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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer ActiveComposer-installer[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer ======================================= A composer installer type that allows you to unpack archives to a specific location in a non destructive way - it is very useful when some packages need to be installed inside another package folder - e.g. drupal and modules 0.2.12(11y ago)54.2k1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Nov 26Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer)[ RSS](/packages/azt3k-non-destructive-archive-installer/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago READMEChangelog (10)DependenciesVersions (15)Used By (0) Composer non-destructive archive installer ========================================== [](#composer-non-destructive-archive-installer) What's in this thing Anyway? ---------------------------- [](#whats-in-this-thing-anyway) This really only does something very simple which is to manually handle the decompression of manually defined packages so as to not disrupt nested package installs. This is basically a straight rip of mouf/archive-installer (), the only difference is that it's made to be slightly more flexible in terms of configuration. Notes: `"always-install": "true"` - This bypasses the version look up and does a full install every time useful for deployments where depenedencies are rebuilt each deploy - the default is `true`. `"omit-first-directory": "true"` - This omits the first directory of the zip ### Usage [](#usage) ``` { "name": "namespace/package-name", "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "drupal/drupal", "type": "non-destructive-archive-installer", "version": "7.28", "dist": { "url": "http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.28.zip", "type": "zip" }, "require": { "azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer" : "*" }, "extra": { "always-install": "true", "omit-first-directory": "true", "debug": "false" } } } ], "require": { "php" : ">=5.4.0", "composer/installers" : ">=1.0", "azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer" : "dev-master", "drupal/drupal" : "7.28" }, "extra": { "installer-paths": { "public": [ "drupal/drupal" ] } } } ``` Or: ``` { "name": "namespace/package-name", "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "drupal/drupal", "type": "non-destructive-archive-installer", "version": "7.28", "dist": { "url": "http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.28.zip", "type": "zip" }, "require": { "azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer" : "*" } }, "extra": { "target-dir": "public", "omit-first-directory": "true" } } ], "require": { "php" : ">=5.4.0", "composer/installers" : ">=1.0", "azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer" : "dev-master", "drupal/drupal" : "7.28" } } ``` A practical example of why you might want to do this is for managing drupal depenedencies, e.g. ``` { "name": "namespace/package-name", "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "drupal/drupal", "type": "non-destructive-archive-installer", "version": "7.28", "dist": { "url": "http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.28.zip", "type": "zip" }, "require": { "azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer" : "*" }, "extra": { "omit-first-directory": "true" } } }, { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "drupal/drupal-ckeditor", "type": "drupal-module", "version": "7.1.14", "dist": { "url": "http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/ckeditor-7.x-1.14.zip", "type": "zip" } } }, { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "ckeditor/ckeditor", "type": "drupal-module", "version": "4.2.2", "dist": { "url": "http://download.cksource.com/CKEditor/CKEditor/CKEditor%204.2.2/ckeditor_4.2.2_full.zip", "type": "zip" } } }, { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "drupal/entity", "type": "drupal-module", "version": "7.1.5", "dist": { "url": "http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/entity-7.x-1.5.zip", "type": "zip" } } }, { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "drupal/jquery-update", "type": "drupal-module", "version": "7.2.4", "dist": { "url": "http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/jquery_update-7.x-2.4.zip", "type": "zip" } } } ], "require": { "php" : ">=5.4.0", "composer/installers" : ">=1.0.9", "azt3k/non-destructive-archive-installer" : "dev-master", "symfony/yaml" : "dev-master", "drush/drush" : "6.2.0", "drupal/drupal" : "7.28", "drupal/entity" : "7.1.5", "drupal/drupal-ckeditor" : "7.1.14", "drupal/jquery-update" : "7.2.4", "ckeditor/ckeditor" : "4.2.2", "d11wtq/boris" : "dev-master" }, "extra": { "installer-paths": { "public/sites/all/modules/{$name}": [ "drupal/drupal-ckeditor", "drupal/entity", "drupal/jquery-update" ], "public/sites/all/libraries/{$name}" : [ "ckeditor/ckeditor" ], "public": [ "drupal/drupal" ] } }, "scripts": { "post-update-cmd": [ "rm -f public/.gitignore", "rm -f public/CHANGELOG.txt public/COPYRIGHT.txt public/INSTALL.mysql.txt public/INSTALL.pgsql.txt public/INSTALL.sqlite.txt public/INSTALL.txt public/LICENSE.txt public/MAINTAINERS.txt public/README.txt public/UPGRADE.txt public/download-status.txt public/web.config public/modules/README.txt" ], "post-install-cmd": [ "rm -f public/.gitignore", "rm -f public/CHANGELOG.txt public/COPYRIGHT.txt public/INSTALL.mysql.txt public/INSTALL.pgsql.txt public/INSTALL.sqlite.txt public/INSTALL.txt public/LICENSE.txt public/MAINTAINERS.txt public/README.txt public/UPGRADE.txt public/download-status.txt public/web.config public/modules/README.txt" ] } } ``` Gotchas ------- [](#gotchas) You need to make sure the target install directory exists first or the unpack will fail. ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 62% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity23 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity56 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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