Installer of software

giuseppegam · Post by **giuseppegam** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:21 pm

It would like to know as I make to obtain a instaldor free for my game, somebody knows as makes?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:18 pm

Inno-Setup is a free installer-creation-tool !!!

(google for it...)

CuteAlien · Post by **CuteAlien** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:39 pm

NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page) is another one.

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:33 pm

http://www.g0dsoft.net/irrlicht/index.p ... Installers
If any of you guys have used many different installers, it would be nice to have a description and list of the pros and cons up there

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:52 pm

Well, I prefere InnoSetup + ISTool (gui for InnoSetup) !!!
It's a great tool that can handle almost everything you need for setups !!!
And for things that not can be done with Inno itself, there is also Pascal scripting avilable, so you can really do what ever you want !!!
Also almost every language is supported (via language files) !!!

from http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

Key features:

* Support for all versions of Windows in use today: Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, Me, 98, 95, and NT 4.0. (No service packs are required.)
* Extensive support for installation of 64-bit applications on the 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Both the x64 and Itanium architectures are supported. (On the Itanium architecture, Service Pack 1 is required to install in 64-bit mode.)
* Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported.
* Standard Windows 2000/XP-style wizard interface.
* Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom.
* Complete uninstall capabilities.
* Installation of files:
Includes integrated support for "deflate", bzip2, and 7-Zip LZMA file compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX's and type libraries, and install fonts.
* Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop.
* Creation of registry and .INI entries.
* Integrated Pascal scripting engine.
* Support for multilingual installs.
* Support for passworded and encrypted installs.
* Silent install and uninstall.
* Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).

xhrit · Post by **xhrit** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:08 pm

For linux there is the Loki Installer, and if you need a cross platform installer (windows, linux, mac), InstallJammer is the way to go.