Installers
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Depending on your target platform, and your budget, there are a number of potential installation methods available to you.
[edit] Cross Platform
- BitRock
- BitRock InstallBuilder is a commercial product that creates installers for Linux, Windows and Solaris. Open Source developers can get a free license upon request (for use with Open Source software).
- InstallShield
- InstallShield is a Java-based commercial installer product which will work on Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
- InstallJammer
- Open Source GUI installer for Windows and Linux, Mac support coming soon.
[edit] Linux Installers
- Autopackage
- Creates distro-neutral binary packages.
- Illwinter Game Installer
- A multithreaded installer creator.
- Loki Setup
- The graphical installer developed by the now defunct Loki games is an excellent tool for the deployment of your game on Linux-based machines.
- Loki Setup tools @ icculus.org
- Updated version of Loki Setup.
- MojoSetup @ icculus.org
- Icculus' (Ryan Gordon) revamp of Loki Setup from scratch.
[edit] MacOS X Installers
- MacInstallerBuilder
- A commercial installation tool for MacOS X.
[edit] Windows Installers
- Astrum Install Wizard
- A simple easy to use point and click installer with features similar to installshield. [Shareware/Commercial]
- Inno Setup
- Free, powerful installer with many features that can be utilized using the installers scripting language.
- Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
- A very flexible, open source Windows installation tool. It has a very small overhead.
- Windows Installer
- The Windows installer from Microsoft is a freely available, and full-featured installation tool.
- WISE
- Wise Solutions offers advanced application management and installation solutions with a full range of capabilities and features for system administrators and professional software developers. [Commercial]
- WiX
- An open source toolchain for creating Windows Installer packages. XML based.
- InstallAware
- Easy to use with lots of features. Has a drag n drop scripting language. Runs WindowsInstaller as backend. [Commercial]
