integrated file, and thus an easy installation method is provided and a version of a file is managed by supporting a metadata file.
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1. A method of installing an integrated file in an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the image forming apparatus, a first package file comprising at least one installation target file to be installed in the image forming apparatus and a metadata file; analyzing the metadata file; determining an installation target file, from the at least one installation target file, to be installed according to a result of the analyzing; and installing the determined installation target file in the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a data receiver to receive a first package file comprising at least one installation target file to be installed in the image forming apparatus and a metadata file; a storage unit to store the at least one installation target file and management information of the at least one installation target file; and a controller to analyze the metadata file describing information about the first package file, to store the at least one installation target file in the storage unit, to determine an installation target file, from the at least one installation target file, to be installed according to the analysis of the metadata file, and to install the determined installation target file in the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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