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A system for building and installing custom application packages in a distributed computing environment that includes a server computer and a client computer coupled through a network. The server computer includes a storage media subsystem, a build subsystem, and a server package storage, all of whi

A system for building and installing custom application packages in a distributed computing environment that includes a server computer and a client computer coupled through a network. The server computer includes a storage media subsystem, a build subsystem, and a server package storage, all of which are coupled together. The client computer includes a storage media subsystem, an installation subsystem, and a local application package storage, all of which are coupled together. Application packages are created through the build subsystem by bundling one or more application modules and/or application executables together using and then storing the application packages in the server package storage. The application packages are then installed through the installation subsystem on the client computer in the local application storage. The present invention also includes a method for building and installing custom application packages on a client computer.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In a computer system having a first node and a second node, a development system to build and install at least one custom application package, the development system comprising:a relational database, coupled with the first node, for storing a plurality of application spec

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In a computer system having a first node and a second node, a development system to build and install at least one custom application package, the development system comprising:a relational database, coupled with the first node, for storing a plurality of application specifications;a system application storage, coupled with the first node, for storing a plurality of system application components;an object librarian, coupled with the relational database and the system application storage, for maintaining an inventory of objects, describing an object type for each object, and indicating the location of each object, an object comprised of at least one from the group of the plurality of application specifications and the plurality of system application components; anda build subsystem, coupled with the object librarian, for building an application package by selecting at least one object type,wherein in response to selecting the object type the build subsystem installing at the second node each object comprising the application package.