Makeself!

Get the latest official distribution here https://github.com/megastep/makeself/releases/download/release-2.3.0/makeself-2.3.0.run
(version 2.3.0. The latest development version can be grabbed from GitHub https://github.com/megastep/makeself.
Feel free to submit any patches there through the fork and pull request process. * **v1.0:** Initial public release * **v1.1:** The archive can be passed parameters that will be passed on to the embedded script, thanks to John C. Quillan * **v1.2:** Cosmetic updates, support for bzip2 compression and non-temporary archives. Many ideas thanks to Francois Petitjean. * **v1.3:** More patches from Bjarni R. Einarsson and Francois Petitjean: Support for no compression (–nocomp, script is no longer mandatory, automatic launch in an xterm, o

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