.WPI
file extension.
A WarpIN archive is somewhat similar to other archive formats (such as .ZIP
files). It uses the bzlib compression engine internally which is also used by the bzip2
compressors, but it is not binary compatible with any of the existing archive formats because
we had to add additional features which are needed for system configuration and package
maintenance.
Each archive contains:
.WPI
files). You can therefore simply
double-click on an archive to have WarpIN install it.
WarpIN must be installed separately from the archives. It resides
in a separate directory on the hard disk to be able to keep track of the
packages which were installed already and to be able to find out whether
neccessary preconditions are met for a package which is about to be installed,
e.g. if a new package requires another package to be present. Because of this,
WarpIN can also remove (de-install) installed packages and do version checks
for packages.