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Orxonox Installers

Post by patrick » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:16 pm

I've just found a way to make a Linux game installer:
loki installer for Linux games
Does anyone know others (doesn't matter if they are for Linux/Windows/Mac)?

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Post by hofzge » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:15 pm

Well, the leader of installers: InstallShield which works for both Windows and Linux, but costs an awful lot (between 150 and 3000$ depending on the license).
Other than that I don't know any. But I will have a look at a few open source programs with non-InstallShield installers and ask these people (irfanview and dBPowerAmp come to my mind).
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Post by hofzge » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:28 pm

Ok... dBPowerAmp uses the Spoon Installer, which I couldn't find anywhere on the internet.

Microsoft devotes a few pages to developers who want to make a Windows installer:


Windows installer on MSDN and frequently asked Questions about Windows installer
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Post by Nowic » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:54 pm

Loki installers are good, but limited to Linux systems.

There is also a well known Open Source Installer for Windows: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/

"NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution."

Firefox 2 uses NSIS and also gaim, openoffice, emule, ati, kaspersky... more
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Post by lieni » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:43 pm

nsis looks great to me ;)
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Post by Marc » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:07 am

On Windows, there are other free setup creators beside NSIS:

Inno Setup and Install Creator (by Clickteam) to just mention two.

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Post by Nowic » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:12 am

In my opinion: As an open source project we should also use an open source installer.
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