Comments on: Creating Software Installers http://www.directoratnight.com/2009/02/22/creating-software-installers/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: ahoeben http://www.directoratnight.com/2009/02/22/creating-software-installers/comment-page-1/#comment-3564 ahoeben Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:32:50 +0000 http://www.directoratnight.com/?p=198#comment-3564 On the PC-side I would recommend NSIS, mainly for its scriptability and small installers: http://nsis.sourceforge.net I once made a working (slim) Shockwave installer as a technical proof of concept that was less than a Mb. It's got a steep learning curve, but once you've got it set up, it's hard te beat. Especially in a more-or-less automated build system. On the PC-side I would recommend NSIS, mainly for its scriptability and small installers:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net
I once made a working (slim) Shockwave installer as a technical proof of concept that was less than a Mb.

It’s got a steep learning curve, but once you’ve got it set up, it’s hard te beat. Especially in a more-or-less automated build system.

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