Linux Installer system similar to NSIS

Grandchild · 28th December 2020, 16:50

Hey, this is self-promotion, so skip if not interested.

Although Linux has other more standard ways of software distribution, sometimes the people you ship software to are complete Linux-newbies and your software is pretty portable and just needs to be unpacked.

For that audience I have created an installer builder for Linux, that feels very similar to NSIS:

https://github.com/grandchild/linux_installer

Maybe you folks find that interesting. I'd be very happy to get some feedback on it.

...and no, sadly, it's not scriptable like NSIS is. It simply imitates the look-and-feel.

Anders · 28th December 2020, 22:18

To be fair, NSIS did not invent the "MUI look" . It is called Wizard 97 and and a lot of installers emulated this look in the late 90s.

Grandchild · 28th December 2020, 23:38

True. But in my eyes 90% of Windows installers I see are made with NSIS. Not that I see much of them anymore in general, but still

Grandchild · 28th December 2020, 23:56

Thanks for the hint, I've mentioned "Wizard97" in the intro paragraph.

28th December 2020, 16:50	#1
Grandchild Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 337	Linux Installer system similar to NSIS Hey, this is self-promotion, so skip if not interested. Although Linux has other more standard ways of software distribution, sometimes the people you ship software to are complete Linux-newbies and your software is pretty portable and just needs to be unpacked. For that audience I have created an installer builder for Linux, that feels very similar to NSIS: https://github.com/grandchild/linux_installer Maybe you folks find that interesting. I'd be very happy to get some feedback on it. ...and no, sadly, it's not scriptable like NSIS is. It simply imitates the look-and-feel.

28th December 2020, 22:18	#2
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28th December 2020, 23:38	#3
Grandchild Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 337	True. But in my eyes 90% of Windows installers I see are made with NSIS. Not that I see much of them anymore in general, but still

28th December 2020, 23:56	#4
Grandchild Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 337	Thanks for the hint, I've mentioned "Wizard97" in the intro paragraph.