Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method for obtaining, from a plurality of distributors that distributes an application program, the application program and executing the application program, comprising:

• storing, in a directory structure, a plurality of library files capable of being called by the application program by a library name;
• obtaining the application program and obtaining table information including identification information for identifying the application program and management information for managing execution of the application program;
• identifying a distributor of the table information obtained, and generating second table information that indicates a relationship between the identification information of the application program obtained and a distributor of the application program;
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• determining, when an application program to be executed is selected, a distributor corresponding to the identification information of the selected application program on a basis of the second table information, and setting a path of the library file called in execution of the selected application program in accordance with the distributor.

A program that causes a computer to obtain, from a plurality of distributors that distributes an application program, the application program and execute the application program, the program causing the computer to execute

• storing, in a directory structure, a plurality of library files capable of being called by the application program by a library name,
• obtaining the application program and obtaining table information including identification information for identifying the application program and management information for managing execution of the application,
• identifying a distributor of the table information obtained, and generating second table information that indicates a relationship between the identification information of the application program obtained and a distributor of the application program, and
• determining, when an application program to be executed is selected, a distributor corresponding to the identification information of the selected application program on a basis of the second table information, and setting a path of the library file called in execution of the selected application program in accordance with the distributor.